Great things of God

God is great and does great things!

 

Wattog here, this time blogging about some really great things about God!  Again, I’ve been digging, that’s what us geologists do you know, and I have discovered that God is great, not only because He created all things, but for many more reasons.  Way too many for this blog to list, but there will be a list!

In the beginning God created all things, both great and small.

God sent a great flood to destroy all but 8 souls on earth, remember?

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Genesis 7:19

God made a great nation  of  people. 

God told Abraham. . .

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: Genesis 12:2

We that believe in Christ, are also made a great nation of people. . .we too, are known as, God’s people.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 1 Peter 2:9

When God’s people were being oppressed, God brought upon Pharoah great plagues/judgments.

But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. Exodus 7:4 

At the end of this age, God will bring great judgment upon another great city.

. . .Babylon the great is fallen. . . .Revelation 18:2

Some think this Babylon is referring to this world’s system which is based on the ‘almighty dollar’, but God is mightier!

I don’t know about you, but it seems clear to me that there is a definite thread of ‘judgment pronounced upon evil’ throughout the Holy Bible.

Even though we mortals sin great, God is greater than our great sin and He made great atonement for us back then and today.

Moses

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. Exodus 32:30

Jesus Christ

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8

 

 

Here is this blog’s list.  It is a list of some of the reasons God is great and some of the great things God does for those that believe He is great, but certainly not all of the things.  As always, please read the entire Scriptures noted and also the entirety of the text surrounding the Scriptures to get the full meaning.

Old Testament

God. . .

has and gives a great deliverance Psalms 18:50

has and gives a great name Psalms 25:11

has and gives great goodness Psalms 31:19

has and gives great righteousness and great judgments Psalms 36:6

has and gives great rule Psalms 47:2

has and gives great mercy and truth 57:10

has and gives great works Psalms 92:5

has and gives great kindness Psalms 117:2

has and gives great mercies Psalms 119:156

has and gives great peace Psalms 119:165

has and gives great wonders Psalms 136:4

has and gives great glory Psalms 138:5

has and gives great thoughts toward us Psalms 139:17

has and gives great power Psalms 147:5

New Testament

 God, through Christ. . .
 has and gives great joy Matthew 2:10

has and gives great light Matthew 4:16

has and gives great rewards  Matthew 5:12

has and gives a great calm  Matthew 8:26

has and gives a great kingdom Matthew 13:46

has and gives a great commandment Matthew 22:38

has and gives great provision Luke 13:19

has and gives a great supper Luke 14:16

has and gives great blood  Luke 22:44

has and gives great witness John 5:36

has and gives a great door 1 Corinthians 16:9

has and gives great love Ephesians 2:4

has and gives a great mystery regarding Christ and the church. Ephesians 5:32

has and gives the mystery of godliness 1 Timothy 3:16

has and gives great gain 1 Timothy 6:6

has and gives a great house 2 Timothy 2:20

has and gives so great a salvation Hebrews 2:3

has and gives a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. Hebrews 4:14

has and gives a great cloud of witnesses Hebrews 12:1

has and gives a great shepherd of the sheep Hebrews 13:20

has and gives great and precious promises 2 Peter 1:4

has and gives great holy angels 2 Peter 2:11

has and gives a great voice  Revelation 1:10

has and gives a great multitude Revelation 7:9

has a great gulf fixed Luke 16:26

has a great harvest Luke 10:2

has a great day  Acts 2:20

has a great white throne  Revelation 20:11

God also delivers us from great things

God, through Christ, delivers us from. . .
 great darkness! Matthew 6:23

a great fall Matthew 7:27

greater damnation. Matthew 23:14

greater condemnation James 3:1

great tribulation Matthew 24:21

great uncleanness Mark 5:11

great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people Luke 21:23

so great a death 2 Corinthians 1:10  

how great a matter a little fire kindleth! James 3:5

that great dragon, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world Revelation 12:3

the great winepress of the wrath of God Revelation 14:19

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised .. . Psalms 48:1  ~~

 . . praise Him according to his excellent greatness. Psalms 150:2

Excerpt from Heir series book, An Heir Wears. . .

