God’s attributes

 Jeremiah 50:28-32

Many a preacher who goes by the title of Christian seems to have left out many of God’s attributes and only dwell on His love, mercy, faithfulness, righteousness, and that He is Holy.  But they seem to have left out He is all knowing, ever-present, sovereign, absolute Truth, Just, and changes not. 

Now listen up, it is important for each of us to have a full understanding of as much of God as we can grasp, and we need to have an understanding of these attributes that many have left out of their messages.  It is clear that none and that means none have a full understanding of our Creator, for He is Father, Son and Holy Spirit, One God in Three, always in perfect unity who will not share His glory, He alone is to be the source of worship.  And therein lies the pothole in our highway called life.  We all have desired to be lord of the ring, captain of our ship, and many believe God is a lot like us, wrong, wrong, and please hear this entirely wrong! 

And as stated in yesterdays paper was Babylon’s sin, they became sure no one was watching and chose to do evil and became prideful and arrogant with no desire to seek God, for they, like so many today have replaced God with stuff and pleasure.  Now judgment has come, and God’s vengeance is on display as found in verses 14-15 of this chapter.  We have all said, it seems their sins have found them out, or what is done in the darkness will always be exposed to the light.  Why?  Because God, who does not change, is all knowing, just and ever-present, keeps clear records of our sins.

And the Babylonians, much like you and me, forgot what God had said, and did not remember these words, nor did the people of Judah, but God is a promise keeper.  So let’s revisit Jeremiah 16:17-18, “For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from me, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes. But first I will doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”  God promised to restore Israel even before Babylon’s army had taken them captive, and because our God is all knowing He could make a promise of what He would do to the nation of Babylon.

This great country once feared is going to be destroyed because of its defiance and arrogance against the Holy One of Israel.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice