The God Who Is There

[@TheCreepypro]

we thank our Lord for being supreme and running everything everywhere! may we marvel at our Lord and His creation!

[@Austintology]

WOO nice to see Schaeffer talked about today

[@angelajackson3258]

AMEN

[@STEPHENCORNELIUSJONESSIMMONSSR]

SHALOM! ALL HAIL! KING JESH'-U-A! OF THEE KINGDOM OF GOD! IN JESUS' NAME! A-MEN'!

[@PaulLee-rs8uw]

Happy New Year😊❤ Pastor John 😊❤ in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ in Christ😊❤. Luke 16:14-17( The Law and the kingdom(😊❤) of God(😊100%❤)) "15 The Pharisees( " Pharisees" is plural "Pharisees" ) , who were lovers of money, hears all these things, and they ridiculed him( Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ too). 15 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said to them, " You are those who justisfy yourselves before men, but God(😊100%❤) knows(😊❤) your hearts( " hearts" is plural). For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. 16 " The Law(😊❤) and the prophets(😊❤) were until John( John😊❤ the Baptist😊❤); since then the good news(😊❤) of the kingdom(😊❤) of God(😊100%❤) is preached(😊❤), and everyone force his way into it. 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void."( Luke 16:14-17 ESV Study Bible) Exodus 40:9-15 of Exodus 40:1-33(The Tabernacle Elected) Exodus 40:9-15 "9 " Then you shall take the annointing oil and annoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy. 10 You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy(😊❤). 11 You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it. 12 Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them.with water 13 and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest. 14 You shall bring his sons also and put coats on them, 15 and anoint them, as you annointed their father, that may serve me as priests. And their annointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood thoughout their generations." "( Exodus 40:9-15 ESV Study Bible) and Romans 8 28(😊❤) and John 14:6(😊❤) in Christ.

[@PaulLee-rs8uw]

Exodus 40:9-15 of Exodus 40:1-33(The Tabernacle Elected) Exodus 40:9-15 "9 " Then you shall take the annointing oil and annoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy. 10 You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy(😊❤). 11 You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it. 12 Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them.with water 13 and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest. 14 You shall bring his sons also and put coats on them, 15 and anoint them, as you annointed their father, that may serve me as priests. And their annointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood thoughout their generations." "( Exodus 40:9-15 ESV Study Bible) and Romans 8 28(😊❤) and John 14:6(😊❤) in Christ.

[@PaulLee-rs8uw]

Luke 16:14-17( The Law and the kingdom(😊❤) of God(😊100%❤)) "15 The Pharisees( " Pharisees" is plural "Pharisees" ) , who were lovers of money, hears all these things, and they ridiculed him( Jesus 😊1st❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ too). 15 And he( Jesus😊1st❤) said to them, " You are those who justisfy yourselves before men, but God(😊100%❤) knows(😊❤) your hearts( " hearts" is plural). For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. 16 " The Law(😊❤) and the prophets(😊❤) were until John( John😊❤ the Baptist😊❤); since then the good news(😊❤) of the kingdom(😊❤) of God(😊100%❤) is preached(😊❤), and everyone force his way into it. 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void."( Luke 16:14-17 ESV Study Bible)

[@Gospel-coalition]

i used to believe that God was actually there

[@JesseCorona96]

What do mean?

[@Gospel-coalition]

@JesseCorona96 now am not sure

[@ryanoceros5]

What has changed your mind?

[@JesseCorona96]

@@Gospel-coalition prayers that your faith stays strong in the Lord. We all have different reason as to why we feel certain things. I use to believe God wasn’t always with me. It wasn’t until I started having revelation of what it meant to give God my honest devotion that I started to see things wholesome. He always had my back whether I seen it or not. Honestly I feel God has a love for you and will never let you go @Gospel-coalition

[@fearitselfpinball8912]

The bible teaches that “God is there”. It also teaches (openly, as far as I can see) that there are times and reasons when we can’t seem to see or find Him (He’s not, or at least doesn’t seem to be, accessible in manifest experience). I met a Pastor who wrote his thesis on what he called ‘The Mysterious Present/Absent God’. That title takes in a lot of Psalms, ‘Why are you so far from my groaning…’. Briefly, Where are you? (Especially now-when I need you most.). “Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?” That’s Psalm 10. Disturbingly we may lose sight of God when we begin to walk away from Him (though the eyes of sinful man thy glory may not see) but also when we are following Him closely (who had difficulty finding God like Job did?). I don’t know the details but I hope things get easier… and I know Christians who see your comments will say a prayer. “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” If I’m reading my bible correctly, this does not guarantee God will never seem silent or distant but none of this is true absence. As an intellectual aside it’s an interesting feature of the faith that all this trouble seems to undermine the idea of ‘wish fulfillment’. Sometimes when we need God most we can’t seem to feel close to Him. At other times we are surprised by (‘out of nowhere’) some foretaste of glory divine. These are cases where, ‘what we would wish for’ or expect, are out-of-sync with our experience of the nearness of God. It’s undesirable but… in an odd way it validates His reality as independent of our preferences.