Who is God?All hail the power...(part 4)

We are to acknowledge and glorify God by growing in Him, by going His was and following and physically giving Him an altar (Haggai 1:8). For even though this is not the make-up of His church – it does give God’s people definition, shelter and warmth , a representative of a home in heaven. For God protects and looks to His people. But He wants all to come to Him. ALL. And if there are those who are not Jews and not even Gentiles that can but don’t worship God, God and God alone will deal with them. (Zechariah 14:16-18). Even Jesus knew who was the most powerful and most important. He knew that God set up Moses to lead His people and gave instruction for all to follow until Jesus’ work was finished and redemption complete. (Matthew 8:4; Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14) He is coming and we must respect and as grade school teachers would say, “Get in line”. (Revelation 14:7)

WHO IS GOD?... (ALL HAIL THE POWER, part 3)

God refines me. God refines His church. He prunes it, He makes it humble so that His worship is pure. (Malachi 3:3,4) And on the flip side, God does the bidding of His Church and longs to give delights to those that trust, obey and believe in Him. (Matthew 18:19-20). He saved me from slavery to sin and gave me freedom in the Spirit. (Romans 5:1-11, 6:18) just as He brought the Israelites to freedom. ( 2 Kings 17:36)

Who is God? (All hail the power....part 2)

And we as His people are His royal priesthood and we are called to worship Him and be humbled before Him. (Psalm 95:6) not just in church but everywhere. God is in control in all things. His power is not just in His strength but in His handiwork and His love. Everyone of His children know of His power and salvation, indeed deep down all creatures and beings know Him, and all know His truth (98:2-3). The hard part is getting people to know they actually do know Him and will come when called. After all God is a redeemer. God loves me, God loves His people and even those not in that group, so much so that He sent His Son so that we would all be saved. He is the Great Forgiver and Healer, And for this He is deserving of respect and blessings. (Psalms 103:1-4)

WHO IS JESUS? (Lamb of God)

Christ's love fills us in ways we can never imagine or realize. (Eph 3:19, Eph 6:13). And because of this love we abound in love more and more. (Phil 1:9) and we want to spread it more and more. (phil 1:17) And as brethren our joy is made complete in one another because the love of Christ completely fills us all when we believe, (Phil 2:1,2). And His love is so sacrificial. We think of that as being a bad thing, the world thinks of that as being co-dependent. But His thoughts are not our thoughts. The love He displayed and continues to display through His servants is fully and perfectly Agape love. Simply put His love saves us. (Isaiah 63:9) And Jesus tells us to love the way He loves us. Agape love. (John 13:34; 15:12) And Jesus tells us to remain in Him because He is in the Father and the Father is in Him. When we are in Him, He is in us and we can be in the Father. (John 15:9)