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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| FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS |
| Revelation 3:14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation. |
| In our last post we spoke – hopefully clearly – of the name “Faithful and True”. After a poor effort at explaining the state and standard of God in the previous name of God, I would like to consider this name of God, and how the witness of God should be described as the perfectly trustworthy “Faithful and True” God. This particular name speaks of God as a witness. An action that He partakes in, and the action of Him as a witness is described by the nature our God has. He is faithful and He is true. There is not much wiggle room in finding fault with this Witness. But a witness is one who is a spectator of a crime, or a contest or of a happening that needs to be recounted. To be a witness is to communicate what One has seen. What had Jesus seen? Consider – to be a faithful and true witness does not require the witness to provide every detail, or every fact, or every incident in a case. It is to provide the record that is required in the court room, and pertaining to the case at hand. Jesus provided the information we needed. He spoke of what He saw, and He communicated what He saw with the help of the Holy Spirit. His witness, if you would have it, was the glory of God, and brought the faithfulness and truth of God, the grace and mercy of God into a resounding focal point that will never be outshone. A short story to help connect with my thoughts. I was in church this Sunday morning, crying over some song that spoke of the glory of God. The church sang of the sacrifice of Jesus, and I realized once again that the crucifixion was the glory of God! No bright lights. No shining beams, or radiant glow. No attention seeking blast of energy! No – the greatest exhibit of the glory of God was that in the darkness of the crucifixion, one lone body hung bleeding, that of a man misunderstood, of a tortured soul that gave all, only to be rejected, ridiculed, and mocked. Even as he hung in that excruciating pain, He forgave his tormentors. As He became a martyr, He forgave His enemies. He forgave. He actually forgave his enemies in the midst of their celebration of defeating Him. How can we grasp this? What type of God is this, that takes our punishment and forgives those who, with extreme prejudice, executes Him? How can we understand Him. He is the faithful and True Martyr, for to be a witness, in the New Testament was to be a martyr. |
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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