You Are the Word of God the Father

You Are the Word of God the Father

YOU’RE THE WORD of God the Father,
From before the world began.
Ev’ry star and ev’ry planet
Has been fashioned by your hand.
All creation holds together
By the power of your voice.
Let the skies declare your glory;
Let the land and seas rejoice!

You’re the author of creation;
You’re the Lord of ev’ry man;
And your cry of love rings out across the lands.

Yet you left the gaze of angels,
Came to seek and save the lost,
And exchanged the joy of heaven
For the anguish of a cross.
With a prayer you fed the hungry;
With a word you stilled the sea;
Yet how silently you suffered
That the guilty may go free.

With a shout you rose victorious,
Wresting vict’ry from the grave,
And ascended into heaven,
Leading captives in your wake.
Now you stand before the Father,
Interceding for your own;
From each tribe, and tongue, and nation,
You are leading sinners home!

Copyright © 2003 Kingsway’s Thankyou Music

Now Unto Jehovah: Psalm 29

Now Unto Jehovah: Psalm 29

Now unto Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty, All glory and strength and dominion accord;
Ascribe to him glory, and render him honor, In beauty of holiness worship the Lord.

The voice of Jehovah comes down on the waters; In thunder the God of the glory draws nigh.
Lo, over the waves of the wide-flowing waters Jehovah as King is enthroned on high!

The voice of Jehovah is mighty, is mighty; The voice of Jehovah in majesty speaks:
The voice of Jehovah the cedars is breaking; Jehovah the cedars of Lebanon breaks.

Each one, in his temple, his glory proclaimeth. He sat on the flood; he is King on his throne.
Jehovah all strength to his people imparteth; Jehovah with peace ever blesseth his own.

Sung By Nathan Clark George

Psalm 29:1-5, 9-11

Be Still, My Soul

Be Still, My Soul

Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side.
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change, He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake
To guide the future, as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below.

Be still, my soul: when dearest friends depart,
And all is darkened in the vale of tears,
Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart,
Who comes to soothe thy sorrow and thy fears.
Be still, my soul: thy Jesus can repay
From His own fullness all He takes away.

Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on
When we shall be forever with the Lord.
When disappointment, grief and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past
All safe and blessèd we shall meet at last.

Be still, my soul: begin the song of praise
On earth, believing, to Thy Lord on high;
Acknowledge Him in all thy words and ways,
So shall He view thee with a well pleased eye.
Be still, my soul: the Sun of life divine
Through passing clouds shall but more brightly shine.

Words: Ka­tha­ri­na A. von Schle­gel, in Neue Samm­lung Geist­lich­er Lied­er, 1752 (Stille, meine Wille, dein Je­sus hilft sie­gen);
trans­lat­ed from Ger­man to Eng­lish by Jane L. Borth­wick in Hymns from the Land of Lu­ther, 1855.
Music: Fin­land­ia, Jean Si­bel­i­us, 1899

By Faith

By Faith

By faith we see the hand of God
In the light of creation’s grand design
In the lives of those who prove His faithfulness
Who walk by faith and not by sight

By faith our fathers roamed the earth
With the power of His promise in their hearts
Of a holy city built by God’s own hand
A place where peace and justice reign

We will stand as children of the promise
We will fix our eyes on Him our soul’s reward
Till the race is finished and the work is done
We’ll walk by faith and not by sight

By faith the prophets saw a day
When the longed-for Messiah would appear
With the power to break the chains of sin and death
And rise triumphant from the grave

By faith the church was called to go
In the power of the Spirit to the lost
To deliver captives and to preach good news
In every corner of the earth

We will stand as children of the promise
We will fix our eyes on Him our soul’s reward
Till the race is finished and the work is done
We’ll walk by faith and not by sight

By faith this mountain shall be moved
And the power of the gospel shall prevail
For we know in Christ all things are possible
For all who call upon His name

We will stand as children of the promise
We will fix our eyes on Him our soul’s reward
Till the race is finished and the work is done
We’ll walk by faith and not by sight

by Keith and Kristyn Getty | from the album Awaken the Dawn

Jesus Christ – The Lord of Providence

Pastor Art Arzurdia preaching on the theme of Jesus Christ as The Lord of Providence:

Heb 1:3  He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.

Col 1:15-17  He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities–all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Thou Art Worthy

 

Thou Art Worthy

Thou art worthy, Thou art worthy,
Thou art worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory, glory and honor,
Glory and honor and pow’r;
For Thou has created, hast all things created,
Thou hast created all things,
And for Thy pleasure they are created:
Thou art worthy, O Lord!

Thou art worthy, Thou art worthy,
Thou art worthy, O Lamb,
Toe recieve blessing, glory and honor
And pow’r at the Father’s right hand;
For Thou hast redeemed us, hast ransomed and cleaned us,
By Thy blood setting us free,
In white robes arrayed us, Kings and priests made us:
We are reigning in Thee!

