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THE ELDER’S CREED (Part 2)
SATURDAY MARCH 17
TEXT: PSALM 19: 7-14
Key verse: Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.” 1 Timothy 4: 13
From Delightful Revelation of Heaven and How to get there by Pastor Paul Rika:
6b. But the foreknowledge of God itself, unrevealed to men, does not impose nor even hint to me any course of conduct whatever; it in no degree affects His liberty of action. Man neither sins nor follows holiness, as the result of God’s foreknowledge; so notwithstanding God’s foreknowledge, He has made man in His image, a free moral being.
7. God is infinitely wise, always knows what is best, and always adopts means which will best accomplish His purposes. That is wisdom; for wisdom is the art of turning to best account our knowledge. Both in creation and providence God’s wisdom is seen. His wisdom and His works everywhere confirm each other as being of God. No higher wisdom has ever been seen or known than God’s wisdom in the plan of human redemption. It solves the problem of God’s justice in justifying the believer in Jesus Christ.
8. The perfect goodness of God is seen in the benevolence which embraces all mankind and provides for their welfare. His merciful dealings with men declare His goodness; it is also seen in His unmerited favor, drawing man to salvation and in the use of so many means to this end, also in the abundant provision which He has made for man’s present and eternal happiness.
9. How sin can exist in the world with all its terrible consequences in connection with God’s righteous government, is an awful and difficult problem, the complete solution of which is not possible to man in his earthly life. But sin does exist, and God permits it for reasons of His own, not fully revealed to men. In heaven it could not be so. No taint of sin can ever enter the gates of this city. If an angel should again sin God would instantly cast him down to hell.
10. Righteousness and justice are divine perfections. It is holiness exhibited in government. Truth or faithfulness of God is much the same as His righteousness. All He says and does is true. His veracity is an element of His character. God cannot lie. As God is eternal His truth remains the same. Whatever is out of harmony with His revealed truth, the same is a lie. To the question, “What is truth?” this answer which we repeat in heaven is true: “To know God as He has revealed Himself to man is truth of the highest order.” Our Lord declared: “I am the way, the truth and the life.” All things taught or believed that are out of harmony with His clear revelations are both false and misleading.
THE ELDER’S CREED (Part 2)
SATURDAY MARCH 17
TEXT: PSALM 19: 7-14
Key verse: Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.” 1 Timothy 4: 13
From Delightful Revelation of Heaven and How to get there by Pastor Paul Rika:
6b. But the foreknowledge of God itself, unrevealed to men, does not impose nor even hint to me any course of conduct whatever; it in no degree affects His liberty of action. Man neither sins nor follows holiness, as the result of God’s foreknowledge; so notwithstanding God’s foreknowledge, He has made man in His image, a free moral being.
7. God is infinitely wise, always knows what is best, and always adopts means which will best accomplish His purposes. That is wisdom; for wisdom is the art of turning to best account our knowledge. Both in creation and providence God’s wisdom is seen. His wisdom and His works everywhere confirm each other as being of God. No higher wisdom has ever been seen or known than God’s wisdom in the plan of human redemption. It solves the problem of God’s justice in justifying the believer in Jesus Christ.
8. The perfect goodness of God is seen in the benevolence which embraces all mankind and provides for their welfare. His merciful dealings with men declare His goodness; it is also seen in His unmerited favor, drawing man to salvation and in the use of so many means to this end, also in the abundant provision which He has made for man’s present and eternal happiness.
9. How sin can exist in the world with all its terrible consequences in connection with God’s righteous government, is an awful and difficult problem, the complete solution of which is not possible to man in his earthly life. But sin does exist, and God permits it for reasons of His own, not fully revealed to men. In heaven it could not be so. No taint of sin can ever enter the gates of this city. If an angel should again sin God would instantly cast him down to hell.
10. Righteousness and justice are divine perfections. It is holiness exhibited in government. Truth or faithfulness of God is much the same as His righteousness. All He says and does is true. His veracity is an element of His character. God cannot lie. As God is eternal His truth remains the same. Whatever is out of harmony with His revealed truth, the same is a lie. To the question, “What is truth?” this answer which we repeat in heaven is true: “To know God as He has revealed Himself to man is truth of the highest order.” Our Lord declared: “I am the way, the truth and the life.” All things taught or believed that are out of harmony with His clear revelations are both false and misleading.
Thought for the day: To know God as He has revealed Himself to man is truth of the highest order
Song for the day: Thy word is life, Thy word is spirit
Bible reading for the day: Deuteronomy 29-30; Mark 16
#Horemow.
Song for the day: Thy word is life, Thy word is spirit
Bible reading for the day: Deuteronomy 29-30; Mark 16
#Horemow.
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