Having just got done teaching a group of kids the Genesis 1 creation account with the intent of showing them how big, strong and awesome God is I find it fitting that this is today’s passage. It not only tells of the magnificence of God as a Holy Judge, but also shows him as a father that provides grace (through the spotless lamb of Jesus Christ) to his children. This passage is a perfect continuation of the creation story in that it tells us how to respond to how awesome God is, with fear (v.17) and in a holy manner (v.16). We cannot accomplish this until we have received the forgiveness in Christ which is greater than anything that we could accomplish but it is also through this understanding of who God is, and how great he is that will ultimately cause us to fall deeper in love with him and therefore actively desire to be more like him.
In a nutshell God is huge, perfect, and omniscient. Sin is for ignorant people. God wants us to walk away from our ignorance and to be conformed to his image. So you can be associated with God or with stupidity. Not much of a choice there.
Praise God for who he is, what he’s done and his continued forgiveness.
This passage highlights several of God's infinite attributes. The attributes I found in this passage is that:
ReplyDelete(vs 15) God is holy
(vs 17) God is our Father
(vs 17) God is unbiased
(vs 18) God is a provider
(vs 20) God has no bounds
(vs 21) God gives hope
Seeing these characteristics of God laid out for me challenged me to spend more time with him and made me realize how lame I've been recently for not spending time with him.
Ben, thanks for sharing God's Word with us. Keep on Bloggin'
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