Thou art worthy, Thou art worthy,
Thou art worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory, glory and honor,
Glory and honor and pow’r;
For Thou has created, hast all things created,
Thou hast created all things,
And for Thy pleasure they are created:
Thou art worthy, O Lord!

Thou Art Worthy
(Adapted from Revelation 4:11)
Music by Ronn Huff and Pauline Mills
Arranged by Tom Fettke and Ronn Huff

Jesus Christ – The Heir of All Things

 

Pastor Art Arzurdia preaching on the theme of Jesus Christ as The Heir of All Things:

Heb 1:1-2  .. God … in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

Thou art worthy, Thou art worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory, glory and honor,
Glory and honor and power.
For Thou hast created, hast all things created;
Thou hast created all things.
And for Thy pleasure,
They are created;
Thou art worthy, O Lord.
For Thou hast created, hast all things created;
Thou hast created all things.
And for Thy pleasure, they are created;
Thou art worthy, O Lord.

-Thou Art Worthy Lyrics (Adapted from Revelation 4:11)

Heb 10:12-13  But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet

Jesus Christ – The Creator of All Things

Pastor Art Arzurdia preaching on the theme of Jesus Christ as The Creator of All Things:

Heb 1:2  but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

Joh 1:2-3  He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Col 1:16-17  For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities–all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

1Co 8:6  … and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

“I see him standing, as it were, at the anvil of omnipotence, hammering out the worlds that fly off, like sparks, on every side at each stroke of his majestic arm. It was Christ who was there,— “the wisdom of God and the power of God,” as Paul calls him,— creating all things.”Charles H Spurgeon from Sermons on The Epistle to the Hebrews 1:2 Depths and Heights

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Genesis Stories Appearing in Chinese Writing – Part 2

The invention of Chinese writing character is generally estimated to be about 2500 to 2800 BC. Therefore, the people which settled in China, after the global dispersal following Tower of Babel account by God, must have know the many accounts of Man prior to the Babel dispersal. This would include the stories of the Creation by God, Fall of Man and Flood. It is natural for these people to put these pre-Babel stories (also recorded within  Book of Genesis)  into the development a writing.

From previous post:  Genesis Stories Appearing in Chinese Writing

I found another good video by an individual  to  show a few of the many stories from Book of Genesis that have been found within the Chinese writing characters.

Letting God Be God

“We are in no position as creatures to dictate to our Creator what he may or should be like. God is absolute reality. He was there before anything else was, and he did not come into being, but always was. Therefore nobody made him the way he is, and there is no reason he is the way he is. He simply is. That is his name: “I Am Who I Am” (Exodus 3:14). Our role is not to say what can and can’t be in God, but to learn who he is and who we are, and to shape our lives according to his reality – his will. We submit to the way he is. He doesn’t submit to the way we are or the way we think he should be.”

Quote by John Piper from:

The Spirit Helps Us in Our Weakness, Part 1
May 26, 2002  by John Piper  Scripture: Romans 8:25-27 | Topic: The Trinity
Series: Romans: The Greatest Letter Ever Written

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Understanding Origins in Genesis is Foundational to the Rest of the Bible

It is also important to all of us because understanding origins in the book of Genesis is foundational to the rest of the Bible. If Genesis chapter 1 and chapter 2 don’t tell us the truth, then why should we believe anything else in the Bible? If it says in the New Testament that the Creator is our Redeemer, that God is not the Creator, then maybe He’s not the Redeemer either. If it tells us in 2 Peter that God Himself will bring about an instantaneous dissolution of the entire universe as we know it, that God in a moment will uncreate everything, then that has tremendous bearing upon His power to create…the same One who with a word can uncreate the universe is capable of creating it as quickly as He desires.

So what we believe about creation, what we believe about Genesis has implications all the way to the end of Scripture, implications with regard to the veracity and truthfulness of Scripture, implications as to the gospel and implications as to the end of human history all wrapped up in how we understand origins in the book of Genesis. The matter of origins then is absolutely critical to all human thinking. It becomes critical to how we conduct our lives as human beings. Without an understanding of origins, without a right understanding of origins, there is no way to comprehend ourselves. There is no way to understand humanity as to the purpose of our existence, and as to our destiny. If we cannot believe what Genesis says about origins, we are lost as to our purpose and our destiny. Whether this world and its life as we know it evolved by chance, without a cause, or was created by God has immense comprehensive implications for all of human life.

Now there basically are only two options. You can either believe what Genesis says or not. And that is no over-simplification. Frankly, believing in a supernatural creative God who made everything is the only possible rational explanation for the universe, for life, for purpose and for destiny.

