God sees no sin
Irenic : conducive
to or operating toward peace, moderation, harmony, and conciliation and away
from contention and partisanship especially among disputants
(7x
referenced)21 “He who has My commandments and
keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My
Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
(John 14:21)
God's love
16 “For God so
loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
(John 3:16)
8 But God
demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ
died for us.
(Romans 5:8)
5 By faith Enoch
was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found because God
took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was
pleasing to God.
6 And without
faith it is impossible to please Him,
for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of
those who seek Him.
(Hebrews 11:5-6)
26 “In that day
you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the
Father on your behalf;
27 for the Father
Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came
forth from the Father.
(John 16:26-27)
(5x
referenced)
23 Jesus
answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My
Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.
(John 14:23)
10 In this is
love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
(1 John 4:10)
4 just as He chose
us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and
blameless before Him. In love
5 He predestined
us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind
intention of His will,
(Ephesians
1:4-5)
5 But to the one
who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is
credited as righteousness,
(Romans 4:5)
21 “He who has My
commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will
be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
(John 14:21)
(3x
referenced)
10 “If
you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My
Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
(John 15:10)
21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ unto eternal life.
(Jude 21 AV)
Father-son love
42:1 “Behold, My
Servant, whom I uphold;
My chosen one in whom My soul delights.
I have put My
Spirit upon Him;
He will bring
forth justice to the nation
(Isaiah 42:1)
17 “For this
reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it
again.
(John 10:17)
Ad
extra - at the extremity, boundary, or limit
Ad
intra - operations of the subject and does not refer to exterior action
in•tra- \ˈin-trə, -(ˌ)trä\ prefix
[Late
Latin, from Latin intra, from (assumed) Old Latin interus, adjective, inward — more at interior]
1 a : within 〈intragalactic〉
b : during 〈intraday〉
c : between layers of 〈intradermal〉
2 : intro- 〈an intramuscular
injection〉
52 And Jesus kept
increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
(Luke 2:52)
26 Now the boy
Samuel was growing in stature and in favor both with the Lord and with men.
(1 Samuel 2:26).
8 Although He was
a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.
(Hebrews 5:8)
Complacency
1 a : the quality
or state of being satisfied : a calm sense of well-being and security; especially
: satisfaction or self-satisfaction accompanied by unawareness of actual
dangers or deficiencies
b : SELF-SATISFACTION, VANITY
2 archaic : complaisance or an instance thereof
3 obsolete : passive acquiescence
4 archaic : PLEASURE, DELIGHT
4 God saw that the
light was good;
(Genesis 1:4)
10 God called …
and God saw that it was good.
(Genesis 1:10)
12 God saw that it
was good.
(Genesis 1:12).
18 God saw that it
was good.
(Genesis 1:18)
21 God
created...God saw that it was good.
(Genesis 1:21)
25 God made….God
saw that it was good.
31 God saw all
that He had made, and behold, it was
very good.
(Genesis 1:31)
30 Therefore when
Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His
head and gave up His spirit.
(John 19:30)
Christ's love for
his bride
Soteric : of or
relating to salvation
1 Now before the
Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would
depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the
world, He loved them to the end.
(John 13:1)
9 “Just as the
Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.
(John 15:9)
9 “I ask on their
behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given
Me; for they are Yours;
(John 17:9)
12 “While I was
with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I
guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the
Scripture would be fulfilled.
(John 17:12)
23 There was
reclining on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
(John 13:23)
7 Therefore that
disciple whom Jesus loved
*said to Peter, “It is the
Lord.” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment
on (for he was stripped
for work), and
threw himself into the sea.
(John 21:7)
20 Peter, turning
around,
*saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following
them; the one who also had leaned back on His
bosom at the supper and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?”
(John 21:20)
God's and Christ's
"passions"
WCF CHAP. II. - Of
God, and of the Holy Trinity
1. There is but
one only, (Deut. 6:4, 1 Cor. 8:4–6) living, and true God, (1 Thess. 1:9, Jer.
10:10) who is infinite in being and perfection, (Job 11:7–9, Job 26:14) a most
pure spirit, (John 4:24) invisible, (1 Tim. 1:17) without body, parts, (Deut.
