Friday, October 2, 2020

"FINAL JEOPARDY: AND THE CATEGORY IS . . . ."


     And the category is . . . God!   Your first clue is:  a nine letter word beginning with 'a', meaning anything that God is in His essential nature.   What is attribute?   Correct!  And that is your next category:  'The Attributes of God'.  Your first clue:  The attribute of God that is most difficult to define.  Correct!  Next clue:  the attribute of God that the mighty angelic hosts of heaven cry out three times.  Correct again! 
     Next clue:  the attribute of God that means His absolute 'otherness' from all His Creation.  Correct!  You are on a roll!  Next clue:  the attribute of God that means His absolute perfection in all other attributes of love, mercy, faithfulness, righteousness, and justice.  Correct again!
     Next clue:  The attribute of God that angels cover their faces to cry out in awe filled worship and that caused Isaiah to cry out "Woe to me!  I am ruined!  For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty."  And you are correct again!
     Your next clue:  the attribute of God that he graciously imparts in some measure to each believer in His Son:  ". . . we have been made _____ through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all (Hebrews 10:10)."    Correct again!
     Next clue:  the attribute of God that you are most likely to hear spoken or see on social media in such expressions as: '_____ crap';  '_____ s - - t';  '_____ hell';  '_____ smoke';  '_____ moly' and similar expression of contempt for the awesome, eternal majesty of the Living God; expressions that clearly show that "since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, He gave them over in a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done; (that) they have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity; (that) they are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice; (that) they are gossips, slanderers, God haters insolent, arrogant and boastful; (that) they invent ways of doing evil; (that) they disobey their parents; (that) they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless; and (that) they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue too do these very things but also approve of those who practice them."   (Romans 1:28-32) 
     Your response is correct again and your soul is no longer in eternal jeopardy.  You realized that all the correct responses were one and the same -- HOLY!
     "Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say:  'You are just in these judgments, you who are and who were, THE HOLY ONE, because you have so judged; for they have shed the blood of your saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.'  And I heard the altar respond:  'Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are your judgments'."
     Footnote:  A theologically liberal Protestant denomination wanted to use the beautiful contemporary hymn "In Christ Alone" in their new song book.  They asked those who wrote this song if they could change the words "saved from the wrath of God" and substitute other 'less offensive' words.  To their everlasting credit they refused to grant permission to this liberal denomination to show disdain for the holiness of God.  "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on Him."  (John 3:36)
     "Holy, holy, holy; Lord God Almighty.  Early in the morning my song shall rise to thee."       

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