1. God is Good
FOR THE LORD IS GOOD AND HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER. (PSALMS 100:5)
God is good and in Him is no wickedness. God is a Holy God known as the
Holy One Among Us. He is a Righteous God; He cannot be tempted by evil neither
does He tempt anyone with evil. God is a Just God; He is a God who defends the
cause of the oppressed and gives the afflicted their rights. God is Loving
& Merciful; The Love of God is unsearchable. God is True; God is not a man
that He should lie about anything. God is hardworking; He works for the good of
all those who love Him, who are called for His good purpose. He gives His Peace
to his children.
On the other hand man sins, the good that a man may want to do, he may
end up not doing it. If man were to be saved by their own goodness then none
would be saved for no one is good except God and for this reason Jesus came
into the world so that through His death, man could be saved by faith in Him.
Mark 10:18 ….”No one is good- except God alone.
Therefore as children of a Good God let us strive to do good and let us
not get tired of doing good for it pleases Our Father. Do not be overcome by
evil but overcome evil with good.
2. God is Sovereign
HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE. (DEUTERONOMY 6:4)
Kings are elected and after their term they retire or they die or get overthrown
and their reign comes to an end. But it is not so with God; God’s reign
does not and will not end. The Lord reigns forever. He is Sovereign God who
rules over the heavens and the earth even the seas and the deep all of which
are the works of His hands
Man even if he might be a Duke, Lord, Royal Highness, Queen or President
cannot claim sovereign power. Though He might possess more power than others
but he is still answerable to counsels, the law and God. Others in efforts to
make themselves like God have used dictatorship to claim sovereign power but it
was only for a while; even now there is little remembrance of them.
Also know that the anti-christ who is prophesied in the Bible will try
to stand as God and cause all people to worship him and take his mark but the
Lord Jesus will put an end to him and his followers after the decreed time
passes.
3. God is Mighty
THE MIGHTY ONE, GOD, THE LORD SPEAKS AND SUMMONS THE EARTH FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN TO THE PLACE WHERE IT SETS. (PSALM 50:1)
God is a Mighty God with the history of His mighty works recorded in the
Bible, from creating the heavens to leading Israel from captivity into their
promised land to the display of His wisdom and power through His Son in the
workings of miracles and wonders like walking on water and resurrecting from
the dead.
God is High and Lofty, So High the earth is His footstool.
No-one and no god can content with The Lord of Hosts; satan and his
followers were fought and thrown out of heaven. A god of the Philistines called
dagon fell on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord (1Samuel 5:1-3).
But man though he may display might in his work, he will reach a point
where he grows weary, even the youths grow weary which is why it is important
to trust in the Mighty One who renews strength of those who wait on Him.
4. God is Fearful
IT IS A DREADFUL THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD- HEBREWS 10:31
God is the Ancient of Days & The Lion of Judah; He is not our age
mate that we can fellowship with Him anyhow. God is fearful; Hebrews says the
Israelites who heard the voice of God begged that no further words be spoken to
them. When Jesus showed Himself to Saul, Saul’s companions saw the light and
were afraid (Acts 22:9)
God is a consuming Fire. Sodom & Gomorrah were destroyed by fire for
their wickedness.
To know the climax of the fearfulness of God is to have God fighting
against you.
There are children of satan and those who are living an ignorant life who
go about terrorizing and persecuting others. This kind of fearfulness is the
man kind of fearfulness. The man kind of fearfulness is evil and without mercy.
They can only kill your body but God will preserve your soul.
5. God is able
….WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE; BUT WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE (MATHEW 19:26)
With God all things are possible. God Almighty, Jehovah El Shaddai calls
forth things that be not as though they are.
God makes water flow in the desert, He makes a way where there is no
way. He is a miracle working God who accompanies His word with signs and
wonders.
But with man not all things are possible; with man there are incurable
constraints and challenges. If only man would humble themselves under the
mighty hand of God then God would exalt and cause man to do exploits, even now
those who have humbled themselves are healing incurable diseases in the name of
Jesus. Some are performing mighty feats in business that on their own they
would otherwise not be able to perform.
6. God will not sleep
INDEED, HE WHO WATCHES OVER ISRAEL WILL NEITHER SLUMBER NOR SLEEP (PSALM 121:4)
God is very mindful of you and me that He will not sleep because He is
watching over us. Know that in Christ we are sons of God and therefore one with
Israel, the firstborn of God by faith. In this we are assured of security and
help anytime we call be it early morning, afternoon or midnight.
God also sees everything done under the earth, you can’t say I will sin
in darkness because God will be sleeping and will not see me. You can’t run
away from God and say God will not find me, Jonah tried but failed.
Man on the other hand cannot do without sleep. The help of man is
limited to certain times. With man there are times when he is unavailable to
answer or help.
