Tag: God
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The Message (Part 3): God is Light
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5) INTRODUCTION: Only in fellowship with God can we have true joy. But what kind of God are we called to have fellowship with? God is light means…
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The Message (part 2)
TEXT: 1 JOHN 1:5 “This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.” INTRODUCTION Previously, we have emphasized the fact that the message of the Bible, the message of the gospel, is primarily about God, not us. It is…
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The Message
“This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.” (1 John 1:5) The “message” that Jesus taught his disciples and commanded them to teach is primarily about “God”. The message is not primarily about us and how we can…
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Grasshoppers
“They are grasshoppers:All the nations in My sight.I am not impressed.” Copyright Dennis Cortes 2021
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The end God has in mind …
“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” (Romans 8:18) The end God has in mind regarding our sufferings is not just our personal conformity to Christ, but also the conformity of the whole church to Christ, so…
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God’s Anger
“God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation everyday.” (Psalm 7) God can and does feel anger, but it is a righteous anger consistent with his righteous character. The Bible depicts God as a being who has emotions, but these emotions are under his control. If ever he becomes angry it is…
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My God is Not Stupid
My God is not stupid; He’s wiser than you are. Do not presume to judge Him; He knows you from afar. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts, His ways above our ways; Our wisdom’s but a tiny drop In the ocean of His days. If it were easy to discern Him, Then He would…
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The Pursuit of God
What shall I pursue with vigor unrelenting? A face no man can see, a voice heard only in stillness, a presence too real for mere sense. All other things lose their relish sooner or later. I have tasted heaven once, and now all else is insipid. For the meantime I am dull; my heart is…
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My Times Are In Your Hands
“But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, ‘You are my God.’ My times are in your hands.” (Psalm 31:14-15) Faith is a commitment in the context of relationship. It is the response of intimacy, issuing or arising from the sense or realization that that relationship has been in place all along, from the…
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The Wrath of God
Berkouwer, on page 258 of his The Providence of God writes about the wrath of God: Apart from God’s wrath neither His righteousness nor holiness, neither His love nor mercy can be understood… Wrath is the implication of God’s holiness. It must direct itself against evil… God’s wrath is not arbitrariness… It is the exalted…
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