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. |
| In our last post on this name, I left for my readers an opportunity to suggest the reason Paul used this name of God when speaking of CRUSHING Satan Why didn’t Paul speak of God as the God of Warfare, or the God of Battles, or the God of Domination, when he speaks of God soon crushing Satan? Crushing in the New Testament is a word used 7 times, and is related to complete crushing, breaking, treading down, being broken in pieces, to be conquered and trampled on. This term is not associated with peace. Given that concept of crushing, I still have the image of blood and guts, broken bones, humiliation of the enemy, domination and defeat. I may be providing differing images in that last list that may not be intended in Paul’s mind. Defeat of Satan. Yes that seems obvious. Conquering of Satan. Yes that seems obvious. Humiliation of Satan. Yes, but through the wisdom of God, and not by exercising a competitive spirit that usually fuels a humiliation of an enemy. Ok – Now we may be starting to see that the means of crushing may be my point of confusion. When I think of crushing, I think violence, force, physical warfare. When Jesus finally conquers a man, it is not by threat, or by impending judgement, by through logical dominance – all of which may play a part in some conversions – but the hinge upon which every true conversion swings is the love of God, the self sacrificial life and death of the suffering Servant. His methods of conquering include love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. This is the nature of His person, the very Spirit we have been granted. To consider the crushing of Satan to include violence and domination as I think of it in this world, twists the very character of our Savior. Am I saying Jesus loves Satan and that Satan will be conquered by the love of God? That is a hill far away, and though the love of God may extend there, I certainly cannot claim I know of it. That is not for me to know. One truth is for me to know. It is the means of God to conform to His very nature and to provide victory as the King of all, is that through peace, through love, through joy. Jesus is the God of peace. In the working out His will, the way of peace will be the means and goal, even in the defeat of Satan. May we also be conquered daily by the God of Peace. |
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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