Saturday, August 25, 2007

The god of this apostate generation

The god of this apostate generation no more resembles the Godof the Bible than a gnat resembles an angel. The puny, pygmy,frustrated god of our day, is an idol carved from the treeswhich grow wild in the dark forests of their depraved minds.The God of the Bible is infinitely and indescribably abovethe gods of man's imagination.The gods of Arminian, freewill, works religion cannoteven be compared to the TRUE GOD (Isa. 46:9-11).That God who truly is God has distinct attributes which set himapart from all the gods of men, four distinct attributes whichspecifically set him apart from the imaginary god of thisapostate generation--SOVEREIGNTY -Our God truly is God. He rules all things,everywhere, at all times absolutely. A god who wants or desires,or wills what he does not have, or what does not come to pass isno God at all (Isa. 45:7; 46:9-11; Psa. 115:3; 135:6).HOLINESS - "Holy and reverend is his name." When Isaiahsaw the LORD in his holiness, sitting upon his throne, high andlifted up, when he heard the seraphim cry, "Holy, holy, holy, isthe LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory," he fellon his face and confessed his sin before the thrice holy God (Isa.6:1-8).JUSTICE - The God of the Bible is, unlike all the gods of men,just and true. He always deals with all his creatures upon thebasis of strict justice. He will by no means clear the guilty(Ex. 34:7). Yet, this great sovereign, holy, and just God isinfinitely and indescribably gracious. GRACIOUS - He says, "I will be gracious to whom I will begracious." He found a way to deliver his chosen from goingdown to the pit (Job 33:24). That way is the satisfaction ofjustice by the substitutionary sacrifice of his own dear Son(Isa. 53:4-6, 8, 9-11; 2 Cor. 5:21).

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