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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| ETERNAL LIFE |
| 1 John 1:2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us– |
| Eternal life is not principally a possession we gain or a condition we enter as we initially trust Christ, but eternal life is the very essence of the Christ. He is eternal life, and to be found in Him is to be a partaker of eternal life. John tells us that Jesus is eternal life and that eternal life was shown to us while Jesus walked this earth. I have thought for may years that eternal life speaks of duration of life, and this surely has merit, yet as I walk with Him as feebly as I do, I find that eternal life is a quality of life. If the concept of our spirit existing forever is true, then eternal life is of no added benefit if the quality of life is not a major consideration. Of course, eternal life speaks of no beginning and no end, and there are some who may claim that humans also had a pre existence, and will exist forever, but I find little evidence of this teaching in the Word. What I do find evidence of in the Word is the quality of our Savior, the stellar character of His person, the gracious acceptance of those who are against Him, the willingness to bow down to us, bow down ever so far, to meet us in our sorry condition. As believers, let us consider Who the true eternal life is, that the person of the Christ is eternal life embodied in flesh, the One who gave His life up to manifest eternal life to those who had nothing to give. He is Eternal Life! |
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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