Where Is Your God? 4

 ~ God Surrounds You And Dwells In Christians ~

 

God Is Above Us  ~  “How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!  Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings” (Psalm 36:7).

 

God Is Under Us  ~  “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you, and will say, ‘Destroy!’” (Deuteronomy 33:27). 

 

God Is In Front Of Us  ~  “Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: ‘I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go” (Isaiah 48:17).

 

God Is On Our Right  ~  “I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.  Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; my flesh also will rest in hope” (Psalm 16:8-9). 

 

God Is Behind Us  ~  “Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left” (Isaiah 30:21).

 

God Is On Our Left  ~  “Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left” (Isaiah 30:21).

 

God Dwells In Us  ~  “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16).

 

God Surrounds Us (summary statement)  ~  “As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever” (Psalm 125:2). 

 

Additional Comment  ~  “Abundant Life Now” has posted regarding this topic on three previous occasions.  Here are the links:

Where Is Your God? 1of2                  

Where Is Your God? 2of2, “God Surrounds You by His Love” (based on Psalm 23) 

Where Is Your God? 3, “7 Aspects of God’s Presence”    

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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Jesus Is…, 45

~ Jesus Christ Is Omnipresent (present everywhere) ~

Passages  ~  “’Am I a God near at hand,’ says the Lord, ‘and not a God afar off?  Can anyone hide himself in secret places, so I shall not see him?’ says the Lord; ‘Do I not fill heaven and earth?’ says the Lord” (Jeremiah 23:23-24). 

“Where can I go from Your Spirit?  Or where can I flee from Your presence?  If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.  If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea” (Psalm 139:7-9).

Significance  ~  “God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.  Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things” (Acts 17:24-25).

Comment  ~  Jesus is alive today!  Jesus said, “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20).

“And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.  Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’  Amen” (Matthew 28:18-20).

additional remark:  For a different look and fuller understanding of the Omnipresence of God see chapter 7, entitled “Everywhere at Once” in the international award winning book GOD LIGHT: Sunlight Sonlight (find details by clicking on the God Light tab above).

the key question:  “Who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15).  This is the most important question you will ever answer.  If you do not answer it, or answer it incorrectly, you have made the biggest mistake anyone can make!

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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Omni

~ 3 Omni Statements In 1 Old Testament Verse  ~

The Verse  ~  “For behold, He who forms mountains, and creates the wind, Who declares to man what his thought is, and makes the morning darkness, Who treads the high places of the earth—the Lord God of hosts is His name” (Amos 4:13).

Comment  ~  Notice that Amos possessed a meaningful view of the majesty of God.  Amos understands that God is the Creator (omnipotence—all-powerful).  God, the Creator, understands our thoughts (omniscient—all knowing).  God, the Creator is throughout the earth (omnipresence—present everywhere).  God does all, knows all, and sees all.  There are no secrets, nothing hidden from Almighty God.  “Secret sin on earth is open scandal in heaven.”    – Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer

Recap  ~  “For behold, He who forms mountains, and creates the wind [omnipotent Creator], Who declares to man what his thought is [omniscient God], and makes the morning darkness, Who treads the high places of the earth [omnipresent God]—the Lord God of hosts is His name” (Amos 4:13).

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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