God A-Z, 1(A)of26

~ “Ancient of Days” and 28 More ~

In this series we look at God’s names (formal and informal from Biblical and English languages) as well as clear descriptors of God from Scripture.  In 26 posts we look at names which start with a successive letter of the English alphabet.  (Only a sample of many references are provided.)  Each of these names / descriptors apply to one or more members of the Triune Godhead. 

ABBA (Father in Hebrew)  ~  Galatians 4:6

ABIR JACOB (The Mighty One of Jacob)  ~  Genesis 49:24

ABOVE  ~  Deuteronomy 32:11; Psalm 23:6b

ACCESS  ~  (Christ gives us access to God, The Father)  ~  Ephesians 2:18; 1 Timothy 2:5

ADONAI (Lord)  ~  Psalm 148:13

ADONAI TOV (The Lord is good)  ~  Psalm 25:8

ADOPTS  ~  Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:5; Ephesians 1:5

ADVOCATE  ~  1 John 2:1

AKAL ESH (Consuming Fire)  ~  Deuteronomy 4:24

ALETHINOS THEO (True God)  ~  1 John 5:20

ALL KNOWING  ~  Hebrews 4:13; Colossians 2:3; 1 John 3:20

ALL POWERFUL  ~  John 1:3; Colossians 1:16-17

All Sufficient One  ~  Genesis 17:1

ALMIGHTY  ~  Jeremiah 32:18-19; Revelation 1:8

ALMIGHTY GOD  ~     Genesis 17:1-2

ALPHA  ~  Revelation 1:8, 11, 21:6, 22:13

AMEN  ~  Revelation 3:14 (This is the only place in Scripture where Amen is a proper name, and it is the name of Christ.)

ANCIENT OF DAYS     ~  Daniel 7:9

ANGEL OF THE LORD  ~  Genesis 16:7

ANOINTED ONE  ~     Psalm 2:2

ANOINTS  ~  Luke 4:18; Acts 10:38

APOSTLE  ~  Hebrews 3:1

APPOINTS  ~  Acts 20:28

AROUND  ~  Psalm 125:2; Psalm 23

ASEITY (Latin aseite, literally “of oneself”)  ~  Exodus 3:14.  God is self-existent and self-sufficient and has no need of human beings or the rest of creation.

ATIK YOMIN (Ancient of Days)  ~  Daniel 7:9

AUTHOR AND PERFECTOR OF OUR FAITH  ~  Hebrews 12:2

AUTHOR OF LIFE  ~  Acts 3:15 (especially clear in the NIV)

AUTHORITATIVE (Sovereign)  ~  Proverbs 16:33; Colossians 1:15-17

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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Bible Question, 44

~ Test Your Bible Knowledge ~

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question:  Which recorded miracle of Jesus is only mentioned in the Gospel of John?

Please provide your answer in the comments below!

The answer will be provided in a future blog.

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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Resolution Power

~ Using The Will of Man To Do The Will of God ~

The Scriptures teach that God has given us many gifts with which to serve Him.  One of these is our will.

We often pray to God about a particular circumstance or forthcoming event, “Thy will be done,” and rightly so.  But when it comes to our own conduct, our manner of behavior, we do not usually pray like that because we understand God has made us free moral agents; we control our own behavior.  In a syndrome-seduced age when everything is blamed on compulsion, self-control is a forgotten idea.  But the fact remains: empowered by God’s grace, we can use our will as a rudder to guide our lives down a course honoring to Him.

How?  One way is through resolutions.  Not the insincere vapidities announced at the end of every year to tired choruses of “Auld Lang Syne,” but rather the intensely serious and carefully framed assertions of Christian purpose.

Biblically sound resolutions are the intentions of the renewed mind, those declarations of the heart which have the power to order our actions.  Such resolutions are like the coordinates on a map that we painstakingly pick, so that during our journey we can refer to them and verify that we are on target for our desired destination, which, for God’s child, is hearing his heavenly Father say, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant...enter thou into the joy of thy Lord” (Matthew 25:21).

When we set our will and resolve to honor Him—morally, professionally, whatever the endeavor—He keeps His promise of I Samuel 2:30, “Them that honor Me I will honor.” 

I am the New Year.  I am unused, unspotted, without blemish.  I stretch before you 365 days long.  I will present each day in its turn a new leaf in the book of your life for you to place your imprint upon it.

It remains for you to make of me what you will; if you write with firm, steady strokes, my pages will be joy to look upon when the next New Year comes.  If the pen falters, if uncertainty or doubt should mar the page, it will become a day to remember with pain.

I am the New Year.  Each hour of the 365 days I will give you sixty minutes that have never known the use of man.  White and pure I present them; it remains for you to fill each minute of them with sixty jeweled seconds of love, hope, endeavor, patience, and trust in God.

I am the New Year.  I am here but once—past, I can never be recalled.

Make me your best!

Reprinted from The Sword of the Lord

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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Christ: His Words

~ The Incredible Power of His Words! ~

Passage  ~  “No man ever spoke like this man!” (John 7:46). 

His Words Offer Peace and Comfort  ~  Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27).  “May the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus” (Romans 15:5).

His Words Heal Physical Infirmities  ~  “Then Jesus came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him.  So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town.  And when He had spit on his eyes and put H’s hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything.  And he looked up and said, "I see men like trees, walking.’  Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up.  And he was restored and saw everyone clearly’ (Mark 8:22-25).  “Suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment.  For she said to herself, ‘If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.’  But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, ‘Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.’  And the woman was made well from that hour” (Matthew 9:20-22). 

His Words Have Power Over Life and Death  ~  “Now when Jesus had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come forth!’  And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, ‘Loose him, and let him go’ (John 11:43-44). 

His Words Have Power Over the Forces of Evil  ~  “You believe that there is one God.  You do well.  Even the demons believe — and tremble!” (James 2:19). 

His Words Have Power Over Material Objects  ~  “Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the water pots with water.’  And they filled them up to the brim.  And He said to them, ‘Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast.’  And they took it.  When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom” (John 2:7-9).

His Words Have Power Over Creation  ~  “Jesus said to them, ‘Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?’  Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.  So the men marveled, saying, ‘Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?’” (Matthew 8:26-27).

Conclusion  ~  His words have the same power right now.  “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).

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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