God is omniscient. (All knowing.) He’s not limited in His knowledge. God is omnipresent. (Everywhere at the same time.) He’s not limited by space and time. God is omnipotent. (All powerful.) He’s not limited in His strength or ability. Even His name displays His mighty power. In Exodus 6:3, God said, “And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my…
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. I John 3:16 Perceive means “to understand.” Therefore, we understand that God loves us because He laid down His life for us. Romans 5:6-8 says, “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a…
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:34-35 God tells us in I John 4:12, “…If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.” For the love of…
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. II Peter 1:8 KJV II Peter 3:18 tells us to “…grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ…” God expects our knowledge of His Son to grow. For how can we be more like Christ if…
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. II Peter 3:18 KJV As much as a mother loves her newborn infant, she desires for that baby to grow up; to one day be a mature adult. I Peter 2:2 says, “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may…
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Matthew 12:36-37 KJV We shall be justified by our words. That means that God declares us righteous by the things we say. Jesus said in Luke 6:45a, “A good man out of…
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. Psalm 9:7-8 KJV One day, everyone shall stand before God’s throne. Unlike earthly judges, the Lord God Almighty is a good and righteous judge. He will judge the world fairly and uprightly, in truth and holiness. And for those…
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. Psalm 108:4 KJV God’s mercy is not only eternal, but it has no boundaries. There is absolutely no place here on Earth that God’s mercy cannot reach. Psalm 119:64 says, “The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy…” Who on Earth doesn’t benefit from the mercy of God? No one. Matthew 5:45 says, “…for…
It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his com-passions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 KJV We serve a loving God. And because of His love, He is merciful to all those who trust in Him. Psalm 103:17-18 says, “But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness…
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Psalm 103:11 KJV God loves us tremendously, and He displays that love in the way that we need the most – by extending His mercy toward those who fear Him. Psalm 106:1 says, “Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth…