SHADOWS IN JERICHO

  The Attributes of God - God's Grace (Part Two)   A Journey into the Father's Heart, Volume 1   By A.W. Tozer   (Pages 103-106) Grace Is What God Is Like Grace is what God is like. Grace is God's goodness, the kindness of God's heart, the goodwill, the cordial benevolence—this is what God is like. God is like that all the time. You’ll never encounter a part of God that is hard; you will always find God gracious, at all times and toward all people, forever. You’ll never find any meanness in God, no resentment, no rancor, or ill will, for there is none there. God has no ill will toward any being. God is a God of utter kindness, cordiality, goodwill, and benevolence. And yet, all of these work in perfect harmony with God's justice and God's judgment. I believe in hell and I believe in judgment, but I also believe that there are those who God must reject because of their impenitence. Yet there will still be grace. God will still feel gracious toward all of His univ

The Attributes of God - God's Grace (Part 1) A Journey into the Father's Heart, Volume 1 By A.W. Tozer Pg 100-103 (Grace: The Only Means of Salvation) Here are two important truths, and I want you to take them to heart. The first truth is that no one ever was saved, no one is now saved, and no one ever will be saved except by grace. Before Moses, nobody was ever saved except by grace. During Moses's time, nobody was ever saved except by grace. After Moses, before the cross, and after the cross—during any dispensation, anywhere, anytime—nobody was ever saved in any other way than by grace. The second truth is that grace always comes by Jesus Christ. The law was given by Moses, but grace came by Jesus Christ. This does not mean that before Jesus was born of Mary, there was no grace. God dealt in grace with mankind, looking forward to the incarnation and death of Jesus before Christ came. Now that He has come and gone to the Father's right hand, God looks back upon the cro

The Attributes of God - God's Justice (PT 1) A Journey into the Father's Heart   A.W. Tozer  (Pt 1 - Volume 1- Pg 67-68)  The Passion of Christ The second answer comes from the effect of Christ's passion. The word "passion" now often refers to sex or lust, but in earlier times, it meant deep, terrible suffering. That is why we refer to Good Friday as (Passion Tide) and speak of The Passion of Christ. It is the suffering Jesus endured as He made His priestly offering with His own blood for us. Jesus Christ is God, and all that has been said about God applies to Christ. He is a unitary being who has taken on the nature of man—that God, the eternal Word who existed before man and who created man, is a unitary being without division of substance.

The Attributes of God  God's Mercy (Pt 1) A Journey into the Father's Heart   A.W. Tozer   (Pt 1 - Volume 1 - Pg 81-82)   God's Mercy One fact about the mercy of God is that it never began to be. I've heard of men who were hard-hearted or careless, but they began to get stirred up, and mercy blossomed forth. But it never was so with God. God never lay in lethargy without His compassion. God's mercy is simply what God is—uncreated and eternal—and never began to be. It always was.

Spiritual Nuggets  (Light in the Darkness) Daily Devotional   Saturday, August 31, 2024 "The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it."   —John 1:5 (NASB)   Hymn by Gerhard Tersteegen: "Midst the Darkness, Storm, and Sorrow" Midst the darkness, storm, and sorrow,   One bright gleam I see;   Well I know the blessed morrow,   Christ will come for me.   'Midst the night of doubt and sadness,   When the truth shone near,   When the sun of joy and gladness   Broke forth clear and fair. Oftentimes the sky was darkened,   Ne'er the bright day broke;   All the world to me seemed darkened,   Faith seemed but a cloak.   But the gleam of light grew stronger,   Brighter day by day;   And the waiting seemed not longer   In the morning ray. Yes, I know the blessed morrow   Christ will come again;   All my grief and all my sorrow   Will be turned to gain.   He and I in that bright glory   One deep joy shall share;   Mine, to be forever with Him,

The Immensity of God (Pt 2) A Journey Into the Father’s Heart A.W. Tozer ( Volume 1 - Pg 23-24 PT 2) Scripture teaches the immensity of God. It says in Isaiah: "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,   And marked off the heavens by the span,   And comprehended the dust of the Earth in a measure,   Weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?"   —Isaiah 40:12 Imagine going out millions of light years into space and finding a body so vast that you could throw our entire solar system into it like throwing a shovel full of coal into a furnace. It would simply swallow up our solar system and go on. After you’ve thought of all that, remember that God contains all of that. Remember that God is outside of all things, inside of all things, and around all things. Remember that our God made it all. That is the immensity of God. The Holy Ghost is bigger than all the universe. This little hazelnut that Julian of Norwich saw: "Behold, the nations are as

The Measure of God's Majesty Daily Devotional  (Friday, August 30, 2024) Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,   And marked off the heavens by the span,   And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,   And weighed the mountains in a balance,   And the hills in a pair of scales?   —Isaiah 40:12 (NASB) (About This Devotional)   This daily reflection seeks to draw us into awe and wonder at the incomparable majesty of God. We will explore the imagery and symbolism in Isaiah 40:12, revealing the profound truth of God’s sovereignty and power over all creation. (Scripture: Isaiah 40:12, NASB)   "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and marked off the heavens by the span, and calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance and the hills in a pair of scales?" (Exegesis and Reflection)   In this verse, the prophet Isaiah uses vivid and poetic imagery to depict the immeasurable greatness of God. The H