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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| GOD OF PEACE |
| Romans 15:33 May the God of peace be with you all. Amen Romans 16:20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. |
| We have been in Romans 15 for the last 3 names of God, and though the chapters are man made, the 15th chapter has one more jewel of a name for us to consider. Granted, it appears that Paul’s final appeal to the God of peace for these Romans shows up in the last verse of chapter 15, he returns to this name again in Romans 16. This is where I would like to settle for this post. So let’s consider that out of all the names Paul had opportunity to use in this context, he choose the “God of Peace”. A name that brings to mind gentle flowing waters, scenes of quietness, contentment and harmony, a state of security and safety where there are no threats, no quarrels or disturbances. Peace, in the Hebrew mind, included the concept of wholeness, wellness balance and health. We know of this term for even today as we hear some speaking of “Shalom”. So let me ask my readers a silly question. Why didn’t Paul speak of God in this context as the God of Warfare, or the God of Battles, or the God of Domination, when he speaks of God soon crushing Satan? That just seems a bit odd in my mind. So my mind needs to be taught! That is the proper result of finding an apparent confusion in the Word. I am to conform my thinking to the message provided. My thinking is to be continually challenged by the Word and dang it all, I think we found something here to do just that! Now, before I provide a possible solution to this conundrum, (and to provide me a bit of time to think, meditate and ask God for help), I am going to open this post to my readers to comment, to provide a suggested solution, or to supply direction for my thinking. I shall return to this topic shortly. Hope to hear from you! |
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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