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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| BREAD OF GOD |
| John 6:33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” |
| In our last post we spoke of Jesus as the Bread from Heaven, and His self description in John 6:32. The very next verse, Jesus continues the description of the Bread, speaking of the nature of the Bread here, and not simply it’s origination. Jesus is giving those who hear tremendous truth as to the One who is speaking to them! When Jesus speaks of the Bread of Heaven, He speaks of the location of the Bread’s origination, or where the Bread came from. For Jesus to speak of the Bread of God is revealing the nature of the Bread, the identity of the Bread. It is not a physical bread, but it is of God. To refer to the Bread as being from Heaven may leave His listeners thinking He is an angel, or a spiritual being. In this verse He clarifies who He is (not His point of origin). He does not speak of Himself as being Bread from God, which would allow others to default to the angel understanding, but the Bread of God. He came down from Heaven to provide us the Bread of God, Himself and that as the Bread of God was broken, we have the privilege of finding our life in Him. He speaks of even greater life giving capabilities than simply providing life to a simple believer sitting at his desk typing this morning, but of providing life for the world. The world! How audacious! How like the One who spoke truth though our understanding is far from complete. He spoke the truth though hard for us to comprehend. He spoke truth for us not to struggle with, but to accept and to believe. Do you believe? |
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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