“The Nature of God”

 “The Nature of God”

 

The LORD is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray.  Psalm 25:8

 

When we become TRUE CHILDREN of the Living God, we are not TOTALLY without SIN, because of our SINFUL NATURE, we STILL SIN.  The difference is OUR SINS are FORGIVEN as FAR as the EAST is from the WEST.  But in our SINFUL NATURE we, at times end up LIVING a LIFE that is, in some ways NOT PLEASING to GOD. 

Since God is our Heavenly Father, and He is HOLY, RIGHTEOUS, and DEFINITELY SINLESS, it is our place to seek HIS GUIDANCE, and to SEEK the RIGHT PATH we NEED to take while we are in this LIFETIME.

David, who penned this Psalm, in verses one and two says; “O LORD, I GIVE my life to You . I TRUST in You, my God!”  In this conversation, David is exemplifying a part of God’s Nature, and that is, His TRUSTWORTHINESS, David could TRUST his LIFE to the ALMIGHTY GOD.   And he was at PEACE with doing just that.

Next David exposes a couple of ATTRIBUTES of God’s NATURE, and that is being TRUTHFUL and FAITHFUL. (V5) David says: “Lead me by Your TRUTH and TEACH me, for You are the God who SAVES ME.  All day long I put my HOPE in You.”  David could TRUST God because He is TRUTHFUL, so David says:  “Lead me by Your TRUTH and TEACH me, for YOU are the GOD who SAVES me.”   And David brings out GOD’S FAITHFULNESS in his statement:  “All day long I put my HOPE in YOU.”  This shows us that David was HOPEFUL because he KNEW that GOD is FAITHFUL and TRUE. 

Two more, of the ATTRIBUTES of God’s Nature is, His COMPASSION and UNFAILING LOVE.  And because of these two ATTRIBUTES, we can, like David, experience ALL the ATTRIBUTES of GOD’S NATURE.  He is a LOVING and CARING HEAVENLY FATHER, who wishes that NO ONE SHOULD PERISH, but that ALL WOULD BE ABLE to have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, which is made POSSIBLE by the SHED BLOOD of the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON of GOD, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

If you have NOT GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then you cannot experience the ATTRIBUTES of GOD’S NATURE.  And your DESTINED for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  This is what you NEED to do to get on the RIGHT PATH; First, ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S ONLY SON, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your SOUL from that DESTINY.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before GOD.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and ENJOY the NATURE of the ALMIGHTY GOD!  Do this NOW, while you STILL can!!!  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!   Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!