We are like fishes swimming in a vast sea.  Within the sea there is the good net and there is the evil net, we want our souls to be caught or found in the good net and then bring along with us as many men as we can.  The truth about God’s great love for man is that good net, everything contrary to truth about His love is well, an evil net. 

I know there are people in this world that do not believe like I do, they do not believe in the God I believe in, and some of these people do good things.  The world knows how to do good things, that is not the problem, the problem is they think the good things they do is what makes them good, whereas a Christian sees any good they do is done because God is good and all knowledge of good comes from Creator God.  Also many things the world judges as good, is not really good. 

Christ taught that only one is good...God is good. 

And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. Luke 18:19

God is holy....God is purely good.  We are made holy only by our faith in Christ.

All Scripture is taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible unless otherwise noted

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The things God made

 

The word of the day is make.  Wattog here again, this time blogging about the things God made, but first of all what are some of the things man makes?  We can make merry, make a living, make a name for ourselves, make a pie, etc. . .but we cannot make any of these things without God for God is the Maker of all things.  God made the world we live in and the very things He made can help us better understand His eternal power and Godhead. Romans 1:20

God makes covenant with Abraham, we know now that Jesus Christ has become our better covenant established on better promises.

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. Genesis 17:7, Hebrews 8:6

Moses makes the tabernacle after God shows him the pattern for it, we know now that Jesus Christ has become the tabernacle by which God lives within us and we in God.

Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. Hebrews 8:5

God had Noah make an ark, we know now that Jesus Christ has become our ark from death.

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: Genesis 8:6

 

We can learn about God’s eternal power and Godhead by the things God made.

We can learn about God’s eternal power and Godhead by observing the very lights He made in the sky.

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. Genesis 1:16

We can learn about God’s eternal power and Godhead by watching all the animals He made survive, give food to their young, care for their young.

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25

We can learn about God’s eternal power and Godhead by watching the flowers and trees He made grow, give fruit, and shade.

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Genesis 2:9

Sometimes, not all of the times, we can learn about God’s eternal power and Godhead by watching man that He made in His image. I say sometimes when it comes to man because sometimes man does not reflect an accurate image of God because of man’s sin, which is not at all like God.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:27

Love & unity between a man and woman who have a family is an image we see down here that accurately reflects the image of Creator God.  God is Love, but God is not necessarily the love we learn to know down here, the love God is good. 1 John 4:16, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Man was made to reflect God.  Man works.  Man rest. Man loves.  If man hates man is not reflecting God’s image.  Hate comes in many forms.  We pervert God’s image when we hate, when we are selfish, when we are greedy, etc…These things come from fallen nature. 

Christ came to truthfully reflect the image of God. 

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: . . . Colossians 1:13-17

Christ was made in the likeness of man to show us the image of God. .  . in Christ, we can be recreated to reflect God’s image.

. . . God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, Galatians 4:4

made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: Philippians 2:7

Christ Jesus made higher than the heavens. . .

For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Hebrews 7:26

Christ shows God’s creative power

By making water. . .wine.
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, John 2:9

The enemy knew Christ was God and wanted Him to prove it…

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Matthew 4:3

Christ shows us God’s creative power by making us whole

But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. Matthew 9:22

Christ shows us God’s creative power by making our blind eyes see,

When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, John 9:6

Christ shows us God’s creative power by showing us love,

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. John 17:23

Now here is this blog’s list of some of the things, not all of the things, we are made to be in Christ when we believe and receive Him into our lives. . .As always, please read the entirety of the text surrounding the Scriptures notated to better understand the meaning. 

