The Bible Promise Book
Barbour Publishing 1990
We begin a study of God's promises. I have taken the scriptures from the above mentioned book, expanded a few of them for context, and added my own commentary. The first one, in alphabetical order, is:
Anger
Psalm 145:8 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
The first thing we see is that God, whom we desire to emulate, is slow to anger.
Nehemiah 9:13-17 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant: And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
Even in the face of disrespect and downright arrogant disobedience, God is slow to anger. As soon as His anger passes, which is soon, He graces with joy.
Psalms 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
James 1:19-20 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
James advises us of ways to avoid the angry outburst and how to avoid causing strife. Solomon then advises us to remember and use patience.
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. We also begin to see in Proverbs that the wise stay away from evil which we will explore more deeply further on and that the angry behaving man is likely to be foolish and hated.
Proverbs 14:16-17 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 16:32-33 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 15:18-19 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
I have a Pyracantha Bush next to my front door. I have to trim it or I cannot go in and out the house without getting stabbed, and I do mean stabbed, if any know the pyracntha, they know how I mean. So I trim the bush occasionaolly, just occasionally enough to keep it back and allow me egress and ingress and to mow my yard without flatting the tires on my mower. But the trimming is absolutely no fun for without great care you get stabbed, and then after trimming and during cleanup, even with heavy gloves on, the thorns will often pierce the leather and prick your palm.
I think you will have to read KJV on this verse and the next to understand my comments, TNIV has a very decidedly different take here below and above.
What I read in the following scripture is that when kindness, fairness and justice are used to train an employee, that employee will become like your own child in respect to you. Angry people cause much descension, but an humble person gains honor.
Proverbs 29:21-23 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length. An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Psalm 37:5-11 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Be faithful to God and He will grant you your desires and His righteou8sness will be yours to use as a light for your paths.
The wicked prosper only temporily and we will soon be wondering what has happened to them.
Proverbs 22:24-29 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Here we are given some helps to keep us from developing inappropriate anger responses both in ourselves and others and to become Peacemakers.
Proverbs 15:1-3 A Soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
God knows when we have been bad or good, so...
Colossians 3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Ephesians 4:26-27 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. So anger is not the sin it is what the inappropriate response to or in anger leads us that is the sin.
Proverbs 19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
A discreet man avoids angry outbursts and shares forgiveness.
Proverbs 21:19-21 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
A man who dwells alone in a desert place where no thorny bushes can grow is better of that one who must put up with a contentionus person. A responsibility met prevents the disease of bitterness, disallutionment and discourgemt from blowing anger into a sinful situation.
Jesus gives us some idea of the consequences of inappropriate anger expression.
Matthew 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
We then read that we should let off angry attitudes and behaviours and habits and instead endorse the good things of God.
Ephesians 4:31-32 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Romans 12:19-21 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Proverbs 25:21-22 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Above we even read both from Jesus and from the Old Testament that loving our enemy is what we should be about.
Proverbs 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Colossians 3:8-17 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
El Simchat Gili
__________________________Names of Sufficiency*
Ephesians 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
2Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all __________sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
___________________________Go Ali--The Lord My Redeemer
___________________________Elohi Tsuri--My God My Rock
___________________________Yahweh Raah--The Lord My Shepherd
___________________________Yahweh Chelqi--The Lord My Portion
___________________________El Simchat Gili--God My Exceeding Joy
We have seen that God is God, He is Good, our Creator, Judge, Awesome, Friend, Sufficient.
In this sufficiency that is God then we find ourselves in simchat gili or exceeding joy. That is God’s final name in this study, and it is a good one to finish with.
El Simchat Gili-God My Exceeding Joy 1 Peter 1:8-9 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
