No plan we could make for our lives could be better than the plan he has already crafted and is carrying out for us. We might not understand his ways today, but we can trust that because God is infinitely wise, he truly is working all things out in the best possible way. So his faithfulness cannot be understood apart from his immutability, the fact that he never changes. So when we read that God remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself, we see these his attributes working together.
The fact that he is unchanging means he can never not be faithful. His Word of Promise is sure. In all His relations with His people God is faithful. He may be safely relied upon. No one ever yet really trusted Him in vain.
We find this precious truth expressed almost everywhere in the Scriptures, for His people need to know that faithfulness is an essential part of the Divine character. This is the basis of our confidence in Him.
The fact that God is infinitely, unchangingly faithful means that he never forgets anything, never fails to do anything he has set out to do, never changes his mind or takes back a promise. For how could a faithful God allow his children to suffer, to hurt, to die? But Christians can take comfort in these moments by remembering these attributes of God , for when we go through hard times, we know that God is nevertheless unchangingly faithful, good, always with us and wise.
Faithfully trusting in who God says he is a great comfort. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. He is tenderhearted and of quick sympathy, and His unfailing attitude toward all moral beings is open, frank, and friendly. By His nature He is inclined to bestow blessedness and He takes holy pleasure in the happiness of His people.
His mercy flows from his goodness. His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.
What does it mean that God is just? It means more than he is simply fair. It means he always does what is right and good toward all men.
Likewise, although this is hard for many to accept, his sentencing of evil, unrepentant sinners to hell is also right and good. A natural question that arises from this is, how then can a just God justify the unjust as each of us are without Christ! Tozer answers this by reminding us that we find the answer through the Christian doctrine of justification and redemption. He is both fully merciful and fully just. But to believe this means we dull the reality of his infinite, unchanging justice.
From the mass of humanity, God sovereignly decides to give mercy to some of them. What do the rest get? They get justice. The saved get mercy and the unsaved get justice. He is infinitely, unchangeably, unfailingly merciful — forgiving, lovingly kind toward us.
He is inexhaustibly, actively compassionate. His mercy is also undeserved by us. There was no right on the sinner's part, to the saving mercy of the Most High God.
Had the rebel been doomed at once to eternal fire — he would have justly merited the doom; and if delivered from wrath, sovereign love alone has found a cause, for there was none in the sinner himself. Without the mercy of God, we would have no hope of heaven. Because of our disobedient hearts, we deserve death. Instead, because of the mercy of God, we get life through faith in Christ. Tozer writes this about the mercy of God.
Were there no guilt in the world, no pain and no tears, God would yet be infinitely merciful; but His mercy might well remain hidden in His heart, unknown to the created universe. No voice would be raised to celebrate the mercy of which none felt the need. It is human misery and sin that call forth the divine mercy. It is by his grace that God imputes merit where none previously existed and declares no debt to be where one had been before. Because grace is a part of who God is and not just an action he bestows, it means we can trust that grace is eternal.
His grace is also sovereign. Christianity Today writer Patrick Mabilog writes this about the difference. It is the reason that everyone — Christian or non-Christian - enjoys the blessings of life, provision and abundance. While all of humanity benefits from common grace, only those who profess believe and put their faith in Christ receive saving grace. This is what results in our sanctification and our glorification of God, that we might live for him and enjoy him for all eternity.
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. The love of God is eternal, sovereign, unchanging, and infinite. Self-sufficient as He is, He wants our love and will not be satisfied till He gets it. Free as He is, He has let His heart be bound to us forever. Has anyone EVER let you down? Silly question, right? We have ALL had someone let us down at one point or another in our lives. Humans are flawed and eventually will disappoint you and let you down.
Now, that said, God is the ONLY one who has proven His faithfulness, time and time again, no matter how bad we mess up. Knowing the importance of walking with God in everyday life displays how God is patient with you.
God is ultimate love. What does the death of Jesus on the Cross mean for you? God loves all His children, that said, however, many are atheists and deny the existence of God. Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love.
Micah He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
Romans But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grows weary; his understanding is unsearchable. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this, we may know that we are in him. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things, there is no law. Galatians He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.
After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Hebrews God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? Numbers If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments.
And his commandments are not burdensome. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.
Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. They find this information in the first chapter of the Old Testament, Genesis, which states:. As well as creating the world and everything in it, Christians believe that God continues to be involved in the world.
This is what is meant by God as sustainer. This is the idea that everything in the world is still completely dependent on God for its existence. The term omnipotence refers to the idea that God is all-powerful. There are many stories in the Bible which reveal the power of God.
An example of God's omnipotence is found in the chapter that describes the creation of the world in the book of Genesis. Even Christians who do not believe this story to be literally true still accept that creation shows God's power. Some Christians are known as literalists.
This is because they believe the accounts from the Bible to be the truth, and stated exactly as they happened. Others, known as non-literalists , believe the accounts may be more mythical. Despite how the accounts are interpreted, they still portray the power or omnipotence of God.
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