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CHARACTER AND NATURE OF GOD: "JESUS"

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  INTENTION: This is one area of God’s character and nature I did not relate together—that God is exactly as Jesus is; and Jesus exactly as God is. So, even though I read about God “doing” things in the “Old Testament” of the Bible, I could override or put-aside those things if they contradict anything Jesus demonstrated. Jesus came to reveal the exact true nature and character of God: both as a Father and as what that really looked like. Thus, let us see and experience God as we see and experience Jesus!     (  DOWNLOAD THIS BIBLE STUDY AS  PDF  )     I.             TOPIC (PART 3 – JESUS): We want to continue to look at the Character and Nature of God—this time as “Jesus”. As we learned to see what it means that God is “Good” and “Love”, we want to see also what it means to see God as “Jesus”. If there is still any confusion as to God’s character and nature, this is cleared up fully in Jesus being the exact representation of God—whom we see and experience from Jesus, is ex
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CHARACTER AND NATURE OF GOD: "LOVE"

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  INTENTION: Just as we can confuse ourselves as to what is “Good”, we can confuse ourselves to what is “Love”. Growing up, the kind of love my dad had for me included punishment (abuse)—and the religious church I grew up in interpreted God in that same fashion: out to get me “in love”. I thus feared God was always disappointed in me and although thought He might love me because He “was obligated to”, I really felt in my heart that this love of God was really Him looking for reasons to punish me for my imperfections. I lived this way for decades before coming to finally believe opposite to that understanding—now knowing that God’s Love has no punishment. And because He wants to Love me always, I never have to fear any punishment from Him. We have that ability to come close to Him, into His presence, because we never have to fear Him.     (  DOWNLOAD THIS BIBLE STUDY AS  PDF  )   I.             TOPIC (PART 2 – LOVE): We want to continue to look at the Character and Nature
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CHARACTER AND NATURE OF GOD: "GOOD"

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  INTENTION: When we think of God, we do not always think of Him as being a good person—as we would ourselves judge a person we see or meet living in this world. We oftentimes give more “good” credit to people around us than to God. Yet it is God that lives up to His own “Good” standard and will always Himself follow the guidelines He gives us. Additionally, we can falsely assume that even if God sends hurricanes, earthquakes, famine, or hardship on me, that this is somehow “good” of God to do out of some mysterious, incomprehensible plan He has. But we will learn that God’s true nature of “Good” does not involve such trauma and hardship. Good actually means it is wonderful, pleasing, glad, happy, kind, prosperity, etc. This is the God we need to know!   (  DOWNLOAD THIS BIBLE STUDY AS PDF  ) I.             TOPIC (PART 1 – GOOD): We want to look at the Character and Nature of God as “Good”. This four-part series will look into, and help to clarify, whom God is. Oftentimes
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