Of God
By Harold Stoddard

THE NAME OF GOD

How long has it been since you heard God's Great Name used in a very flippant manner? it happens often these days. Jokes about God come from our pulpits and from the people. With Abraham this was never true. When Abraham said the Name of God, he was always referring to and recoginzing the great Jehovah God, Creator of heaven and earth...the One who is Sovereign in all things -- the Jehovah who provided for His people, and crushed all His enemies. Abraham's God was Real and Mighty. His Name was NEVER taken lightly, nor should it be.

THE PROVISION OF GOD

In Genesis 22:8 we read, "And Abraham said, My son, God will provide Himself a Lamb for a burnt offering..."
"God will provide" ... Abraham knew without a shadow of a doubt that it was God who provided all his needs -- protection, provision, chastening, and whatever else he might need at any time. God's "I will" was as sure as if it was already done. There was no DOUBT to be placed on the promise of God. God's Word was final, His Word was sure, and His promise would come to pass in due time. God WOULD provide that which He had promised.
In this verse we see that "that which God promised" was HIMSELF. "God will provide Himself", and so as we look down through the centuries, sure enough, God it was Who hung there on the Cross to bleed and die for the sins of many. Just as He had promised through Abraham, it was HE HIMSELF, the Lamb that was made a burnt offering.
In Hebrews 9:26 we are told that "...now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself"; and in Ephesians 5:2 we read "...Christ also has loved us and hath given HIMSELF for us an offering and a sacrifice to God..."; and again in Hebrews 7:27, "Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice...for this He did once, when He offered up Himself".

THE WORD OF GOD

In the first recorded contact with the human race, Satan revised the Word of God. God had said to Adam and Eve in Genesis 2:17, "...for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Satan's revision added ONLY ONE WORD..."Ye shall NOT surely die" (Genesis 3"4). That one word deceived Eve, and joined by Adam they brought a curse upon every person who came into the world from that time forth.
Satan's program has never changed from that time until now. While he has many lesser methods of deception, the revision
`of God's SURE WORD seems to be the most effective in our world today. You may make a list of Satan's antics as you see them, but at the top of the list should be the Revision of God's Word. As you see Satan going about today as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (I Peter 5:8), always remember that GOD'S PROMISES as stated in the Bible are STILL TRUE AND SURE.

THE PROMISE OF GOD

Jesus Christ will accept every sinner who calls upon Him in true repentance just as He has promised. The promise of salvation is stated in many places in the New Testament; perhaps the best is this one found in I Corinthians 15:1-4:
"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
"By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
"And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures."

This promise is for you and for others as well -- "For Whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved." (Romans 10:13).
The time to be saved is NOW -- "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near." (Isaiah 55:6).
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever." (Hebrews 13:8).
The Name of Jesus is the greatest Name you will ever hear -- "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a Name which is above every name:
"That at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth,
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

Have You called upon this Name whereby you must be saved? If not, why not now?