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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| Deuteronomy 10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. |
| Moses is speaking to the nation, describing the tremendous privilege and benefit they possess being the people God has called out from the heathen, from those whom Abraham, Isaac and Jacob rubbed shoulders with. God needs the nation to know what is required of them to maintain this blessedness, to experience the goodness of God in their national experience. He is not asking them to swear allegiance to some tribal god who rules over a patch of land, or some family spirit that favors only those of the bloodline of Abraham, or to bow to a god who controls the weather or the flood of a river. Moses understood that this ragtag group of whiners and complainers had been extracted from the land of bondage, a land they had become accustomed to, a culture they naturally relate to, including gods who have some power, some authority, some seeming control over circumstances. They lived in this culture all their lives in Egypt, and understood, not just theoretically but in experience the worship of many gods strewn through the land of the Egyptians. Moses needs them to understand the God they are required to serve as the God over all these other gods, and rightly so, for during the plagues, God showed Himself over the Egyptian gods in each plague, and during the escape He showed Himself dominant over nature with a fiery column leading them, a pillar of smoke directing them, provision of food from heaven, and the splitting of the sea for their safe passage, even with the nation witnessing the collapse of the Red Sea on their enemy. God is the God of gods, and for those Moses spoke to, they had ample proof, ample evidence of the superiority of Jehovah Elohim over the paltry powers of their previous masters. God is the God of gods, and He is proving that to us as we see His power working through the world, frustrating the powers that be, bringing life through the gospel and healing to the nations. God is the God of gods. And due to His elevated position over all gods, Moses calls upon them to do the bare minimum. Deut 10:12-13 “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am commanding you today for your good? As indicative of the love of God, note that all the requirements prescribed to the nation are not necessarily for God’s benefit. He is God of all gods and requires nothing from us for His benefit. No, these requirements of obedience bring us into the experience of God He wants for us, and that we desperately crave for. |
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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