Have you ever dedicated yourself to studying the doctrine of God? If not, you should because it pleases God (Colossians 1:10). The study of God’s perfections, by faith, is an honorable pursuit (Jeremiah 9:23-24). We don’t have anything of ourselves to glory in, but our boasting is in Christ, and by His grace, we can know God. It’s possible to know God! Indeed, the Almighty is beyond our finite minds to exhaust, but we have His self-revelation in the Bible for the purpose of knowing Him. This weekend, men stood up behind our pulpit and told us about God and that is only possible because God has revealed Himself to us and provided us all things that “pertain unto life and godliness” in the Bible. The knowledge of God we have, in the great and precious promises of Scripture, are a source of peace and sanctifying grace (2 Peter 1:2-3). God has called us to both know him and grow in our knowledge (2 Peter 3:18). The 19th century Baptist preacher, Charles Spurgeon well said, “Plunge yourself in the Godhead’s deepest sea; be lost in His immensity; and you shall come forth as from a couch of rest refreshed and invigorated. I know nothing which can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of sorrow and grief; so speak peace to the winds of trial, as a devout musing upon the subject of the Godhead.” Knowing God is a blessing of the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:33-34) and the positive side of the first two commandments (Exodus 20:3-6). We are commanded to have no other gods and if you are worshiping a god that is NOT the god of the Bible, you have a different God altogether. There is no god like our God in the Earth – so fill your heart, mind, and souls with thoughts of the LORD God.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Conference on the Attributes of God
Last weekend, Buffalo Valley Baptist Church hosted our annual Bible Conference. Our theme was on the Attributes of God. We hosted 9 preachers from around the country to preach on various aspects of God’s perfections. Each message had direct application to the life of the believer. Subjects such as, “The Immutability of God and His Word” and “Comfort for Christians in the Sovereignty of God,” and “The Goodness of God Demonstrated in the Life of Paul.” The attributes of God are not for our vain curiosity, nor simply a matter of theological debate or scholarship. Every believer should desire to know more about God, but also understand this knowledge is for our good. Knowing God is knowing the person of the Father, through the Person of the Son, by the power of the Person of the Spirit. Knowing God impacts your life now and the life to come. Knowing the attributes of the true and living God is practical when you are lying in a hospital bed, when you're sitting in a funeral home, when you are witnessing to your lost child, or changing a diaper at 3:00 am.
Have you ever dedicated yourself to studying the doctrine of God? If not, you should because it pleases God (Colossians 1:10). The study of God’s perfections, by faith, is an honorable pursuit (Jeremiah 9:23-24). We don’t have anything of ourselves to glory in, but our boasting is in Christ, and by His grace, we can know God. It’s possible to know God! Indeed, the Almighty is beyond our finite minds to exhaust, but we have His self-revelation in the Bible for the purpose of knowing Him. This weekend, men stood up behind our pulpit and told us about God and that is only possible because God has revealed Himself to us and provided us all things that “pertain unto life and godliness” in the Bible. The knowledge of God we have, in the great and precious promises of Scripture, are a source of peace and sanctifying grace (2 Peter 1:2-3). God has called us to both know him and grow in our knowledge (2 Peter 3:18). The 19th century Baptist preacher, Charles Spurgeon well said, “Plunge yourself in the Godhead’s deepest sea; be lost in His immensity; and you shall come forth as from a couch of rest refreshed and invigorated. I know nothing which can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of sorrow and grief; so speak peace to the winds of trial, as a devout musing upon the subject of the Godhead.” Knowing God is a blessing of the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:33-34) and the positive side of the first two commandments (Exodus 20:3-6). We are commanded to have no other gods and if you are worshiping a god that is NOT the god of the Bible, you have a different God altogether. There is no god like our God in the Earth – so fill your heart, mind, and souls with thoughts of the LORD God.
Have you ever dedicated yourself to studying the doctrine of God? If not, you should because it pleases God (Colossians 1:10). The study of God’s perfections, by faith, is an honorable pursuit (Jeremiah 9:23-24). We don’t have anything of ourselves to glory in, but our boasting is in Christ, and by His grace, we can know God. It’s possible to know God! Indeed, the Almighty is beyond our finite minds to exhaust, but we have His self-revelation in the Bible for the purpose of knowing Him. This weekend, men stood up behind our pulpit and told us about God and that is only possible because God has revealed Himself to us and provided us all things that “pertain unto life and godliness” in the Bible. The knowledge of God we have, in the great and precious promises of Scripture, are a source of peace and sanctifying grace (2 Peter 1:2-3). God has called us to both know him and grow in our knowledge (2 Peter 3:18). The 19th century Baptist preacher, Charles Spurgeon well said, “Plunge yourself in the Godhead’s deepest sea; be lost in His immensity; and you shall come forth as from a couch of rest refreshed and invigorated. I know nothing which can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of sorrow and grief; so speak peace to the winds of trial, as a devout musing upon the subject of the Godhead.” Knowing God is a blessing of the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:33-34) and the positive side of the first two commandments (Exodus 20:3-6). We are commanded to have no other gods and if you are worshiping a god that is NOT the god of the Bible, you have a different God altogether. There is no god like our God in the Earth – so fill your heart, mind, and souls with thoughts of the LORD God.
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