MAKER
– DEFENDER – REDEEMER – FRIEND
BREAD
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our
likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air,
over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move
along the ground.” 27 So God
created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and
female he created them. Genesis 1:26-27 (NIV)
4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are
just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. 5 They have acted corruptly toward him; to
their shame they are no longer his children, but a warped and crooked
generation. 6 Is this the way you
repay the LORD, O foolish and
unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed
you? 7 Remember the days of old; consider
the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders,
and they will explain to you. Deuteronomy 32:4-7 (NIV)
9 “Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker, to him who is but a
potsherd among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What
are you making?’ Isaiah 45:9 (NIV)
22 This is what your Sovereign LORD
says, your God, who defends his people: “See, I have taken out of your hand the
cup that made you stagger; from that cup, the goblet of my wrath, you will
never drink again.” Isaiah
51:22 (NIV)
16 “See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the
coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have
created the destroyer to work havoc; 17 no
weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that
accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from
me,” declares the LORD. Isaiah 54:16-17
(NIV)
18 The LORD is close
to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. 19 A righteous man may have many troubles, but
the LORD delivers him from them
all; 20 he protects all his bones, not
one of them will be broken. 21 Evil
will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned. 22 The LORD
redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him. Psalm
34:18-22 (NIV)
25 I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he
will stand upon the earth. 26 And
after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; 27 I myself will see him with my own
eyes--I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! Job
19:25-27 (NIV)
1 Praise the LORD,
O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2 Praise the LORD,
O my soul, and forget not all his benefits--3 who
forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit and
crowns you with love and compassion, 5 who
satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the
eagle’s.
Psalm 103:1-5 (NIV)
15 I no longer call you
servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I
have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have
made known to you. John 15:15 (NIV)
13 Greater
love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Our Creator is infinitely good, and His will is love:
to submit to one who is 'too wise to err, too good to be unkind,' should not be
hard.”
C.H. Spurgeon
“Thus does the
world forget You, its Creator, and falls in love with what You have
created.” Augustine
“The Gospel is a
message about God. It tells us who he is, what his character is, what his
standards are and what he requires of us, his creatures. It tells us that we
owe our very existence to him…the gospel starts by teaching us that we, as
creatures, are absolutely dependent on God, and that he as Creator, has an
absolute claim on us. The gospel is a
message about sin. It tells us how we
have fallen short of God’s standard; how we have become guilty, filthy and
helpless in sin, and now stand under the wrath of God…the gospel is a message
about Christ. Christ is the Son of God
incarnate; Christ is the Lamb of God, who died for sin; Christ is the risen
Lord; Christ is the perfect Savior…The gospel is a summons to faith and
repentance. All who hear the gospel are summoned by God to repent and believe”. J.I.
Packer
“It is no small thing to be on terms
of friendship with God.” Cowman
“Where does your security lie? Is
God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your
counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you
don't need to search any further for security.” Elisabeth
Elliot
“He
(Paul) must confront men with the truth about God – Creator, Provider, Lord of
history, Judge of all – and His command to repent. He must confront them with the truth about
man, and his moral bankruptcy in the sight of God. And above all he must confront them with
Jesus Christ in His resurrection power, His authority to execute judgment, and
His redeeming love by which He delivers men and women from their estrangement
and rebellion, and creates them anew in the knowledge of their creator.” F. F. Bruce
“When Jesus is Lord of a life there is a deep and reverential awareness
of accountability to Him coupled with a strong affection to please Him in all
that we say and do. It really does
matter how we live our lives. It will be
either for Him Who spoke the world into being as well as died for our sins on
the cross or we live for ourselves. We
will either serve the Creator or the created.
“Lord” rightly means owner, master, might and power.” BHY
HEART SAVOR
- · If God is our Maker, Defender, Redeemer and Friend and loves us with an everlasting love, our point about worrying is…?????
- · Let us fall in love with our Creator and not His creation.
- · To Go belongs our all as well as our highest praise. All glory and honor belong to Him. The One who gives the power gets the glory.
