Who is God (Part 23)

44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:44

How do we know when Jesus is drawing someone?

Whenever someone speaks to another person who has not been born again, Jesus is drawing him to come.

Whenever the gospel is preached in a church that gives a salvation message, Jesus is drawing unbelievers to come to Him.

If the gospel is preached on a tv or radio program, and an invitation is given to accept Christ, He is drawing the unbeliever to ask Jesus into their hearts.

My dad led me to Jesus as an 8-year-old girl one evening, after church, in the car before we went into our home. Jesus was drawing me that night and I accepted him.

These are ways we come to understand that Jesus is drawing us to repentance.

The sad thing about it is all those that hear His call and refuse to accept Him as Lord and Savior. One day when He comes back, every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord. Phillipians 2:10   Romans 14:11

 But those that have not accepted Him prior to that great event, will regret not doing so. Because it will be too late for them.

2 Corinthians 6:2 Now is the accepted time of Salvation

Time is running out my friends. We believe that the coming of Jesus is very near. And until then, what about our own mortality? Will we even make it to that time before we pass on? I don't know. But I do know because God's Word tells me, that we need to make that decision to repent of our sins and accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior-now. And not to leave it to chance. Because the chance could lead us to where we do not want to go. 

Thanks for coming by today, Friends.

Have a blessed day!

Who is God (Part 22)

 

13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Galatians 3:13-14

God did not create us just to leave us all alone, unable to do His will. Nor to flouder in sin or walk in darkness and on our way to our own demise.

No, He gave us Jesus, who took it upon himself, to have the ablility to be forgiven if we choose.

To walk in freedom.

And to one day obtain the same blessing that Abrahm enjoys now as he is in the presence of Jesus Himself.

Because....

that is who God is.

Thanks for coming by today Friends.

Blessings to you and yours!

Who is God (part 21)

 

11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will Ephesians 1:11

God does everything according to His will. People can name it, claim it, blab it and grab it like Kennth Copeland tells his congregation, but things only come to pass as God ordains. That is why "ministries" like Copelands are not of God. They get rich off poor people as well as any they can con, because people hope to get rich like them. Friends, those people get nothing in return. But false hope, lies and eventually hell.

Don't fall for these false teachers. They aren't for you. They are for themselves. 

Believe God. Because He does love you and His path leads us from darkness into His light.  

Because....that is who God is!

Thanks for coming by. 

God bless you!

Who is God (part 20)

 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Psalm 130:4

We know that God will judge us when we have passed on to His presence. We know that those that are still unrepentant at that time, will be judged for their sin.

But for us that have repented, God has forgiven and we do not have to face the kind of judgement that we would have otherwise.

That is the greatest gift of all. Because it is the difference in where we will spend eternity. 

I don't know about you, but I look forward to that time with great anticipation. With all the evil going on in our world, it is sad that so many are going to miss it (spending eternity with Jesus) because they have rebelled against what God has done for us. 

I hope that is not you or your loved ones. I often weep for those in my family that unless they repent, they will miss the wonderful things that Jesus is preparing for us now.

Yes, God is a God of forgiveness. Because that is who God is!

Thanks for coming by today, Friends. Have a blessed day!

Who Is God (Part 19)

 

5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. Psalm 5:5-6

We know that God loves us. There are so many passages in the Bible that tell us so. However, He hates evil. And...

He will judge. their sin.

For the believers, he will judge

not their sin, but their works.

His judgement will be fair and

righteous.

Because that is who God is.

Thanks for coming today, Friends.

God bless!

Who is God (part 18)

 

17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Romans 5:17

One man sinned. That man was Adam. Someone had to take his place so that all that would believe and come to God, it took more than mortal man can still not even fathom.

Jesus Christ gave up His throne in heaven to become fully human and yet remain fully God that would allow himself to be hung on a cross to cover our sin that we could never possibly do ourselves.

It was God's grace that makes it all possible. And it makes me often wonder where would I be if it were not for His grace and sending His Son to die for me. And you as well. 

Grace...

That is who God is

Thanks for coming by today, Friends!

Who is God (part 17)

 15 For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion,[b] but on God, who has mercy.  Romans 9:15-16

Our God is a God of mercy. 

I thought I would take these verses a bit further today.