“Creation: Believe it or Not–Part 1″, Selected Scriptures by John MacArthur

Below a sermon by Pastor John Macarthur:  The Theology of Creation, Pt. 1

Genesis Stories Appearing in Chinese Writing

The invention of Chinese writing character is generally estimated to be about 2500 to 2800 BC. Therefore, the people which settled in China, after the global dispersal following Tower of Babel account by God, must have know the many accounts of Man prior to the Babel dispersal. This would include the stories of the Creation by God, Fall of Man and Flood. It is natural for these people to put these pre-Babel stories (also recorded within  Book of Genesis)  into the development a writing. The following videos is a good effort by an individual  to  show a few of the many stories from Book of Genesis that have been found within the Chinese writing characters.

Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed

Alas! and did my Savior bleed
And did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For sinners such as I?

Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, Thine—
And bathed in its own blood—
While the firm mark of wrath divine,
His Soul in anguish stood.

Was it for crimes that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut his glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker died,
For man the creature’s sin.

Thus might I hide my blushing face
While His dear cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears.

But drops of grief can ne’er repay
The debt of love I owe:
Here, Lord, I give my self away
’Tis all that I can do.

Words: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spir­it­u­al Songs, 1707

How Great Thou Art !

O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!

When through the woods, and forest glades I wander,
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees.
When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.

Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!

And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.

Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!

When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim: “My God, how great Thou art!”

Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!

The Light of the World

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." John 8:12

The Light of the World
Made history begin,
Spoke time into being,
Caused planets to spin;
Flung galaxies wide
Through infinite space
To sing of His splendour
And fathomless grace.

Come, come,
Daughters and sons,
Look to the Light of the World.
Sing, sing
Praises to Him.
Simply believe,
You will receive
Mercy and love without measure.

The Light of the World
Now shone as a man,
And walked through the valleys
He’d carved with His hands.
A servant to those
He’d breathed into life,
He felt our injustice
And shared in our strife.

The Light of the World
Preached justice for all,
Defying the proud
And defending the poor;
Then humbled Himself
To death on a cross,
To crush the oppressor
And rescue the lost.

The Light of the World
Still shines on the earth,
With gifts of forgiveness,
The hope of new birth.
So open your heart,
Don’t hide in the night;
Step out of the darkness
And into His light.

Stuart Townend & J K Jamieson
Copyright © 2009 Thankyou Music

Vastness of The Universe: Showcasing The Majesty of God The Creator

Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest? All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word. (Isa 66:1-2).

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built! Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O LORD my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you this day, that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place (1 Kings 8:27-29).

God is immensely bigger than anything existing or what you can even imagine. The God of the Bible is a BIG God. He is not contained by space, that even “the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain” Him (1Kings 8:27). God fills His entire creation, they cannot contain Him (Jer 23:23 – 24). Lets ponder and meditate on  this truth about the infinite vastness and immenseness attribute of God. Consciously, lets put the brake on our busy lives, take the time to  meditate constantly  on this wonderful truth about God. When we grasp the true vastness of heavens, the truth about God’s infinite vastness and immenseness humbles us as we truly behold His greatness and glory and power and dominion. It is important to keep this truth in mind, for John Calvin said “men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God.”. When we seek to see and understand the vastness of the universe, we will be awe by this truth about God. We will be blessed when we catch a glimpse of His awesome power and glory! Then and only then, true worship can come forth from frail and insignificant creatures. God, THE Creator, He created the earth and the entire universe. He understands the stars  and the black holes, for He made them. God is the source of infinite wisdom, we need to search no where else. When we need true wisdom, we look to Him for “if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him”.

As created beings, we ought to be humble when God revealed Himself within the scriptures and when we believe Him, we will be blessed by Him. God, though infinitely vast and immense, is near to those “who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word”, it brings great peace, rejoicing and wonder into the core of our being. We shall then respond like David in that “such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.”  (Psalms 139:6).  It will always be great joy to hear  and believe the good news in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Gospel that God, by His grace and mercy, has appointed  one and only one way, one truth and one life that sinners, like you and me,  may be reconciled to Him. He is forever a Holy and Just God.  As only those who are pure in heart will get to see God. Sinners on our own effort and strength have no hope, we can’t have the purity in our hearts because our sins and unrighteousness condemned us.  However, God has made it possible for sinners to come to Him, it is only through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.  Through Jesus Christ’s great accomplishment at Calvary, God has made a Way.  It is through God the Son’s  finished work on the cross bearing their sins and atonement, God can  redeem sinners to be His children that they might know Jehovah and behold His glory, the infinitely, immensely big God, the great “I AM”  Who  is near His children and Who  hears the prayer and pleading  of those who cry out to Him (1Kings 8:28-30).

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