Human Knowledge
We are insignificant human beings. If we compare ourselves to God, we become infinitely insignificant. We had a beginning and exist within the context of time. The best we can do is try to comprehend eternity by comparing it with time. We do so by saying eternity is without a beginning and has [...]
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THE ETERNITY OF GOD
Posted in God on April 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
THE PERFECTION OF GOD
Posted in God on April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
All-sufficiency
There is a perfection that God out of His goodness will give to man. Whatever the degree of this perfection may be, all of us will still be dependent upon an external source for our well-being. In other words man’s future perfection will never equal Gods. God’s perfection, however, excludes such a possibility of [...]
ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
Posted in God on April 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
Our gift of language belongs mostly to the realm of the man. It is a manifestation of divine goodness that man can use his language to give an explanation of divine and spiritual matters. No human language can give full meaning to heavenly and spiritual subjects. Our minds, being finite (having [...]
ESSENCE OF GOD
Posted in God on April 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
THE ESSENCE OF GOD
Jacob once asked the Lord His name, that is, to give some expression of His essence. He received the following answer, “Why is it that you ask after my name?” God was telling him He did not want Him to penetrate any further into the mysteries of God. In Judges 13:18, [...]
JEHOVAH
Posted in God on April 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
THE NAME JEHOVAH
A name cannot possibly express the infinite Being of God, nevertheless it has pleased the Lord to give Himself a name by which He wishes to be called. Jehovah is the name, which is used to indicate His existence. The Jews do not pronounce the name Jehovah. This practice was initially an [...]
REST pt.one
Posted in God, Sanctification, Trust, faith on November 23, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Introduction
The word rest is used many different ways in the Bible . There is the rest of heaven mentioned in Rev. chapter 14. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth… That they may rest from their labours.” Salvation is spoken of as a rest in Matt. chapter 11, “Come unto me, [...]
LAMPSTAND
Posted in God, Grace, Power, Sanctification, Trust, faith on November 17, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The Vision
God gave the prophet Zechariah a strange vision in chapter four. He sees a lampstand and standing on each side of the lampstand are two large olive trees. There are seven pipes proceeding out from the trees to each of the seven bowls on top of the lampstand. The trees are perpetually [...]
THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM
Posted in God, Jesus Christ, faith on November 14, 2006 | 6 Comments »
II Cor. 5:7
“We walk by faith and not by sight.” When we get to heaven we will be walking by sight and not by faith. But now we are to be people who are known for our faith. We are to be always looking at God and not at our problems. One of the [...]
GOD
Posted in God on October 29, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Incomprehensible
No human mind can fully comprehend all that is implied in the one small word, God. If all that God is could be written in a book, it would have an infinite number of pages. Every page would have meaning that no one could fully comprehend. The book would be read by men and angels [...]
