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.

HE WHO SUPPLIES THE SPIRIT

Galatians 3:5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith–

Paul provides the Galations a progression of the experience of the Spirit in the beginning of chapter 3.

Galatians 3:2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

Paula begins his argument for the necessity of a Spirit filled (controlled) life with the initial meeting of the believers with the Spirit. Upon the hearing of the gospel, those who believed received. They were not required to perform any works, such as a circumcision or a baptism, or a compliance with any works that may be required by those trying to influence them after Paul left.

They received upon belief in the crucified Messiah.

Galatians 3:3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?

Next, Paul emphasizes the beginning of the faith of these believers. Though this may be a reiteration of the initial act of faith that brought them into the Body of Christ, I understand it to be directed to the initial days/weeks/months the believers were walking in the Spirit prior to the “influencers” arriving, and confounding these saints.

Then we get to our verse of consideration. Paul closes his initial argument of the necessity of the Spirit controlled life as the norm for the believer by reminding the believers of the source of this tremendous gift, that the Spirit is given by God, and that the means of provision is by faith and not works.

He provides Scriptural proofs of this truth for the remainder of the chapter, and I would encourage my reader to take time to reread the passage.

For this morning, let us dwell on the gift of the Spirit provided by God, through a heart faith in the Messiah. Whether we are new in the faith by an hour, a decade or half a century, each of us has that blessing to know the Lord through the Spirit in our daily lives.

Story Time

I am just returning from visiting my northern grandchildren. Really a good time! We had a special time with my youngest grandson we were visiting. During the visit, a small dispute with his sister erupted and we had a chance to discuss the issue of the dispute and that to be a believer is a daily challenge to exercise forgiveness towards even those we know best.

It is a daily challenge to live the Christian life, and we can be thankful that it is HE WHO SUPPLIES THE SPIRIT is none other than the God we worship.

He provides all our needs!

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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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