GREAT AND GOOD GOD, PART 1.

I agree with Millard J. Ericdson1 in that a couple of God’s attributes are His greatness and His goodness! And that a couple of realities that affect His greatness and His goodness are that He is immanent, that is, God is present and active within His creation; and that He is transcendent, that is, God is superior to and independent of anything that He has created! And according to Erickson, because He has attributes of goodness as well as greatness, He can be trusted and loved, where His characteristics as a moral being show up and which are: 1) Moral Purity which includes the dimensions of a)holiness; b)righteousness and c)justice. 2)Integrity which includes the dimensions of truthfulness a)genuineness—being true; b)veracity—telling the truth; c)faithfulness—proving true.3)Love which includes the basic dimensions of God’s love to us: a)benevolence ; b) grace ; mercy; d)persistence.

In my own personal experience, God has shown Himself as my personal deliverer: when in my darkest hours where I really felt for the first time the nearness of hell, He revealed Himself to me and delivered me from spiritual bondage. I first knew of His greatness at this time which finally led me to have a born-again experience! I could only say ‘You are great, Oh Lord’ from a sincere heart! He manifested His greatness by healing me in body, soul and spirit! At times He used miracles and at times, doctors, all which came from His hands! He showed how all-powerful He is when I was weak in the first few years of my walk with Him! Looking back to the last thirty years of my walk with the Lord, I see how unchanging in His perfection He is, how He has been present in all my joys, in all my sadness, in all my sickness, in all my health, in all my abundance and in all my lack! He has been the healer, provider, redeemer, husband, teacher, friend, peace! He has also shown His great goodness to me by showing His great love and mercies in my life! The following Scripture became very true in my life: “ The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end, they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3: 22-23.

NOTES

1Millard J. Erickson, Christian Theology,(Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006),289

जेसस ख्रीष्टपाखें उद्धार जुइ !

क्रिश्चियन इतिहासया विकास जुयाच्वंगु इलय् ‘येशू’ नां ‘याह्वे इज साल्भेसन’ धकाः म्हसीका वल । पुलांगु नियमया प्रभु, मुक्तिदाता, उद्धारकर्ता, परमेश्वरया धारणां थ्व अर्थत येशू व ख्रीष्टियनतय् सं वय् कःयात गथे यानाः विश्वास यात धइगु खँय् स्थानान्तरण जुल। १ अवश्य नं लिपा झीसं आः येशूयात पाप व आध्यात्मिक खिउँपाखें मुक्तिदाता व मुक्तिदाताया रुपय् खनाच्वना, गुम्हेस्यां झीगु पापया क्षतिपूर्ति बीत क्रूसय् हि प्वंकल, यदि झीसं विश्वास यानागु खःसा ! अले व हे द्यःयाथाय् वनेगु छगू जक लँपु खः ! अले वय् कः झी उद्धारकर्ता खः !

वय् कःलिसे स्वापू तयेत झीके आः पुनर्जन्मया अनुभव दयेमाःगु दु । यूहन्ना ३:३,१६ य् धयातःगु दु, “ ‘येशूं वयात लिसः बियादिल, ‘जिं छन्त धात्थें हे धाये, सुनां नं हानं जन्म मयाःतले वं परमेश्वरयागु राज्य खंके फइमखु’….’परमेश्वरं संसारयात थुलि मतिना यानादिल कि वय् कलं थः छम्ह जक काय् यात बियादिल, गुकिं यानाः सुनां नं वय् कःयात विश्वास याइ, वय् कःयात न् ह्यःने म्वाइ मखु, बरु यूहन्नाय् म्वायेमा १: २५-२६ य् धयातःगु दु, “ येशूं वयात धयादिल — ‘जि हे पुनरुत्थान व जीवन खः, जितः विश्वास याइम्ह सीसां म्वाइ, अले जितः विश्वास याइम्ह गुबलें सी मखु।

उकिं झीसं विश्वास यायेमाः अले झीगु पापं पश्चाताप यायेमाः आः परमेश्वरलिसेया स्वापू दयेकेगु निंतिं गुगु झीगु उद्धारकर्ता व प्रभु येशूलिसेया पुनर्जन्मया अनुभवपाखें जक वइ ! “क्रिश्चियन जीवनया शुरुवात यायेत थःगु पापपूर्णतायात म्हसीकेमाः व आत्मकेन्द्रित जीवनया विधियात त्वःतेगु संकल्प यायेमाः ।”२.

नोट्स

१सिन्क्लेयर बी फर्ग्युसन, डेविड एफ राइट व जे. प्याकर, सं., धर्मशास्त्रया न्हुगु खँग्वःधुकू, (डाउनर्स ग्रोभ: इन्टर-भर्सिटी प्रेस, १९८८), ६१०।
2मिलार्ड जे एरिक्सन, क्रिश्चियन धर्मशास्त्र, (ग्रांड रैपिड्स: बेकर एकेडेमिक, 2006), 959.

हानं जन्म जुइत क्वय् बियातःगु प्रार्थना या ।
“येशु जिं विश्वास याना छ क्रूसय् सित,
जिगु पापया क्षमाया निंतिं छिगु हि प्वंकादीगु ;
अले स्वन्हुखुन्हु हानं दनावल !
जिं स्यू कि जि पापी खः । जिगु पापयात क्षमा यानादिसँ।
जिगु नुगलय् दुहां झासँ !
झासँ अले जिगु उद्धारकर्ता व जिगु जीवनया प्रभु जुयादिसँ !
सुभाय् जेसस ”