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GOD’S NATURE: Sonlight Sunlight

Winner of Six Literary Awards (previous print version)

“He obviously is hitting on all twelve cylinders!  What an exciting insight into Christ as the light of the world.  Thank God for people like this who have the background to illuminate some of these Biblical concepts.”  ~ Dr. Joe Aldrich, President, Multnomah Bible College & Biblical Seminary (about the earlier print version)

“This is so rich! …  This is great! …  Wonderful! …  Mind boggling to say the least! …  Great material for discussion! …  Application pieces are truly inspired!”  ~ Elizabeth Hightower, Women’s Ministries Leader, Laurelwood Baptist Church (about the earlier print version)

“First there was Tozer with The Knowledge of the Holy, and then Packer gave us Knowing God, and now Russell has taken us further…  There is a tremendous need for a book on this subject. We have witnessed the publication of many books around the statement ‘God is Love,’ but I cannot recall ever seeing one around the statement ‘God is Light.’  It is important that these two attributes of God be brought into conjunction with each other because it is really impossible to discuss love intelligently without understanding light.”  ~ Dr. Earl D. Radmacher, General Editor, Nelson Study Bible/New King James Study Bible (about the earlier print version)

GOD’S NATURE: Sonlight Sunlight is an updated eBook version of GOD LIGHT

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WINNER OF 6 AWARDS (previous print book):

(1) Gold Medal Winner, Christian Non-Fiction, 2013 Readers' Favorites Award

(2) Best Book, Religion--Christianity, 2012 World Book Award.

(3) Winner, Religion--Non-Fiction, 2012 Beverly Hills Book Award.
(4) First Place, Religion (Eastern/Western), 2012 Reader Views Award.
(5) Runner-Up, Religion--Christianity, 2012 USA Best Book Awards.
(6) Finalist, Book--Biblical Studies, 2013 The Word Guild (Canada).

 

This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.  1 John 1:5

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~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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Fear God, 157

~ The Children of Israel Will Fear God in The Future ~

God does not want His children living in fear.  “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue” (2 Peter 1:2-3).  However, God does want His children to have a proper respect and reverence for Him.  We are told in many places in Scripture to “fear God.”  

This Week’s Passage  ~  “For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim.  Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God and David their king.  They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days” (Hosea 3:4-5).    

Fearing God Results in Salvation  ~  “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews 10:31).  “A wise person fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self-confident” (Proverbs 14:16).  This does not mean the Christian is to live a fearful life—but a life which reverences God and seeks to do His will. 

Fearing God Results in Fearlessness  ~  “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1).  The answer is: only God.  With the gift of salvation comes responsibility.

Fearing God Results in Witnessing  ~  “Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul” (Psalm 66:16). 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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Psalm 119, 5of27

~ Read God’s Word To Be Prepared For Inevitable Trials ~

119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted,

That I may learn Your statutes.

Comment  ~  Unfortunately our tendency is to forget God when times are good.  Many times the troubles, trials, and tribulations on earth cause the believer to get back into the Word of God.  Many mature Christians will testify that their fastest spiritual growth occurred during difficult times.  Then they can say with the psalmist, “It is good that I have been afflicted.”  How much better it is to learn to grow spiritually during good times. 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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The Law: Questions, 7of25

~ Did God Make This Covenant With Abraham’s Ancestors? ~

Scripture  ~  “And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: ‘Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn them and be careful to observe them.  The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.  The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive.  The Lord talked with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire.  I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain” (Deuteronomy 5:1-5a).

“When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, ‘I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.  And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.’  Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying: ‘As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.  No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.  I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.  And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.  Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God’” (Genesis 17:1-8).

Comments  ~  It is for this reason that it is often called “The Mosaic Covenant.” 

Reference  ~  You may be interested in a previous “Abundant Life Now” 14 post series entitled “10 Commandments Today” (from March 1 to June 28, 2018).  “Abundant Life Now” also posted a 12 post series entitled “Law vs. Grace” (from January 22 to December 24, 2013).  The Key Passage in this series is: “Do not think that I [Jesus Christ] came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.  I did not come to destroy but to fulfill” (Matthew 5:17).

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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