In Christ, we are. . .

made righteous Romans 5:19

made free from sin Romans 6:22

made free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2

made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption 1 Corinthians 1:30

made alive 1 Corinthians 15:22

made sorry after a godly manner 2 Corinthians 7:9

made accepted in the beloved Ephesians 1:6

made to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Ephesians 2:6

made nigh by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13  

made meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Colossians 1:12

made peace . . . to reconcile all things unto himself Colossians 1:20

made heirs according to the hope of eternal life Titus 3:7  

made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; Hebrews 3:14

made partakers of the Holy Ghost, Hebrews 6:4

made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18

made us kings and priests unto God and his Father Revelation 1:6

made fishers of men. Matthew 4:19

made peacemakers Matthew 5:9

make ready for the Lord. Luke 1:17

made free John 8:32

made the Holy Trinity’s home John 14:23

made to see what the fellowship of the mystery is, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: Ephesians 3:9

made perfect in every good work to do his will Hebrews 13:21

made perfect, established, strengthened, settled 1 Peter 5:10

made fruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ 2 Peter 1:8

made a kind of first fruits of his creatures James 1:18

made a new creature 2 Corinthians 5:17

made in righteousness and true holiness Ephesians 4:24

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. Revelation 21:5

Fascinating fact: Sometimes men get things turned around and begin worshipping the things God made.  Paul must have ran into that very problem because I dug up a letter he wrote to the saints in Rome.  He mentioned idol worship and sexual impurity. . .both things pervert the image of God with the things God made.

Paul started off on a good note. . .that’s always a good thing to do.  He told them the Gospel of Christ had the power to save all that would believe it, but he also told them about the wrath of God, that it would be revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness.  He told them that the truth about God had been shown in them by the things God had made, but instead of seeing the truth about God in the things God had made, some of them had took the very things God had made and used them to distort God’s image.  They did this by taking things like man, birds, animals and creeping things and made images to worship. By doing this…..they were essentially changing the truth of God (His eternal power and Godhead) into a lie by worshipping and serving the creature more than the Creator.  Paul told them God would have to give, those that did such things, up to the uncleanness and vile affections that were within them, and that it was through the lusts of their own hearts, they were dishonoring their bodies.  Apparently, men and women were going against nature by lusting after those of the same sex.  Paul referred to this behavior as unseemly or inappropriate and he said they would receive in themselves the payment fit for such error. He also told them that since they didn’t like to keep God in their thoughts, God would have to give them over to degenerate minds as well. . .Without God’s help, regeneration of their minds, they would be filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, be backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,  without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful.  Romans chapter 1

Paul did go on to tell them not to judge those that did such things though, because all have sinned and come short of the glory of God (3:23).  He told them how God made a way for man to be saved and how He showed His great love toward man, because it was while man was in sin that Christ died for man ( 5:8) and also that Christ makes man able to have victory over sin (6:6) and gives them power to live for God (6:10,18) & just as the payment of sin is death, the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ (6:23)
Excerpt from Heir series book, Heir, the 12 Stones and the Douloobury Castle

When I got my first whiff of the new crayons and looked upon the row upon row of colorful tips, the possibilities seemed endless to me!  I could transform the pages anyway I saw fit. 

I was no rebel when it came to coloring back then.  I colored the leaves on the trees green… and I colored the sky in the air blue.  I knew these things were these colors, because my eyes had seen that these things were these colors.  I followed God’s lead as far as my coloring went, even though I didn’t really realize He was the One I was following, at the time. 

When God created the earth and the heavens, and everything in them, one of the things He used was color.  God colored our natural world in just the right way. Color sways us to flowers, to trees, to birds 

God adores harmony; we can see harmony in colors.  Color brings harmony to the heavens and the earth. 

God is Love....His Love brings harmony to our lives.

Consider the LOVE of God as described for us in the Holy Bible, in 1 Corinthians, chapter 13.   Just as we can take all the right colors and fill in the black and white images of a coloring book and make the pages more beautiful, God can take all the attributes of His great LOVE and fill in all the voids in our hearts and make our lives more beautiful. 

All Scripture from the King James Version of the Holy Bible unless otherwise noted

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