___I. Le Joie de Vivre
_______A. That special anniversary
_______B. A special gift
_______C. A special trip to a special place
_______D. A child’s delight over some simple honest pleasure
_______E. Traveling to be with someone who is a long way off
__II. God is the source of all joy
______A. Ps 68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them
________rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
______B. Ps 16:8-11 I have set the Lord always before me:
________because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore
________my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest
________in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt
________thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me
________the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right
________hand there are pleasures for evermore.
______C.Ps 36:8-9 They shall be abundantly satisfied with
________the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the
________river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life:
________in thy light shall we see light.
_III. The Serious business of Heaven
______A. What is joy-feeling which accompanies the acquisition or
________expectation of something good
_________1. Gladness
_________2. Pleasure
_________3. Delight
_________4. Satisfaction
_________5. Happiness
______B. The greater the good the greater the joy–value based decisions
______C. If we focus on God and His goodness then we begin to understand
________joy.
__________1. Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
____________joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
__________2. Matt 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done,
____________thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a
____________few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter
____________thou into the joy of thy lord.
__________3.__Joyful joyful, we adore Thee
_______________God of Glory, God of Light
__________Hearts unfold like Flowers before thee,
________________opening to the sun above.
Henry van Dyke 1907
__IV. The Desire of My Heart
_______A. Ps 84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the
_________courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the
_________living God.
_______B. John 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that
_________my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
_______C. John 17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things
_________I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in
_________themselves.
_______D. John 16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I
_________will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no
_________man taketh from you.
_______E. Ps 4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than
_________in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
_______F. Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall
_________return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon
_________their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and
_________sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul Is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
_________My Brother
_________My Salvation
_________My Family
_________My Education
_________My Church
_________My Friends
_________My Wife
_________My Ministry
*from Mary Kassian Knowing God By Name 2008 Lifeway Press
Ephesians 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
2Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all __________sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
___________________________Go Ali--The Lord My Redeemer
___________________________Elohi Tsuri--My God My Rock
___________________________Yahweh Raah--The Lord My Shepherd
___________________________Yahweh Chelqi--The Lord My Portion
___________________________El Simchat Gili--God My Exceeding Joy
We have seen that God is God, He is Good, our Creator, Judge, Awesome, Friend, Sufficient.
In this sufficiency that is God then we find ourselves in simchat gili or exceeding joy. That is God’s final name in this study, and it is a good one to finish with.
El Simchat Gili-God My Exceeding Joy 1 Peter 1:8-9 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
___I. Le Joie de Vivre
_______A. That special anniversary
_______B. A special gift
_______C. A special trip to a special place
_______D. A child’s delight over some simple honest pleasure
_______E. Traveling to be with someone who is a long way off
__II. God is the source of all joy
______A. Ps 68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them
________rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
______B. Ps 16:8-11 I have set the Lord always before me:
________because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore
________my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest
________in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt
________thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me
________the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right
________hand there are pleasures for evermore.
______C.Ps 36:8-9 They shall be abundantly satisfied with
________the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the
________river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life:
________in thy light shall we see light.
_III. The Serious business of Heaven
______A. What is joy-feeling which accompanies the acquisition or
________expectation of something good
_________1. Gladness
_________2. Pleasure
_________3. Delight
_________4. Satisfaction
_________5. Happiness
______B. The greater the good the greater the joy–value based decisions
______C. If we focus on God and His goodness then we begin to understand
________joy.
__________1. Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
____________joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
__________2. Matt 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done,
____________thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a
____________few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter
____________thou into the joy of thy lord.
__________3.__Joyful joyful, we adore Thee
_______________God of Glory, God of Light
__________Hearts unfold like Flowers before thee,
________________opening to the sun above.
Henry van Dyke 1907
__IV. The Desire of My Heart
_______A. Ps 84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the
_________courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the
_________living God.
_______B. John 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that
_________my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
_______C. John 17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things
_________I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in
_________themselves.
_______D. John 16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I
_________will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no
_________man taketh from you.
_______E. Ps 4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than
_________in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
_______F. Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall
_________return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon
_________their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and
_________sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul Is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
_________My Brother
_________My Salvation
_________My Family
_________My Education
_________My Church
_________My Friends
_________My Wife
_________My Ministry
*from Mary Kassian Knowing God By Name 2008 Lifeway Press
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Avi-Abba-Father
Names of Intimacy *
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
2 Cor 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
El Roi God-Sees Me
Immanu El-God With Us
Elohey Avoteynu-God of Our Fathers
Avi-Father
El Qanna-Jealous God
Avi- Father 2 Cor 6:18 I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
I. Sacrificial love of a father Eph 1: 4-5 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
A. A house fire, a broken window, bloody hand prints and a happy reunion
B. Peter Pan/Peter Banning-Neverland a Happy thought 2 Cor 6: 16-18 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you,