Man also cannot see all things at all times which is why it is a foolish
thing not to trust in God for without God how will you know of those who plot
against you in the hidden places?
7. God considers the heart
FOR MAN LOOKETH ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE, BUT THE LORD LOOKETH ON THE HEART (1SAMUEL 16:7)
God judges righteously because God looks at the heart. He weighs a man’s
thoughts and motives. This is the heart that pleases God;
A heart that has absolute faith in God, absolute love for God, absolute
thankfulness to God, repentant heart, obedient, humble, honest, Spirit filled,
a heart that spends time alone with God, inquisitive heart, caring heart, servant
heart, courageous, loyal to God, declares the power of God, depends on God’s
provision, reverent, respectful, trustworthy, devoted, willing, righteous,
holy, a heart of worship, a heart that recognises Jehovah for who He is and
strives to fulfil the will of God, a strong heart and a heart of integrity and
dignity just to mention some.
Man however looks at appearance and therefore judges wrongly unless God
gives him discernment. In a job interview your appearance & skills can earn
you the job. There is not much focus on the heart and even if there is many
cover up the real form of their heart.
8. God is glorious
AND THE ONE WHO SAT THERE HAD THE APPEARANCE OF JASPER AND CARNELIAN. A RAINBOW RESEMBLING AN EMERALD ENCIRCLED THE THRONE. (REVELATIONS 4:3)
All glory and honour belongs to God. God is King of Glory. Heaven opened
and Ezekiel saw visions of God. He concluded the vision he saw by saying, I saw
that from what appeared to be his waist up He looked like fire, and from there
down He looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him. Like the
appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance
around Him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord….Ezekiel
1:27-28
Man’s efforts to be glorious have included the use of make-up, plastic
surgery and expensive clothes and jewellery but none of man’s glory lasts.
Man was formed from dust and to dust does he returns, when man’s spirit
departs he returns to the ground and his body sees decay.
There is no glory in the grave. Job 14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth
away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
But we know that when we believe in the RISEN King of GLORY He shall
raise our mortal bodies immortal. 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of
God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He
shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.
9. God is God
TO WHOM WILL YE LIKEN ME, AND MAKE ME EQUAL, AND COMPARE ME, THAT WE MAY BE LIKE? ( ISAIAH 46: 5)
God is God and cannot be compared to anything or anyone. He says He is
Who He Is.
On the other end man is man. Yes man was created in the image of God but
is not God for there is only One God called I AM. The God of Abraham Isaac and
Jacob. He will never share His glory with any other. 1Timothy 2:5 For there is
One God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
10. God is Rich
IF I WERE HUNGRY I WOULD NOT TELL YOU FOR THE WORLD IS MINE, AND ALL THAT IS IN IT (PSALM 50:12)
God is rich in many things. All glory, honour, power and wealth belongs
to God for He created all things and by His will everything created has its
being.
All silver and gold belongs to God.
God holds riches of wisdom and knowledge also.
Man claims to be rich but riches that are temporary are not true riches.
Riches that are destroyed by moth and mildew are not true riches. Riches that
can be stolen are not lasting riches. This is why the Lord Jesus counsels every
man saying, ‘You say, I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a
thing, but you do not realise that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and
naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become
rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and
salve to put on your eyes so you can see’ Revelations 3:17-20
11. God remembers
…REMEMBER YOUR COVENANT WITH US AND DO NOT BREAK IT. (JEREMIAH 14:21)
God is a God of remembrance. This means when He has given a promise,
even if the fulfilment delays when God remembers He will make it come to pass.
God also keeps records of remembrance. When Hezekiah was sick and God
send Prophet Isaiah with word that he would die; Hezekiah asked God to remember
how he had walked before God faithfully and whole heartedly and God added 15
years to his life.
Man however is forgetful and his remembrance can sometimes be
conditional. Even if he remembers man may not be able to do anything to pay
back. Which is why; spend yourself to please The One Who Remembers not man who
forgets.
12. God is faithful and reliable
THE ONE WHO CALLS YOU IS FAITHFUL…(1THESSALONIANS 5:24)
Jesus witnessed of Our Father and said, ‘He who send me is faithful and
reliable.’
Many unbelievers like to use common sense and science to discredit the existence
and power of God but they discredit God without proving Him to see if He is
indeed who He says to be.
As for me I have walked with God and I can give witness that He is
indeed Faithful and Reliable.
The same cannot be said for man. Man can betray brother for a piece of
bread or for a few coins. It is foolish to hold on to the word of man.
And then you ask, ‘Was Jesus not a man?’
Read the Bible and find out for yourself then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free!!!
Do not reject knowledge for God’s
people perish because of lack of knowledge
Jesus is coming back soon!
God bless
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