Tag: Trust God
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What Does the First Commandment Mean?
What does it mean for us that God is God? We often imagine God as a harsh, distant, or easily disappointed dictator. But, that picture doesn’t come from God himself. It’s not how his Word reveals him. In fact, that picture comes from our sin: In the Garden, Satan introduced the idea that God has…
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Who is God?
God is not distant, divided, or unpredictable. That’s what it means that God is one—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. So you can actually know what he’s like. And what he’s like is good. God is one being, not divided or conflicted within himself. He does not change and is not made of parts, so his…
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Life’s Unjust. God Isn’t.
Life is not fair. The strong win. Lies succeed. And things often don’t work out the way they should. God does not promise to fix the injustices of life in the present. Those that claim he always will are preaching a “theology of glory”—but God is not revealed in power, but in Jesus dying on…
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The Effectiveness of Inaction
We all have the same instinct: If something is wrong → act. If people put you under pressure → respond. If the future is uncertain → take control. You feel that. I feel that. This is part of the human experience. Psalm 62 says the complete opposite: Do nothing—and wait. Not as a “tactic” or…