The MERCY of God.

The Mercy of God.Geoffrey R. KirklandPastor, Christ Fellowship Bible Church   God is merciful.  The mercy of God is the undeserved compassion and kindness toward those in a pitiable and helpless condition. God’s mercy shows itself when He withholds punishment and wrath from those who...

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The FAITHFULNESS of God.

 The FAITHFULNESS of God. Geoffrey R. KirklandPastor, Christ Fellowship Bible Church The attribute of God’s faithfulness bleeds through the whole Bible. Know therefore that the Lord Your God, He is the faithful God (Deut. 7.9). For God to be faithful means that He is reliable, trustworthy,...

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The GRACE of God.

THE GRACE OF GOD.Geoffrey R. KirklandPastor, Christ Fellowship Bible Church Scripture speaks of God as the “God of all grace” (1 Peter 5.10). The grace of God is the kind benevolence of God. God’s grace is unearned, undeserved, unmerited. It is the favor, the kind and perfect kindness of God given...

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The POWER of God.

THE POWER OF GOD.  Geoffrey R. KirklandPastor, Christ Fellowship Bible Church The power of God proves to be one of God’s most distinctive character qualities. His power is perfect, precise, good and unlimited. Theologians call it the “Omnipotence of God.” This speaks of the all-powerful and...

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The PATIENCE of God.

The PATIENCE of God.Geoffrey R. Kirkland, PastorGod is patient and slow to anger. God preached His own character and nature and said to Moses: “the Lord…slow to anger” (Ex 34:6). One of the repeated qualities of God all throughout the Bible is that God is “slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness...

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The UNCHANGEABLENESS of God.

The UNCHANGEABLENESS of God.Geoffrey R. Kirkland, pastor Theologians call the unchangeableness of God the immutability of God. This means that God cannot and does not change. If God alone is perfect then He cannot change or he would then cease being perfect and become something else. But God everlastingly...

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The FOREKNOWLEDGE of God.

The FOREKNOWLEDGE of God.Geoffrey R. Kirkland, Pastor *This is part 5 in the ongoing series on the attributes of God!For God to foreknow something means more than just God knowing an event *before it takes place*. The foreknowledge of God is a personal, relational, loving, intimate reality.  it...

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The KNOWLEDGE of God.

The KNOWLEDGE of God.Geoffrey R. Kirkland*This is part 4 of the ongoing summer series on the ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.  God is knowable. The highest study that man can pursue is the knowledge of God. It is the queen of all the sciences. All studies of all topics of all areas of life and existence...

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The SOVEREIGNTY of God.

The SOVEREIGNTY of God.Geoffrey R. Kirkland, pastor (Christ Fellowship Bible Church)*This is part 3 of a blog series on the Attributes of God The sovereignty of God fills the pages of Scripture from beginning to end. This marvelous & towering doctrine means that God is King.  As King,...

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The EXCLUSIVITY of God

The Exclusivity of GodGeoffrey R. Kirkland, Pastor The exclusivity of God means that God is God alone.  There is none like Him, none comparable to Him, none equal to Him, and none besides Him.  Our God, the God of the Bible is the only God. He is the only True...

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The HOLINESS of God.

THE HOLINESS OF GOD.Geoffrey R. Kirkland The holiness of God describes and defines God as different than His creation. Holy is the only attribute and description of God that is mentioned three times for superlative emphasis. He is Holy! Holy! Holy! The holiness of God is not just an attribute (or, a...

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Ideas for the Lord's Day: To Sanctify the Lord's Day

 Ideas for Lord’s Day Worship: To Sanctify the Lord’s DayGeoffrey R. KirklandChrist Fellowship Bible ChurchThe Lord’s Day is not to be “Boring-Day” or “Do-Nothing-Day.”  It is a special day, the high day, the holy day, the celebration day when we cheerfully triumph because Christ our Champion...

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My Goals as a Preacher of the Word of God.

 MY GOALS AS A PREACHER OF THE WORD OF GOD.Geoffrey R. KirklandPastor, Christ Fellowship Bible ChurchAs I preach God’s Word, I have goals that help me as I study and pray over the Word, and craft and outline the sermon, and prepare and deliver the message. Here are some goals that I have as a preacher of the Word of God.  1. Understandable.  I desire to be an understandable preacher. ...

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