Showing posts with label attribute of God. Show all posts
Showing posts with label attribute of God. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

God Attribute, 151

 ~ Never Abandons ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Scripture ~ “He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ So we may boldly say: ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me’?” (Hebrews 13:5b-6). 

 

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: ‘For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.’ Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:35-39).

 

Questions ~ Do you have this confidence?  If not, why not do something about it?

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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Bible Version: Quotations are from the NKJV unless otherwise noted.  Emphasis is added.

 

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

God Attribute, 150

~ Near To Us ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Scripture ~ “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them. The Lord preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy” (Psalm 145:18-20).

 

Jesus said, “If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever — the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you” (John 14:15-18).

 

“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you” (James 4:8a).

 

“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).

 

Comment ~ If you aren’t as near to God as you once were, guess who moved?

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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Bible Version: Quotations are from the NKJV unless otherwise noted.  Emphasis is added.

 

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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

God Attribute, 149

 

~ Name Is Sacred ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Scripture ~ “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain” (Exodus 20:7).

 

“And you shall not swear by My name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord” (Leviticus 19:13).

 

Comment ~ The word profane is closely related to the word common. That is the name of God is not a common or trivial name.

 

Alternative ~ “Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness” (Psalm 29:2).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

God Attribute, 148

 

~ Mysterious ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Introduction ~ It is typically accepted that the God of the Bible is a holy God. A key concept in the original word is that of uniqueness (one of a kind).

 

Scripture ~ “‘My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,’ says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts’” (Isaiah 55:8-9).

 

“Do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” (2 Peter 3:8).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

God Attribute, 147

 

~ Miracle Worker ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Introduction ~ There are at least 44 miracles of Jesus listed in the four Gospels. At least five of these are listed in all four of the Gospels. One example is Jesus feeding 5,000 men plus women and children.

 

Scripture ~ “After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased. And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.

 

“Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, ‘Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?’  But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.

 

“Philip answered Him, ‘Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.’

 

“One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, ‘There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?’

 

“Then Jesus said, ‘Make the people sit down.’ Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, ‘Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.’  Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, ‘This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world’” (John 6:1-14, see also Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17).

 

Quote ~ “The greatest miracle that God can do today is to take an unholy man out of an unholy world and make him holy, then put him back into that unholy world and keep him holy in it.” —Leonard Ravenhill 

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

God Attribute, 146

 ~ Mighty ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Scripture ~ “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).

 

He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name” (Luke 1:49).

 

“So they said to Him, ‘The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people” (Luke 24:19b).

 

“What is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:19-20).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

God Attribute, 145

~ Merciful ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Introduction ~ It is important to recognize the difference in some key terms.

 

Grace is getting something good which you don’t deserve.

 

Justice is getting what you deserve.

 

Mercy is not getting something bad which you do deserve.

 

Scripture ~ “You are God, ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness, and did not forsake them” (Nehemiah 9:17b).

 

“Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful” (Psalm 116:5).

 

I [God] will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more” (Hebrews 8:12).

 

Quotes ~ “Suppose ten people sin and sin equally.  Suppose God punishes five of them and is merciful to the other five.  Is this injustice?  No!  In this situation five people get justice and five get mercy.  No one gets injustice.” —R.C. Sproul

 

“The Lord’s mercy is a sea which cannot be filled, though mountains of sin be cast into its midst.  It is like Noah’s flood, which covers all and drowns even the mountaintops of heaven-defying sins.” —Charles Spurgeon 

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

God Attribute, 144

 ~ Master ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Introduction ~ There are a variety of nuances in defining Master.

 

[1] A common one is someone who has others working for him.

 

[2] The word Master is also often used as an adjective referring to someone having great skill and proficiency.

 

God clearly fits both these concepts.

 

Scripture ~ [1] “We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).

 

[2] “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist." (Colossians 1:16-17).

 

Comment ~ Do you know Him as your Master? If not, why not?

 

Jesus has invited you, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-30).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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