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This stable and enduring truthfulness of the Lord is the vehicle CHAPTER through which we are sanctified, because the truth
claimed has become truth incarnate: ‘Sanctify them by the
truth; your word is truth”’ (John Our hope rests The One directly on the assurance that everything God has revealed True God to us is true, and all that He has done so far to His word
gives us assurance that He will bring to completion what He has begun (John Titus
GOOD
God is, by His very nature, inclined to act with great gen- erosity toward His creation. During the days of creation the Lord periodically examined His work and declared that it was good, in the sense of being pleasing and well-suited for His
purposes (Gen. The same adjective
is used to describe God’s moral character: “The is good and his love endures forever” (Ps. In this context, the expression carries the original idea of pleasing or fully suitable, but goes beyond to illustrate for us the grace that is essential to God’s nature: “The is gracious and com- passionate, slow to anger and rich in love. The is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made” (Ps.
see also Lam. This facet of His nature is manifested in His willingness to provide our needs, whether they are ma- terial (rain and crops, Acts
14:
17) or spiritual (joy, Acts 14: 17; wisdom, James This aspect is also in contrast to ancient beliefs, wherein all the other gods were unpredictable, vi- cious, and anything but good.We can model ourselves after our generous and compas- sionate God, for “every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows” (James
PATIENT
In a world full of retaliatory actions, often too hastily de- cided upon, our is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion” (Num. This “slow- ness” toward anger allows a window of opportunity for God to show compassion and grace (Ps. The Lord’s pa- tience is for our benefit, so that we will realize that it should lead us to repentance (Rom.
We live in the tension of desiring Jesus to fulfill His prom- ises by returning, yet wanting Him to wait until more people accept Him as Savior and Lord: “The Lord is not slow in
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keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone The One to come to repentance” (2 Pet.
True God He will utilize His own standard of “slowness,” since HisThe Lord will punish the guilty for sin, yet for the present patience means salvation (2 Pet. 3: 15).
Many of us began our early study of the Bible with mem- orization of John As young Christians we recited it with vigor and enthusiasm, often with added emphasis upon ‘For God so loved the world.’ After further consideration, we find that the love of God in that passage is not being described as a quantity, but rather as a quality. It is not that God loved us so much that it motivated Him to give, but that He loved in such a sacrificial manner that He gave.
God has revealed himself as a God who expresses a par- ticular kind of love, a love that is displayed by sacrificial giving. As John defines it: “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins” ( 1 John
God also shows His love by providing rest and protection (Deut. which our prayers of thanksgiving can focus on (Pss. Jer. However, God’s highest form and greatest demonstration of love for us are found in the cross of Christ (Rom. He wants us to know that His character of love is integral to our life in Christ: “Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions-it is by grace you have been saved” (Eph.
The most excellent path, the way of love, which we are charged to walk in, identifies the traits that God has modeled for us in His person and work ( 1 Cor. through If we follow His example, we will bear the spiritual fruit of love and will walk in a manner that will allow the gifts of the Spirit (charismata) to achieve the purposes of the grace
of God.
AND
The terms “grace” and “mercy” represent two aspects of God’s character and activity that are distinct but related. To “Although the English particle “so” can signify quantity or quality, the Greek adverb is used by John to mean “manner,” “type,” “in this way”; John 1
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experience the grace of God is to receive a gift that one cannot earn and does not deserve. To experience the mercy of God is to be preserved from punishment that one does in
fact deserve. God is the royal judge who holds the power of The One ultimate and final punishment. When He forgives our sin and True God guilt, we are experiencing mercy. When we receive the gift
of life, we are experiencing grace. ‘God’s mercy takes away the punishment, while His grace replaces the negative with a positive. We are deserving of punishment, but instead He gives us peace and restores us to wholeness (Isa. Titus
“The is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love” (Ps. Since we have the need to be brought out of death into life, these aspects of God are often coupled in Scripture to show their interrelatedness (Eph.
cf. Neh. Rom. Eph.
HOLY
‘I am the your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy’ (Lev. We have been called to be different, because the Lord is different. God reveals himself as “holy,” qadosb (Heb.), and the essential element of is separation from the mundane, profane, or normal and separation (or dedication) to His purposes. The com- mands given to Israel called for maintenance of the clear distinction between the spheres of the common and the sa- cred (Lev. This distinction impacted time and space (Sabbath and sanctuary), but was most significantly directed at the individual. Because God is unlike any other being, all those submitted to Him must also be separated-in heart, intent, devotion, and character-to Him, who is truly holy (Exod.
By His very nature, God is separated from sin and sinful humanity. The reason that we humans are unable to approach God in our state is because we are not holy. The biblical issue of “uncleanness” is not dealing with hygiene, but with holiness (Isa. The marks of uncleanness include bro-
kenness (see Isa. sin, violation of God’s will, re- bellion, and remaining in the state of being incomplete. Be- cause God is whole and righteous, our consecration involves both separation from sin and obedience to Him.
Holiness is God’s character and activity, as revealed in the title Yahweh “the LORD, who makes you holy” (Lev. The holiness of God should not become simply