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Attributes of God, part 2

A solo episode, and a Christmas devotional thought. In a sentence: Jesus is the Prince of Peace who brought salvation to the world.

Taking a look at an old testament prophecy, Keith shares thoughts based on Isaiah 9:1-7. Scripture references are from the CSB (Christian Standard Bible).

* Bringing light and joy to the world

1 Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future he will bring honor to the way of the sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations.

2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; a light has dawned on those living in the land of darkness.

3 You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people have rejoiced before you as they rejoice at harvest time and as they rejoice when dividing spoils.

The prophecy about Galillee seems strait forward, but other contrasts regarding dark and light, as well as peace and turmoil are made. A kind of joy is brought out of hopelessness that is compared to harvest time. What’s that all about? Has the birth of Jesus changed anything, or met this prophecy?

* bringing freedom and peace to the world

4 For you have shattered their oppressive yoke and the rod on their shoulders, the staff of their oppressor, just as you did on the day of Midian.

5 For every trampling boot of battle and the bloodied garments of war will be burned as fuel for the fire.

In short, brutal and bloody times will come to an end. If Messiah was to bring peace from this kind of turmoil, what happened to it?

Just because a gift is given, doesn’t mean it’s accepted with gratitude. It may be accepted grudgingly, or worse, rejected. How you choose to accept that gift is up to you.

* bringing justice and righteousness to the world

6 For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

7 The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and forever. The zeal of the LORD of Armies will accomplish this.

A child would come, one with titles to place him as both son of man , and son of God. Ultimate authority will be his to rule and reign with perfect justice and righteousness. For the nation of Israel, this looked forward to the coming of Christ. For Christians today, it points both to the birth of Jesus, and to a time in the future, when he makes a second appearance to take claim over his established kingdom.

What does that mean for us then? Christians need to be agents to spread the message of peace to the world.

Stay tuned for more Christmas messages to come.

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Read by Jimmy David Robbins. With the assist of a strange benefactor, Lead has escaped, so Garnet is searching for him. Unfortunately, he's searching for Garnet too!

After some rambling comments, and some potentially new job titles around the podcast, we get started with our Meet the Host segment.

Nathan PHD (Podcast host Deputy) gives some updates on a soon to be released episode of our audio drama, Dangerous Christian. Stay tuned for it, as well as our 200th episode to be coming out around Christmas time. Keith shares a little about a recent visit with grandkids, and the final end of the season’s Halloween candy.

Main Topic

In search of what theologians have had to say on the attributes of God, there isn’t any definitive list that has been compiled. At various times, various lists habve been made, with various numbers of attributes. In the end, Keith discovered a list that can be found from Josh McDowell.

We didn’t have time to get through the whole list, and if you visit the web source,

Discover God’s Attributes,

you’ll find the various scripture references that Josh uses to support these points. We’ll return to finish the list at a later date, but for now, here’s the ones we discuss.

* God is a personal Spirit�

* God is all-powerful

* God is ever-present�

* God knows everything�

* God is sovereign�

* God is holy�

* God is absolute truth�

* God is righteous�

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Get ready for an exciting Lost Episode of the Crimson Garnet. Updated by Nathan Caldwell. Read and Produced by Jimmy David Robbins, the new voice of the Crimson Garnet!

Thankful Meditations

A brief solo episode where Keith shares a few thoughts on a bible verse. It was part of a devotional series that he recently read, and had trouble connecting it with the concept of being thankful, and meditating on the source of all that we have to be thankful for.

The verse, by itself, is a little vague on the matter. Of course we ought to be thankful for everything. Backing it up to see how the verse fits in context, we find plenty of good Christian behavior, and expectations that we should be striving to attain.

Believers are fully aware, aware that the day of the lord is coming.

While others say peace, they don’t know that there’s destruction coming. It’s inescapable.

Though others sleep, children of light are awake and sober.

Focus on faith, love, ande hope. Encourage one another.

Respect, and esteem church leaders. Live in peace.

admonish the idle. Encourage the fainthearted. Help the weak. Have patience for all.

Seek to do good, not evil for evil. Rejoice always.

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV

* Don’t quench the spirit.

* Don’t hate prophecies.

Test everything, hold onto the good.

* Don’t do evil.

May god sanctify you ccompletely.

may your soul, spirit, and body be kept pure.

God who calls you is faithful. He does what he says.