Continuing our quest for knowing and enjoying God, we glance at these attributes of God:
Providence -
Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Righteous - He does everything right - without fail.
Psalms 145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made.
Sovereignty - The all-knowing, all-powerful, utterly free God of the universe rules His creation. A.W.Tozer describes God's sovereignty in this manner:
"Were there even one datum of knowledge, however small, unknown to God, His rule would break down at that point. To be Lord over all the creation, He must possess all knowledge. And were God lacking one infinitesimal modicum of power, that lack would end His reign and undo His kingdom; that one stray atom of power would belong to someone else and God would be a limited ruler and hence not sovereign.
"Furthermore, His sovereignty requires that He be absolutely free, which means simply that He must be free to do whatever He wills to do anywhere at any time to carry out His eternal purpose in every single detail without interference. Were He less than free He must be less than sovereign.
"To understand this with the human mind is impossible. No mortal experience prepares us for this kind of comprehension. Theologians throughout the centuries have endeavored to explain God's sovereignty resulting in diverse interpretations. Possibly the simplist is the best: God has allowed evil, pain and death. God allows man to exercise choice. But through it all, He is in control."
Truthfulness - God will never lie to me. So, when Scripture indicates a promise from Him, I should rejoice just as much as if I had received the fulfillment of that promise.
John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.
Titus 1:2 a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time.
Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Righteous - He does everything right - without fail.
Psalms 145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made.
Sovereignty - The all-knowing, all-powerful, utterly free God of the universe rules His creation. A.W.Tozer describes God's sovereignty in this manner:
"Were there even one datum of knowledge, however small, unknown to God, His rule would break down at that point. To be Lord over all the creation, He must possess all knowledge. And were God lacking one infinitesimal modicum of power, that lack would end His reign and undo His kingdom; that one stray atom of power would belong to someone else and God would be a limited ruler and hence not sovereign.
"Furthermore, His sovereignty requires that He be absolutely free, which means simply that He must be free to do whatever He wills to do anywhere at any time to carry out His eternal purpose in every single detail without interference. Were He less than free He must be less than sovereign.
"To understand this with the human mind is impossible. No mortal experience prepares us for this kind of comprehension. Theologians throughout the centuries have endeavored to explain God's sovereignty resulting in diverse interpretations. Possibly the simplist is the best: God has allowed evil, pain and death. God allows man to exercise choice. But through it all, He is in control."
Truthfulness - God will never lie to me. So, when Scripture indicates a promise from Him, I should rejoice just as much as if I had received the fulfillment of that promise.
John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.
Titus 1:2 a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time.
May these brief words and Scripture enhance our appetite for knowing and enjoying God.
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