Episode #204 What God’s Eternal Nature Changes About Your Everyday Life – Knowing God

Hey friends, it's Jen and welcome to this episode of Good God Talks. We're in a series on knowing God and getting to know God's unique attributes, aspects of his character and personality that make up who he is, That are often really different from anyone else we'll ever meet.

Imagine you were meeting someone at a party and they were telling you something about themselves. You know, in the normal chit chat, get to know each other type of way. And what they shared with you just sounded so outlandish, so incredible, so intriguing or interesting.

We naturally could have two really different responses. One is just writing them off. Like, there's no way that's true. They're messing with me. They're joking around. That can't be possible. And the other is to approach with curiosity and intrigue.

To ask questions. To better understand what that means or what that looks like. And so my invitation for you today is as we're talking about God's eternal nature, to to approach it with that type of curiosity, even if it's something that you're familiar with, to want to better understand what that means, what that looks like, and how God's eternal nature is on display in how he engages with the world.

We're created for life with God. And so who he is and what he's like and how he engages with us have ramifications in every aspect of our lives, especially as believers who are wanting to engage in everyday life with God.

So let that foster excitement for you as we look at how God is eternal.

Let's take a look at some passages of scripture.

In Revelation 22:13, God says,

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” (Revelation 22:13)

In the Greek alphabet, the first letter is alpha, and the last letter is omega. And so God is saying, I'm the first letter and the last letter. I am the first and the last. I am the beginning, and the end. He's reiterating this message to us.

We actually even see this at the very beginning, the first four words of the Bible in Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning, God.” Before the record of time, God was already in existence.

In Psalm 90, verse 2, it talks about how God is eternal since before creation.

“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” (Psalm 90:2)

In Deuteronomy 33, in the first part of verse 27, “the eternal God is your refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms.” (Deuteronomy 33:27a)

We see him in 1 Timothy 1:17 as our eternal King.

“To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.” (1 Timothy 1:17)

We also see his eternal power in Romans 1:20

“For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.” (Romans 1:20)

And we see God's eternal purpose. In Ephesians 3:11, it says

“This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Ephesians 3:11)

And then in 2 Timothy 1:9 its talking about God “who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, (2 Timothy 1:9)

These are just some of the ways that we see God's eternal nature on display in creation. As our refuge, as our king, in his power, and in his purposes. He's not far off and removed in his eternal nature, but he draws near to us and God cares for us in such practical ways out of this abundance of who He is.

God is not a refuge that starts one day and ends another.
He's not the king for a specific term or period of time.
He is not cut short in His power.
His purposes are not thwarted.

And one of the reasons for that is because He is eternal in and of Himself.

And so let's talk with him more about that. And here's our question:

God, what comfort or security do You offer me in light of Your eternal nature?

Have a good talk.

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