The Free Gift of God for Mankind

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...God in His grace set up a system to have a relationship with mankind. The Tabernacle with its protocol and ritual was the symbol of that system. Since God dwells in the third heaven, above the universe, He is beyond the reach and grasp of mankind. In order for Him to have a relationship with the human race, He had to provide a Plan that did not violate His perfect essence. He is absolute Righteousness and perfect Justice. He cannot, therefore, have a love relationship with spiritually dead members of the human race who exist from the moment of birth in total depravity. This would be incompatible with the character of God.

The Tabernacle illustrates the fundamental concepts of God's Plan of grace for establishing a relationship with mankind. When God called Moses up to Mount Sinai and gave him the instructions for building the Tabernacle, He gave the solemn warning,

“See,” He says, “that you make all things according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.” (Hebrews 8:5b, NAS)

If anyone violated God's rules for the Tabernacle, it meant instant death. These rules were required to protect mankind and to afford access to a phenomenal relationship with God. The Plan of God was a grace system. Every aspect of the Plan provided for mankind all that was needed without any human merit. All that was required of anyone was to be positive to the Plan of God. Anyone who wanted a relationship with God could have it on the basis of God's grace - His non-meritorious favor on undeserving mankind. Nothing was required on man's part to receive God blessings. Everything was provided in grace.

The grace of God provided a solution to spiritual death that began with salvation and included a relationship with God based upon the principle of Faith-Rest...

http://www.biblenews1.com/grace/gracec.htm

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Ah, found "Dabar" for you, MTD

Then God spoke all these words, saying, (Exodus 20:1, NAS)

The description of the Decalogue begins in Exodus 20. Verse one begins with God (Elohim), which refers to the Godhead. It is a plural which indicates the Trinity. When God speaks, however, it is the Lord Jesus Christ, the only revealed member of the Trinity Who speaks. And He is speaking here, but He is speaking according to the Plan of God the Father in the power of the Holy Spirit. The word, spoke, is dabar (Pi'el imperfect), which means to speak specific word content. "Words" is dabar again in the noun form, which means specific instructions, as opposed to just words. The Decalogue is a list of specific instructions. Then the word, "saying," is 'amar (Qal infinitive construct), which means to speak, declare, communicate verbally. In English verse one means:

God communicated all these specific instructions, (Exodus 20:1)

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Introduction

The Sovereignty of God is the highest and perhaps the least understood doctrine in Christianity. Yet, a mastery of the doctrine is a requirement for the fullness of blessing from God in the advanced stages of Spiritual Maturity. The Doctrine of Sovereignty is required for the final stage of Faith-Rest and is the ultimate power in the Spiritual Life. The Doctrine explains dilemmas of human relationships, such as the Right Man - Right Woman relationship, in ways that are unique and efficient. It opens the way for a new relationship with God that is like digital technology as opposed to analog. It teaches a new respect for the authority of God and yields new insight into the Divine Design of Creation. No Right Man can lead without it, and no Right Woman can respect her leaders without it.
The Doctrine of Sovereignty is a new paradigm. Learning a new paradigm is often traumatic because human nature clings to old ways of thinking. The scripture is full of people who hit the Doctrine of Sovereignty head on and struggled to learn it in the crisis. Examples include, Job, Moses, Jonah, Daniel, and Nebuchadnezzar.

The Doctrine of Sovereignty covers much more of everyday life than most people would ever imagine. It is needs to be understood by mature Christians and is not just for Theology students. It will open up the power of the adult Spiritual Life as no other doctrine.

Definition

Sovereignty is the ultimate source of authority and power of God (1 Chronicles 29:11-12). Sovereignty means supreme, preeminent, the first place, absolute, and unique. Names for Sovereignty in scripture include:..

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