For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 1:20 NIV
http://bible.com/111/2co.1.20.NIV
What promises of God do you have to agree with today?
In these Road Road Through Romans Posts we have been discussing the “invisible qualities of God” from Romans 1:20.
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
To help us along the pathway we are referencing A. W. Tozer’s thoughts from his book , The Attributes of God.” In his book Tozer discusses 18 attributes of God he sees in the Scripture. You can fund those attributes listed HERE.
If you have missed any of our previous discussions they can be found on THE ROAD THROUGH ROMANS PAGE.
Today we are discussing the unchanging nature of God or his immutability. Let’s hear some thoughts on this attribute directly from A.W. himself.
I see God’s unchanging nature, in counterpoint to the rest of creation’s changeability, reflected in the mountains. The picture at the top of the page was taken at the Middle Lake just outside of Kilkenny.
My daughter and I were headed up to Moll’s Gap. We stopped as an autumn storm began to sweep down from the mountain across the lakes. The clouds rolled in fast chasing boaters and fishermen from their afternoon recreation. Then the lightning began to flash and the wind began to howl. The whole world was changed in an instant
Within a half hour the storm passed, leaving the world wet with dew and filled with the scent of clean rain but for it all the mountains had not moved. The stiff rocks barely registered that a storm had ever been there at all.
It may be a poor reflection in nature but there it is anyway, the changeability of a storm facing the unchanging nature of a mountain. What lasts for a moment loses power when it is tossed against the surface of a thing that never changes or moves. God is more unchanging than those mountains. He is a rock that will never fail in the face of any storm this world may throw against Him. At least so says Psalm 46
God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.c
4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
6Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
8Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shieldsd with fire.
10He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
11The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
It’s Palm Sunday! Can you shout Hosanna (Lord Save)?
Sacred Sundays is one of seven weekly posts on Lillie-Put which direct readers towards a culture of worship. Sacred Sundays celebrates the Lord using the older songs of the church. Join in us in worshiping this morning by placing one of the hymns of our heritage in the comments section.
I finished with the Book of Ezekiel yesterday and in my morning prayers I sensed I was to jump over to 2 Corinthians again for another look at what the apostle might have to say to me.
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort. 2 Corinthians 1:3-9
Today we are talking about the justice of God using Romans 1:20 as our spring board.
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
Justice is one of the invisible qualities of God as described by A.W. Tozer in his book The Attributes of God.
I don’t think there is a better time to address this characteristic of God’s justice than as we begin Holy Week.
So just what is God’s justice?
We see the justice of God written into the very fabric of the universe. Newton’s third law teaches us that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. That is justice. You reap what you sew.If you put garbage in you get garbage out. We get that in every other area of life. Why do we think it is different in the area of spirituality? God is just. Our only hope is that God’s character of mercy will work alongside His character of justice and that is the glory of the cross. God’s justice was satisfied in the mercy of Christ’s cross.
If you have missed any of our previous discussions on this topic they can all be found on THE ROAD THROUGH ROMANS PAGE.
Today I feel like shoutin about the final victory for Christians everywhere. Will you join me in the shout?
More about the Afters can be found HERE.
We have been exploring the Book Of Romans verse by verse for some time now and for the last 13 sessions in this series we have hovered over Romans 1:20 exploring the invisible qualities of God. We are using A.W. Tozer’s, The Attributes of God, as a jumping off point for our discussions. If you have missed any of the previous posts they can be found on THE ROAD THROUGH ROMANS PAGE.
Today we are discussing God’s self-sufficiency. This is the idea that while we need God, God does not need us. He is everything He needs. The creation is dependent on the Creator but the Creator is not dependent on the creation.
This makes perfect sense and is reflected in nature by the relation of men to their own creations. If an artist paints a canvas, that canvas is entirely reliant upon the artist for what it becomes. If however the canvas is destroyed in a fire, its destruction does not change the artist into a non artist because it was destroyed. The art does not make the artist. The artist makes the art and the artists does not require anything from the art in order to remain artistic.
Some people think that God created us because he NEEDED worship or fellowship. But this is not true. God may find that an appealing attribute of His creation but He does not NEED worship to be God. He would be God still if not one angel or person ever lifted their voice in praise to Him again (I shudder to think what would happen to angels and people if that suddenly happened but God would have no worries).
That said we must realize that God alone is self-sufficient.Self-sufficiency is a quality of God and not man. We were made with limited sufficiency not all sufficiency. The idea of becoming totally self-sufficient is not a godly idea. It is not even a possibility. We were made to need God. We were made to seek God when we have a need not to try and figure it all out ourselves.
I would love to hear your thoughts.
It’s Faithful Friday again. Faithful Friday is one of seven posts on Lillie-Put that helps create a culture of worship on the blogosphere. Will you join in crying out to the Lord to burn like a star in your heart? Add your own burning praise in the comments section below.
I am really on Rend Collective kick these last couple of days because of St. Patrick’s Day. Find the Irish Rock Worshippers HERE
We have been studying through the Book Of Romans verse by verse for a while now. We have come to verse 20 in chapter 1…
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
Using this verse we are doing a study of God’s invisible qualities using A.W. Tozer’s list from The Attributes of God.
If you have missed any of our discussions thus far you can find them on THE ROAD THROUGH ROMANS PAGE.
Today we are discussing God’s self-existence. God shows Himself in Exodus chapter 3 to be, “the origin that has no origin.”.
That is a tough one to understand. Maybe Buffalo Herd can help us get a better grasp on it.
Did you get that?
Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! Today in honor of St. Patrick’s Day I bring you worship from Ireland. Join us in creating your own Irish culture of worship by adding your own song in the comments section below
Rend Collective is one of my favorite Irish worship bands. Find more on them HERE