4:15–16, John 4:24, Luke 24:39) or passions; (Acts 14:11,15) immutable, (James
1:17, Mal. 3:6) immense, (1 Kings 8:27, Jer. 23:23–24) eternal, (Ps. 90:2, 1
Tim. 1:17) incomprehensible, (Ps. 145:3) almighty, (Gen. 17:1, Rev. 4:8) most
wise, (Rom. 16:27) most holy, (Isa. 6:3, Rev. 4:8) most free, (Ps. 115:3) most
absolute; (Exod. 3:14) working all things according to the counsel of His own
immutable and most righteous will, (Eph. 1:11) for His own glory; (Prov. 16:4,
Rom. 11:36) most loving, (1 John 4:8,16) gracious, merciful, long-suffering,
abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin;
(Exod. 34:6–7) the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him; (Heb. 11:6) and
withal, most just, and terrible in His judgments, (Neh. 9:32–33) hating all
sin, (Ps. 5:5–6) and who will by no means clear the guilty. (Nah. 1:2–3, Exod.
34:7) "
4 “Hear, O Israel!
The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!
(Deuteronomy 6:4).
4 Therefore
concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no
such thing as an idol in the world, and that `there is no God but one.
5 For
even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there
are many gods and many lords,
6 yet
for us there is but one God, the Father,
from whom are all things and we exist
for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.
(1 Corinthians 8:4-6)
9 For
they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and
how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,
(1 Thessalonians
1:9)
10 But
the Lord is the true God;
He
is the living God and the everlasting King.
At
His wrath the earth quakes,
And
the nations cannot endure His indignation.
(Jeremiah 10:10)
7 “Can you
discover the depths of God?
Can
you discover the limits of the Almighty?
8 “They are high as the heavens, what can you do?
Deeper
than Sheol, what can you know?
9 “Its
measure is longer than the earth
And
broader than the sea.
(Job 11:7-9)
14 “Behold,
these are the fringes of His ways;
And
how faint a word we hear of Him!
But
His mighty thunder, who can understand?”
(Job 26:14)
24 “God
is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
(John 4:24)
17 Now
to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
(1 Timothy 1:17)
15 “So watch
yourselves carefully, since you did not
see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of
the fire,
16 so
that you do not act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the
form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
(Deuteronomy
4:15-16)
24 “God
is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
(John 4:24)
39 “See
My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does
not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
(Luke 24:39)
11 When
the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the
Lycaonian language, “The gods have become like men and have come down to us.”
(Acts 14:11)
15 and
saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same
nature as you, and preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these
vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and
all that is in them.
(Acts 14:15)
17 Every
good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the
Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
(James 1:17)
6 “For
I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
(Malachi 3:6)
27 “But will God
indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain
You, how much less this house which I have built!
(1 Kings 8:27)
23 “Am I a God who
is near,” declares the Lord,
“And
not a God far off?
24 “Can
a man hide himself in hiding places
So
I do not see him?” declares the Lord.
“Do
I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.
(Jeremiah 23:23-24)
2 Before
the mountains were born
Or
You gave birth to the earth and the world,
Even
from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
(Psalm 90:2)
17 Now
to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
(1 Timothy 1:17)
3 Great
is the Lord, and highly to be praised,
And
His greatness is unsearchable.
(Psalm 145:3)
1 Now when Abram
was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him,
“I
am God Almighty;
Walk before Me, and
be blameless.
(Genesis 17:1)
8 And
the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes
around and within; and day and night 1they do not cease to say,
“Holy,
holy, holy is the Lord God, the
Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.”
(Revelation
4:8)
27 to
the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.
(Romans 16:27)
3 And
one called out to another and said,
“Holy,
Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts,
The
whole earth is full of His glory.”
(Isaiah 6:3)
8 And
the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes
around and within; and day and night 1they do not cease to say,
“Holy,
holy, holy is the Lord God, the
Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.”
(Revelation
4:8)
3 But
our God is in the heavens;
He
does whatever He pleases.
(Psalm 115:3)
14 God
said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of
Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
(Exodus 3:14)
11 also
we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His
purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,
(Ephesians 1:11)
4 The
Lord has made everything for its own purpose,
Even
the wicked for the day of evil.
(Proverbs 16:4)
36 For
from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
(Romans 11:36)
8 The
one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
(1 John 4:8)
16 We
have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love,
and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
(1 John 4:16)
6 Then
the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God,
compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and
truth;
7 who
keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and
sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished,
visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to
the third and fourth generations.”
(Exodus 34:6-7)
6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe
that He is and that He is a rewarder of
those who seek Him.
(Hebrews 11:6)
32 “Now therefore,
our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and
lovingkindness,
Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant
before You,
Which
has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our
fathers and on all Your people,
From
the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.
33 “However,
You are just in all that has come upon us;
For
You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.
(Nehemiah 9:32-33)
5 The
boastful shall not stand before Your eyes;
You
hate all who do iniquity.
