Tag: GOD
Biblical Principle #113: God Renamed Jacob to Israel
Biblical Principles List Principle God renamed Jacob to Israel. Explanation When GOD called Abraham to follow Him, his name was Abram. In time, GOD renamed Abram to Abraham. 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am your God; be pleasing before Me and blameless. 2…
Biblical Principle #106: God Ensures His Plan Comes to Pass
Biblical Principles List Principle God ensures that His eternal plan comes to pass. Explanation We previously established that GOD has an eternal plan which results in the salvation of His remnant of mankind. It is impossible for us to grasp the complexity of such a plan that would evolve over thousands of years. Often the…
Biblical Principle #105: God Had a Plan Before Creation
Biblical Principles List Principle Before God created everything, He devised a plan for redeeming humanity. Explanation GOD knows everything, including the future. Before GOD created the heavens and the earth, He foreknew that evil would arise, that creation would rebel against Him, and that a solution would be necessary to save a remnant of people…
Biblical Principle #104: God’s Children are the Remnant
Biblical Principles List Principle God’s children are called the remnant. Explanation GOD created everything, the heavens and the earth. Sin corrupted GOD’s creation. Satan exerted his evil influence to draw away the majority of people to do evil. Most people do not choose to follow GOD. In the first world, Noah and his seven family…
Biblical Principle #103: God Allows Suffering for the Greater Good
Biblical Principles List Principle God allows temporary suffering for the greater collective good. Explanation GOD knows everything, including the future. GOD loves us and wants what is best for us. GOD has the power to do anything and everything. Because GOD has complete knowledge and the power to do anything, His love motivates Him to…
Biblical Principle #102: God Works Everything for the Good of His Children
Biblical Principles List Principle God works all things together for good for His children. Explanation We observed that GOD allows suffering, even in situations when the person seemed to be innocent. Suffering is a consequence of living in a sin-cursed world. For the child of GOD, thankfully suffering is not meaningless or for naught. Rather,…
Biblical Principle #101: God Allows Suffering
Biblical Principles List Principle God allows people to suffer. Explanation We have previously established that: Earth is filled with sin and the consequences of that sin. We experience it every day. One of the consequences of sin is more sin. Sin begets sin. For instance, when one sibling shoves the other, what does the second…
Biblical Principle #99: Humans Elevated Above Heavenly Creatures
Biblical Principles List Principle The heavenly creatures—the first sun, moon, and stars of creation—are brought lower than GOD’s elect humans. Explanation Genesis 37 records two dreams that Joseph, son of Jacob, had: 5 Then Joseph had a dream, and reported it to his brothers. 6 Thus he said to them, “Hear this dream I dreamed:…
Biblical Principle #98: Joseph Was a Shadow of Jesus
Biblical Principles List Principle Joseph was a shadow of Jesus. Explanation We have previous observed that the Bible is full of shadows—images that point forward towards the person—of Jesus. We noted this with Melchizedek. The truth is that every righteous person in Scripture provides us some form of shadow towards Jesus. Joseph is no exception. Consider the…