{"id":878,"date":"2015-11-30T11:28:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T16:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/?p=878"},"modified":"2015-11-30T11:31:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T16:31:45","slug":"contemplating-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/?p=878","title":{"rendered":"Contemplating God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Here are the completed notes from the Sunday Evening Service November 29, 2015:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scripture: Psalm 46:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Contemplating God<\/h3>\n<h4>1.Contemplating God begins with considering His Person \u2013 Who He is in all His attributes<\/h4>\n<p><em>\u201cO God, who is like unto Thee!\u201d -Psalm 71:19b<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Triune \u2013 One true and living God existing in three distinct persons \u2013 Father, Son and Holy Spirit, all of one essence with the same nature and attributes (Matthew 28:19)<\/li>\n<li>Holy \u2013 Separate, set-apart, absolute purity (Isaiah 6:3; 1 Peter 1:16)<\/li>\n<li>True \u2013 What is real or genuine (Titus 1:2; John 14:6)<\/li>\n<li>Self-existent \u2013 Self-caused, no origin (Exodus 3:14)<\/li>\n<li>Infinite \u2013 Limitless (Jeremiah 23:24; 1 Kings 8:27)<\/li>\n<li>Eternal \u2013 Everlasting, always was, always is, always will be (Deuteronomy 33:27)<\/li>\n<li>Spirit \u2013 A spiritual being (John 4:24)<\/li>\n<li>Person \u2013 A personal being, has intellect, emotions, will (Ex. 3:14; Job 23:13; Gen. 6:6)<\/li>\n<li>Good \u2013 Pleasant, agreeable. Beneficial (Psalm 34:8; 86:5; 107:8)<\/li>\n<li>Righteous \/ Just \u2013 Always does what is just and right (Deuteronomy 32:4)<\/li>\n<li>Incomprehensible \u2013 No one can remotely understand and comprehend God (Isaiah 55:8)<\/li>\n<li>Wise \u2013 The ability to rightly apply knowledge (1 Timothy 1:17; Jude 25)<\/li>\n<li>Faithful \u2013 Firm, certain, trustworthy, dependable (Deuteronomy 7:9)<\/li>\n<li>Mercy \u2013 Compassion, pity, not getting what we deserve (Ephesians 2:4)<\/li>\n<li>Grace \u2013 Unmerited favor, getting what we don\u2019t deserve (Ephesians 2:7, 8)<\/li>\n<li>Immutable \u2013 Unchanging (Malachi 3:6)<\/li>\n<li>Omniscient \u2013 All knowing (Psalm 139:3)<\/li>\n<li>Omnipresent \u2013 Everywhere present (Psalm 139:7)<\/li>\n<li>Omnipotent \u2013 All powerful (Revelation 19:6)<\/li>\n<li>Sovereign \u2013 Absolute control, supreme authority and sole ruler (Psalm 135:6)<\/li>\n<li>Love \u2013 Seeks the highest good of the one loved, unconditional, sacrificial (1 John 4:8)<\/li>\n<li>Wrath -Righteous indignation at all evil, execution of judgment on unrighteousness (Romans 1:18)<\/li>\n<li>Jealous &#8211; Zeal to preserve something that is supremely precious (Exodus 20:5)<\/li>\n<li>Glorious &#8211; Weighted down with brilliance, brightness, radiance, shining (Psalm 8:1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2.Contemplating God needs to be intentional<\/h4>\n<h4>3.Contemplating God is the trigger that leads to worship<\/h4>\n<h4>4.Contemplating God helps us know Him<\/h4>\n<h4>5.Contemplating God enables us to trust Him in difficult circumstances<\/h4>\n<h4>6.Contemplating God reinforces in our mind how incredibly blessed we are to have the privilege of a relationship with Him<\/h4>\n<h4>7.Contemplating God is enhanced by spending time in the Scriptures<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the completed notes from the Sunday Evening Service November 29, 2015: Scripture: Psalm 46:10 Contemplating God 1.Contemplating God begins with considering His Person \u2013 Who He is in<span class=\"excerpt-ellipsis\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/?p=878\" itemprop=\"url\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sunnight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=878"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":880,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878\/revisions\/880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}