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life

Posted in eternity, grace, tagged , on August 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »

life at 19 weeks, 2 days since conception

boy or girl?

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humility.12

Posted in humility, Jesus, pride, tagged , , on August 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »

c.j. mahaney continues in his task of providing a framework

to wreck pride and fertilize humility

with five applications under the theme of “special focus.”

the first of these five applications is to

  • Study the attributes of God.

God has so many intriguingly beautiful attributes,

but mahaney specifically recommends studying His

incommunicable attributes.

these include:

  1. His omnipresence
  2. He is infinite
  3. His omnipotence
  4. His omni-benevolence
  5. etc.

r.c. sproul said,

The grand difference between a human being and a supreme being is precisely this: Apart from God, I cannot exist.  Apart from me, God does exist.

and,

We are like flowers that bloom and then wither and then fade.  This is how we differ from God.  God does not wither, God does not fade, God is not fragile.

Matthew Henry said,

The greatest and best man in the world must say, By the grace of God I am what I am, but God says absolutely…I am that I am.

the New Bible Dictionary states,

When we say that God is infinite in spirit, we pass completely out of the reach of our experience.

Jonathan Edwards said,

The saints in glory are so much employed in praise, because they are perfect in humility, and have so great a sense of the infinite distance between them and God.

C.J. Mahaney points out,

Ironically, this distance from God will be even more real to us when we get “closer” to God in heaven.

there is a negative correlation between your understanding of God and your thinking you are like God.

let’s pursue a deeper understanding of Him through

application #9: study of His attributes (the incommunicable ones, especially).

what are some other attributes of God that you have a difficult time putting into words?

*further resources on this topic: Systematic Theology and/or Bible Doctrine by Wayne Grudem.

*study on humility based on c.j. mahaney’s book “Humility: True Greatness”

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