And so, I went to gotqurstions.org to understand why this is important for us to know today. Here is their answer:

What does God mean when He says, “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy” ? (Exodus 33:19)

Answer:

After the Israelites sinned against God by worshipping the golden calf, the Lord was ready to send them to the Promised Land on their own without Him (Exodus 33:3). But Moses interceded for the people (Exodus 33:12–17). During his private meeting with Yahweh, Moses asked God for assurances, one being, “Please, let me see Your glory” (Exodus 33:18, CSB). God answered, saying, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion” (Exodus 33:19).

Ever the faithful mediator, Moses asked God not to destroy the Israelites but to stay with His people to lead them to the Promised Land. God agreed to live among them and come down to them in glory in His tabernacle. The Lord promised Moses, “I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name” (Exodus 33:17, NLT).

Moses, who had already received glimpses of God’s glory at the burning bush (Exodus 3:1–22), on the mountaintop (Exodus 24:15–18), and at the tent of meeting (Exodus 33:12–23), asked to see more. He wanted a greater revelation of God’s glory. The Lord’s answer was part yes and part no. God was willing to show all of His divine goodness to Moses. He was pleased to call out His sacred name, Yahweh, before Moses. And He was ready to reveal His sovereign mercy and compassion to Moses. God would show as much of Himself as Moses was able to bear, but there were limits. If Moses were to see a complete revelation of God’s glory, it would be so overwhelming that it would destroy him (Exodus 33:20).

By not fully answering Moses’ request, God was in actuality exhibiting mercy and compassion toward Moses. When He said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy” in Exodus 33:19, the Lord meant that He shows mercy freely to anyone He chooses. The New Living Translation renders the meaning of the verse more explicitly: “I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.”

Demonstrating mercy is one way God reveals His glory. The word mercy in Exodus 33:19 means “kindness, compassion, and forgiveness.” When God said, “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy,” He meant that He would show kindness, compassion, and forgiveness to anyone He chooses.

God’s mercy—His wondrous compassion—leads Him to forgive sinners and withhold the punishment that is justly deserved. After the Lord graciously led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, through the Red Sea, and toward the Promised Land, they responded by revolting against God. Yet, because of the favor obtained through their mediator, Moses, God was pleased to lavish His mercy on them.

Exodus 33:19 is quoted in the New Testament by the apostle Paul in reference to the sovereignty of God: “For God said to Moses, ‘I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose’” (Romans 9:15, NLT). Paul meant that God’s freedom is absolute. It is essential to understand that, before God, humans have no rights or privileges. We have no claim of our own to God’s mercy. That is why the concept and outworking of mercy are so crucial for sinners.

“I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy” means God’s freedom to demonstrate mercy is not limited by anything but His own divine choice. God does not show mercy because humans deserve it. The Lord’s favor cannot be earned by status, social class, or works of righteousness—otherwise, it would not be mercy.

The Lord said He had mercy on Israel because He was pleased with their mediator, the prophet Moses: “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you” (Exodus 33:17). God chose to extend the grace, favor, and love that He had for Moses to the children of Israel. The people were spared, by divine choice, through the merits of Moses, their mediator. This act was a foreshadowing of our basis of salvation in Christ.

Humans cannot be saved based on their own efforts (Ephesians 2:8–9). The Bible says we are too sinful to merit salvation (Isaiah 64:6; Romans 3:10, 23; Psalm 143:2). Our salvation hinges on the pleasure God takes in our Mediator—the person of Jesus Christ, God’s Son and our Savior (Hebrews 9:15; Galatians 2:16). Since God is pleased with Jesus (Matthew 3:17; 17:5), He is pleased with anyone who trusts in Him for salvation. Jesus is our Mediator, accomplishing for us what Moses did for Israel, only in perfection. (gotquestions.org)

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God's mercy also extends farther on that for Moses' time. 

And not only then, but for Noah.

And all that have trusted Him.

It came on down through the ages to the death of His Son on the cross. 

And it continues to today.

And it will continue

even until the end of time.

For those of us that give our lives to Him.

His mercy extends further than any thing

that you and I can possibly understand.

Because that is who God is!

Thanks for coming by today, Friends.

I apologize for the past few days that I was unable to post.

It's been a hard week. 

I hope you will pray for me as because I am aging,

life is getting a bit harder. 

And thank you for continuing to come,

even when I don't post anything new. 

God Bless!