6 You
destroy those who speak falsehood;
The
Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
(Psalm 5:5-6)
2 A jealous and
avenging God is the Lord;
The
Lord is avenging and wrathful.
The
Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries,
And
He reserves wrath for His enemies.
3 The
Lord is slow to anger and great in power,
And
the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
In
whirlwind and storm is His way,
And
clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
(Nahum 1:2-3)
7 who
keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and
sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished,
visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to
the third and fourth generations.”
(Exodus 34:7)
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10 “Now then let
Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and
I will make of you a great nation.
(Ex 32:10)
Displeasing God
and Christ
5 and you have
forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
“My son, do not
regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
Nor faint when you
are reproved by Him;
6 For those whom
the Lord loves He disciplines,
And He scourges
every son whom He receives.”
(Heb 12:5-6)
What are we specially taught by
these words [before me] in the first commandment?
These words [before me] in the
first commandment teach us, That God, who seeth all things, taketh notice of,
and is much displeased with, the sin of having any other God.
(The Westminster
shorter catechism
Question 48)
41 So they went on
their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been
considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.
(Acts 5:41)
27
And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and
she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
(2 Samuel 11:26-27
AV)
15 ‘I know your
deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot.
16 ‘So because you
are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.
(Re 3:15-16)
9:1 Now when these
things had been completed, the princes approached me, saying, “The people of
Israel and the priests and the Levites have not
separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their
abominations, those of the Canaanites,
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the
Egyptians and the Amorites.
2 “For they have
taken some of their daughters as wives for
themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has intermingled with the
peoples of the lands; indeed, the hands of the princes and the rulers have been
foremost in this unfaithfulness.”
3 When I heard
about this matter, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat
down appalled.
4 Then everyone
who trembled at the words of the God of Israel on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered
to me, and I sat appalled until the evening offering.
5 But at the
evening offering I arose from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe
torn, and I fell on my knees and stretched out my hands to the Lord my God;
6 and I said, “O
my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our
iniquities have risen above our heads and our guilt has grown even to the
heavens.
7 “Since the days
of our fathers to this day we have been in
great guilt, and on account of our iniquities we, our kings and our priests have been given into the hand
of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity and to plunder and to
open shame, as it is this day.
8 “But now for a
brief moment grace has been shown from
the Lord our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His
holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving
in our bondage.
9 “For we are
slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not forsaken us, but has extended
lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving
to raise up the house of our God, to restore its ruins and to give us a wall in
Judah and Jerusalem.
10 “Now, our God,
what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken
Your commandments,
11 which You have
commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are
entering to possess is an unclean land with the uncleanness of the peoples of
the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end and with their impurity.
12 ‘So now do not
give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters to your sons, and never seek their peace or their prosperity,
that you may be strong and eat the good things of
the land and leave it as an inheritance
to your sons forever.’
13 “After all that
has come upon us for our evil deeds and our great guilt, since You our God have
requited us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us an escaped remnant
as this,
14 shall we again break Your commandments
and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not be angry with us to the
point of destruction, until there is no remnant nor any who escape?
15 “O Lord God of
Israel, You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in
our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.”
(Ezr 9:1-15)
18 So the Lord was
very angry with Israel and removed them from His sight; none was left except
the tribe of Judah.
(2 Kings 17:18) [possible typo - book says "2 Kings 17:8]
pleasing God and
Christ
11 and a voice
came out of the heavens: “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”
(Mark 1:11)
5 While he was
still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of
the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to
Him!”
(Matthew 17:5)
42:1 “Behold, My
Servant, whom I uphold;
My chosen one in whom My soul delights.
I have put My
Spirit upon Him;
He will bring
forth justice to the nations.
(Isaiah 42:1)
8 Finally,
brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever
is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any
excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
(Philippians 4:8)
21 equip
you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in
His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
(Heb 13:21)
18 For he who in
this way serves Christ is acceptable to
God and approved by men.
(Romans 14:18)
4:1 Finally
then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you
received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you
actually do walk), that you excel
still more.
(1 Thessalonians 4:1)
9 Therefore we
also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.
(2 Corinthians
5:9)
10 so that you may
approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless
until the day of Christ;
Or discover; or distinguish
between the things which differ
(Philippians 1:10)
18 He is also head
of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
(Colossians 1:18)
Let believers, then, in forming an estimate of this mortal life, and perceiving that in itself it is nothing but misery, make it their aim to exert themselves with greater alacrity, and less hindrance in aspiring to the future and eternal life. When we contrast the two, the former may not only be securely neglected, but, in comparison of the latter, be disdained and contemned. If heaven is our country, what can the earth be but a place of exile?
