God Is My… , 8

 ~ God Is My Source of Love, 2 ~

 

Introduction  ~  Previously (July 16, 2017 – January 6, 2019) ALN posted a series of 82 posts of “Jesus is…,” and then we looked exclusively at who “God is…” from the Book of Psalms (February 9, 2020 – December 5, 2021).  We are now considering “God is…” statements from non-Psalms passages. 

 

Passage  ~  “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.  And we have known and believed the love that God has for us.  God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him” (1 John 4:15-16).

 

Another Passage  ~  “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.  He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.  In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.  In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.  Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another” (1 John 4:7-8).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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Myth, 127

 ~ Christians Need To Fear ~

 

Myth  ~  All individuals have times when they must fear. 

 

Reality  ~  There is no valid reason for a believer to fear – no matter what this life throws at them. 

 

Scripture  ~  “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7).

 

“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3).

 

Quotes  ~  “This disease of fear came into man’s heart with sin.  Adam never was afraid of his God till he had broken His commands.”  ~ C.H. Spurgeon

 

“The father of fear is unbelief.” ~ A.W. Tozer

 

Comment  ~  ABUNDANT LIFE NOW previously posted a series entitled “Fear Not” (January 1, 2015 through December 25, 2015) which is available on this site.

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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Is Christ God? 4of12

 ~ Matthew Called Jesus Christ God! ~

 

Scripture  ~  “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: after His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.  Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.  But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.  And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.’  So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: ‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,’ which is translated, ‘God with us.’  Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son.  And he called His name Jesus” (Matthew 1:18-25).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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