My hope is that this series will offer my readers a chance to consider the names, characteristics and descriptions of our God in the Word.
The remaining Names of God in this series might be considered descriptors, or characteristics of the Lord. We have reviewed the three primary Names of God, along with nineteen compound Names of God in our previous posts. As we venture through these descriptors of our God, I hope we will recognize all the many characteristics of our God that we tend to take for granted.
The Word is truly rich with descriptions of the Living God, and this effort of searching in the Word was quite illuminating. He truly is the ultimate subject of the Word, and His revelation of self-descriptions, or the accolades offered Him by His priests, prophets, kings apostles and faithful truly is a blessing.
May the Name of the Lord be praised, and by thinking on His name, may you have a blessed day.
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| ANOTHER KING |
| Act 17:7 and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.” |
| This description of our God came off the lips of those who refused the gospel. Paul and Silas were preaching the gospel and setting up churches in cities they came to, turning “the world upside down”. Those against the life of God actually defined the message very accurately, for they described it as a message introducing conflict of authority and upsetting the status quo. For the message to bring about such a clear definition by those who hated it, speaks volumes to the clarity of Paul and Silas, and of the effect of the message on those who heard it. Jesus claim of Kingship was presented to those Paul and Silas met, and decisions had to be made, commitments were being lived out and allegiances were being transferred. Two kingdoms were on the scene, and we all know this situation cannot exist. One of the Kingdoms must dominate at the expense of the other. It is interesting with this thought that Luke uses the greek term ἕτερος héteros, het’-er-os when he describes Jesus as “another” King. This term is also used in Galatians 1:6, describing another gospel. It is used to describe a second “thing” as one not of the same nature, form, class, kind; different. The gospel the Galatians were turning from was a gospel that was of a different form, a different message, of a different nature. The Kingship that Paul and Silas were introducing into the Roman empire was of a different kind also. It was not simply a kingdom that was similar to the current Roman empire, driven by political desire and exercising an unsatiable appetite for power, willing and able to kill to maintain it. The Kingship of Jesus was and is different, for it is a kingdom that is established on service to others and not dominance over others, of giving up rights for the sake of love, and of dying for others instead of killing. Yes He is another King, and for being so different, we should be most thankful, praise Him for His reign, and seek to follow after Him, being in a Kingdom that is ruled by love and forgiveness. May His name be praised! |
I would love to hear of your favorite name, characteristic or description of the Living God. Please leave me a comment, and I will include it in the list!
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