Welcome back to the fourth part of our series on exploring God’s character. At the end of part three we looked at the importance of building ourselves up in Christ, and between then and now, has anyone had numerous opportunities and challenges doing that? (I know that I did!)
The pressures of the world and the cares of life tend to scream at us rather loudly, impugning the character and the goodness of God in many ways, and far too often we believe those reports, rather than the reports of scripture. It’s easy to do, right? Because we may read the Bible, but we experience the world around us. And this is the main struggle; the tension between what we read in the scriptures, against what we see in daily life.
It’s far too easy to take our experiences, and use them as a litmus test for truth, rather than using the truth of scripture as a reinforcement against the pressures of life. It’s a very difficult habit to break for many of us, and it’s impossible if we don’t know God’s character— in-fact, we may even fall into the trap of letting our experiences define God’s character, if we aren’t careful!
So in this final part of our series, we will use the scriptures to see God’s character, and indeed His very heart which He has revealed, so that we may know Him better— not rules, but the true transformative character of God.
You may have heard the popular saying that “Christianity is not just another religion, it’s a relationship” — it’s a true statement at its core. But one question that we should ask, is what kind of relationship are we in, and even more, who are we in a relationship with?
If you don’t know the person you are in a relationship with, it becomes much more challenging, or even impossible to sustain that relationship. Sadly, a great many Christians enter into a relationship with a God they barely know, and continue for years, often dazed and confused when certain things happen or not— and sometimes vehemently arguing for things that do not line up with the revealed character of God in the scriptures. Why does this happen? Simply because they don’t know!
But God wants us to know Him! There’s an entire collection of books in the scriptures designed to show us God’s character and His will. And today I’d like to explore this critical topic with you.
Welcome back to the third segment on fulfilled biblical prophecies. In this segment we transition from the Old Covenant and Gospel writings to Revelation. And one in-particular regarding the seven seals. We have a lot to get into, so let’s get started.
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Welcome back to the second part of our series on Fulfilled Biblical prophecies. In the first part we looked at the fundamental prophecies surrounding Jesus Christ himself; the ultimate prophecies which enable our very salvation.
And now we're going to continue with some of the essential prophecies that Jesus mentioned Himself, regarding truths of the gospel.
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Welcome back again to the fourth installment of our series exploring our relationship with God.
We began by looking at the dynamic between Jesus, the scriptures, and the holy spirit.
Then in part two, we saw the pivotal role that Faith plays in our relationship with God, and how coming to him requires not only that we know his character, but we know our status, as redeemed new creations because of his sacrifice.
Then, in the third part, we begin exploring how understanding our relationship and status in Christ affects our perceptions and how we live day-to-day.
Now, we will continue examining how understanding our new nature in Christ changes even how we approach God in prayer, by looking at specific teachings, and examples shown in the scriptures.
Let's get started.