OUR
AWESOME GOD – 4
Never could we say enough to exalt our
God. Heaven will be full of praises to
Him as it is even now. Rev.19:1,6
Since the creation of the
world to the present time nature shows forth the wonders of God. Rom.1:20 It is even put within man, made in His
image, an inner feeling of right and wrong.
Rom.1:19 This is evident in every culture.
When man realizes right from wrong as he
matures, he is given a choice as to which to follow just as Adam and Eve were
given that choice in the Garden. They
made a wrong choice as sin entered the world through Satan. Gen.3:15 Years later we are told of a man, Enoch, who
loved God and walked with Him. Gen.5:24
Time went on and we find that the hearts of men were continually
evil except for Noah and his family. Gen.6:5
God created us in His image and wants
our fellowship but we must realize that to walk with Him, we must choose to do
things His way. Isa.55:8,9 God is
completely holy. He wants us to be holy,
too. 1 Pet.1:15,16 Everything
about God is holy. God doesn’t become
holy or conform to holiness. He IS holy. Many words are used to define holy: sacred, morally and spiritually without
fault, separation from evil, set apart, consecrated. God is all of this and more.
In our human attempt to understand and
realize the holiness of God magnified, we need to understand our lowly estate
before our Maker. Isaiah felt this as he
beheld the sight before his eyes. Isa.6:5
He felt completely undone. We
need to take our eyes off of the world and see and feel the glory of God in our
hearts that we may grow in holiness and have close relationship with our
Savior. To achieve this, we have to
realize the complete inadequacy and sinfulness of our lives. To give our lives to God, we cannot keep any
corner for ourselves. We are all for
Him. Rom.12:1,2 Jesus was ALL
for us as He gave up His life that we might live eternally with Him.
The following words are taken from a
quote by A.W. Tozer, however, in a different order. We can acclimate ourselves in the fellowship
of the saints on earth and prepare ourselves for the eternal companionship of
God and the saints above in the following ways:
by faith and obedience, by constant meditation on the holiness of God,
by loving righteousness and hating iniquity (sin), by a growing acquaintance
with the Spirit of holiness.
God is a just God. Many question how God could be so loving and
yet be just at the same time. His
justice is absolute or unconditional. Ps.9:4
God’s justice gives hope. God
cannot pervert or turn His judgment aside from its proper use. Job
8:3 God begins to question
Job. Job 40:8 No human could
fault God’s judgment. Rom.3:4
Both righteousness and judgment are part
of God. Ps.97:2 Many ungodly acts
are done by the human race. We see
examples of this all of the time—now and in the past. Would God be just to let it go? Ps.94:1-3 Abraham spoke to God about this in Gen.18:25.
It is not that God wants to see anyone lost in their sin. 1
Tim.2:4 God is good and goodness
without justice is not good. God wanted
to bring all to Him so much that He was willing to send Jesus. Jesus paid our penalty so when we accept Him,
justice has been met. 1 Jhn.1:9
So many more attributes could be
given. There is no end; however, we will
end this study with two that are very important to us—grace and love. They go hand in hand. John was such a great author of the love of
God. There would be no grace if God did
not love us so much. He created us in
His image. It is as if He were saying,
“I want you.” Everything He created was
“good” but man was “very good.” We, as
people, desire to be loved and needed.
So does God. He could get along
very well without us but He wants us and has gone out of His way to provide
for us in every way. When man went
against His wishes, God provided a way back to Him through His Son.
We cannot begin to measure God’s love
for us. Rom.8:38,39 Because of this unfathomable love, God’s grace
flows out to us. Rom.5:20,21 Grace is
something we cannot earn by working for it nor do we deserve it. It is totally a gift. Eph.2:8 This is shown to us by His mercy, kindness,
and love through Jesus. Eph.2:4,7; Jhn.1:17
Let us keep remembering how our God is
awesome beyond words or imagination; but at the same time remember how
insignificant we are, yet important to God.
He even has plans for us as He knows our beginning and end. Jer.29:11-13 His wonders never cease nor His
love. Lam.3:22,23 May we praise
and follow Him all of our lives. Isa.40:26
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