C. The great love of God 1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
II. Jesus, in the New Testament teaches us that all God’s name pale to the one Hes used most Father.
A. John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
B. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
C. Galatians 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
D. Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
III. God is the Father of our Dreams
A. Lavishing love 1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
B. Always near Josh 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
C. Protecting us Ps 5:11-12 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
D. Providing for us Phil 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
E. Beneficent Matt 7:8-11 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
F. Guiding us Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
G. Correcting us 2 Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
H. Comforting us 2 Thess 2:16-17 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
I. Encouraging us Romans 15:4-5 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
J. Giving us a spectacular inheritance Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
1 Pet 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
IV. Abba Father
A. Gal 4:4-6 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
B. Romans 8:15-16 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
C. Matt 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
*from Mary Kassian Knowing God By Name 2008 Lifeway Press
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
2 Cor 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
El Roi God-Sees Me
Immanu El-God With Us
Elohey Avoteynu-God of Our Fathers
Avi-Father
El Qanna-Jealous God
Avi- Father 2 Cor 6:18 I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
I. Sacrificial love of a father Eph 1: 4-5 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
A. A house fire, a broken window, bloody hand prints and a happy reunion
B. Peter Pan/Peter Banning-Neverland a Happy thought 2 Cor 6: 16-18 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you,
C. The great love of God 1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
II. Jesus, in the New Testament teaches us that all God’s name pale to the one Hes used most Father.
A. John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
B. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
C. Galatians 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
D. Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
III. God is the Father of our Dreams
A. Lavishing love 1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
B. Always near Josh 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
C. Protecting us Ps 5:11-12 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
D. Providing for us Phil 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
E. Beneficent Matt 7:8-11 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
F. Guiding us Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
G. Correcting us 2 Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
H. Comforting us 2 Thess 2:16-17 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
I. Encouraging us Romans 15:4-5 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
J. Giving us a spectacular inheritance Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
1 Pet 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
IV. Abba Father
A. Gal 4:4-6 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
B. Romans 8:15-16 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
C. Matt 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
*from Mary Kassian Knowing God By Name 2008 Lifeway Press
Monday, May 03, 2010
God Sees Me
Names of Intimacy
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
2 Cor 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
El Roi-God Sees Me
Immanu El-God With Us
Elohey Avoteynu-God of Our Fathers
Avi-Father
El Qanna-Jealous God
El Roi God Sees Me
Sarai had chased Haggai, her handmaid, who was pregnant with Ishmael, Abram's son, away from the camp with meanness and jealousy. So Haggai determined to go home to Egytpt from Canaan, a long hot dry walk through a sandy hilly rocky desert. She found a large rock and was trying to cool herself in the shade of that rock when God spoke to her.
Gen 16:13-14 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
God showed her a running brook of cool fresh water where she refreshed herself and returned to the camp of Abram.
I. People like to be noticed when in public. Consider their antics at sporting events when they are displayed on the jumbotron.
A. Ex 2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
This was when they were enslaved in Egypt, so we know God sees us in our meanest and lowest estate.
B. Jer 23:23-24 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.
C. Ps 139 O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
II. People would rather not be under an intrusive and critical gaze, but rather a beneficial one. God is Love. So What-Me-Worry?
A. Ps 94:7-9 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
B. 1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
C. 2 Chron 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
III. People are known by God in a very intimate relational way.
A. Matt 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
B. Matt 6:3-14 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
C. Ps 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
God forgives us by supplying the bridge on which to cross(the cross of Messiah) across the chasm which separates us from fellowship with Him, caused by our own individual sin-however little or however big or numerous-if we but admit and submit and commit to Jesus Christ His Son. He sees our sin, He sees our repentance, He see us when we forgive, He sees our faith, however small.
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
2 Cor 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
El Roi-God Sees Me
Immanu El-God With Us
Elohey Avoteynu-God of Our Fathers
Avi-Father
El Qanna-Jealous God
El Roi God Sees Me
Sarai had chased Haggai, her handmaid, who was pregnant with Ishmael, Abram's son, away from the camp with meanness and jealousy. So Haggai determined to go home to Egytpt from Canaan, a long hot dry walk through a sandy hilly rocky desert. She found a large rock and was trying to cool herself in the shade of that rock when God spoke to her.
Gen 16:13-14 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
God showed her a running brook of cool fresh water where she refreshed herself and returned to the camp of Abram.
I. People like to be noticed when in public. Consider their antics at sporting events when they are displayed on the jumbotron.
A. Ex 2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
This was when they were enslaved in Egypt, so we know God sees us in our meanest and lowest estate.
B. Jer 23:23-24 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.
C. Ps 139 O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
II. People would rather not be under an intrusive and critical gaze, but rather a beneficial one. God is Love. So What-Me-Worry?
A. Ps 94:7-9 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
B. 1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
C. 2 Chron 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
III. People are known by God in a very intimate relational way.
A. Matt 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
B. Matt 6:3-14 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
C. Ps 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
God forgives us by supplying the bridge on which to cross(the cross of Messiah) across the chasm which separates us from fellowship with Him, caused by our own individual sin-however little or however big or numerous-if we but admit and submit and commit to Jesus Christ His Son. He sees our sin, He sees our repentance, He see us when we forgive, He sees our faith, however small.
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