God Is My… , 11

 ~ God Is My Source of Life ~

 

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  ~  “The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus.  You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go.  You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.  You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.  We are witnesses of this.  By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong.  It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete healing to him, as you can all see” (Acts 3:13-16 niv).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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Myth, 130

 ~ Christians Can’t Muster Up The Needed Faith ~

 

Myth  ~  Some Christians just don’t have what it takes when it comes to faith.

 

Reality  ~  God will supply all you need. 

“Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:12-13). 

Scripture  ~  “God has given to every man the measure of faith” (Romans 12:3).

 

“Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God” (Romans 10:17).

 

Quotes  ~  Here are two acronyms for faith:

 

Forsaking All I Trust Him

 

Forwarding All Issues To Heaven

 

Comment  ~  Be in the Word of God every day.  Otherwise you are like a person on a hunger strike while wondering why they are losing their strength!  If you do not have a regular spiritual intake from the Word of God guided by the Spirit of God you should not wonder at your lack of spiritual strength. 

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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Is Christ God? 7of12

 ~ John Called Jesus Christ God! ~

 

Scripture  ~  “In the beginning was the Word [Jesus Christ], and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.  In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.  And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it” (John 1:1-5). 

 

“And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life” (1 John 5:20). 

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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