Belief in a Personal God
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eternity. If, during this life, they are loyal to God, they will at last “see
His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads.”
Revelation 22:4
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And what is the happiness of heaven but to see God? What greater
joy could come to the sinner saved by the grace of Christ than to look
upon the face of God and know Him as Father?
God’s Individual Interests in His Children
The Scriptures clearly indicate the relation between God and Christ,
and they bring to view as clearly the personality and individuality of
each.
God is the Father of Christ; Christ is the Son of God. To Christ
has been given an exalted position. He has been made equal with the
Father. All the counsels of God are opened to His Son.
This unity is expressed also in the seventeenth chapter of John, in
the prayer of Christ for His disciples: “Neither pray I for these alone,
but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word; that
they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that
they also may be one in Us: that the world may believe that Thou hast
sent Me. And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that
they may be one, even as We are one: I in them, and Thou in Me, that
they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that
Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me.”
John
17:20-23
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Wonderful statement! The unity that exists between Christ and His
disciples does not destroy the personality of either. They are one in
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purpose, in mind, in character, but not in person. It is thus that God
and Christ are one....
Our God has heaven and earth at His command, and He knows just
what we need. We can see only a little way before us; “but all things
are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.”
Hebrews 4:13
. Above the distractions of the earth He sits enthroned;
all things are open to His divine survey; and from His great and calm
eternity He orders that which His providence sees best.
Not even a sparrow falls to the ground without the Father’s notice.
Satan’s hatred against God leads him to delight in destroying even the
dumb creatures. It is only through God’s protecting care that the birds
are preserved to gladden us with their songs of joy. But He does not