I Beseech Thee, Show Me Thy Glory Additional Study, 2011

A Study in God Manifestation 1.I Will Make All My Goodness Pass Before Thee 2.I Will Proclaim the Name of Yahweh Before Thee 3.Yahweh Elohim of your Fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob

The Most Important Question in the World Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Matt. 22:36-40 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Mosaic ^

The Most Important Question in the World Master, what was God’s purpose in creating the world? All the earth shall be filled with the glory of the L ORD. Num. 14:21 John 17:20-22

I Beseech Thee, Show Me Thy Glory If the earth is to be filled with God’s glory What is God’s glory? Exodus 33:18,19 – Moses asked God to show him His glory – God’s response: I will make all my goodness pass before thee I will proclaim the name of the L ORD before thee What is God’s goodness? What is the name of the L ORD ?

God’s Answer – Exodus 34:6,7 The L ORD proclaimed His name – The L ORD, The L ORD God – Yahweh, Yahweh El The L ORD proclaimed His character – Merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth Because of this character, the L ORD – forgives iniquity, transgression and sin – by no means clears the guilty

Study Outline God’s Character Declared New Testament Declarations of Character The Effect of God’s Character on Our Lives

GOD’S CHARACTER DECLARED I Will Make All My Goodness Pass Before Thee

Five Elements of God’s Character Merciful Gracious Longsuffering Full of Goodness Full of Truth Summarized in John’s Epistle – God is love1 John 4:8,16

NEW TESTAMENT DECLARATIONS OF CHARACTER I Will Make All My Goodness Pass Before Thee

The Beatitudes – Matthew 5:3-9 The poor in spirit They that mourn The meek They who hunger & thirst after righteousness The merciful The pure in heart The peacemakers

Love Defined – 1 Corinthians 13 Suffereth long Is kind Envieth not Vaunteth not itself Is not puffed up Doth not behave itself unseemly Seeketh not her own Is not easily provoked Thinketh no evil Rejoiceth not in iniquity Rejoiceth in the truth Beareth all things Believeth all things Hopeth all things Endureth all things Never faileth

Fruit of the Spirit – Galatians 5:22,23 Love Joy Peace Longsuffering Gentleness Goodness Faith Meekness Temperance

Fruitful Growth – 2 Peter 1:5-7 Faith Virtue Knowledge Temperance Patience Godliness Brotherly Kindness Love

THE EFFECT OF GOD’S CHARACTER ON OUR LIVES I Will Make All My Goodness Pass Before Thee

The Effect for God – Exodus 34:7 Because of His character, the L ORD – forgives iniquity, transgression and sin – by no means clears the guilty What does this mean? – God WANTS to forgive us – But He will only do it on the basis of His righteousness (His righteous principles)

God Forgives Sin Because God is merciful, gracious, longsuffering, full of goodness and truth He delights to forgive based on His righteous principles

God Forgives Sin Micah 7 18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, And passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, Because he delighteth in mercy.

God Forgives Sin God forgives us with the purpose of leading us back to righteousness There is an immeasurable gulf put between the sinner & his sins once they are forgiven

God Forgives Sin Psalm 103 8The L ORD is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9 He will not always chide: Neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, So great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

God Forgives Sin Forgiveness is linked with God’s eternal purpose Numbers 14 18The L ORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. 20And the L ORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 21But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the L ORD.

God Forgives Sin The guilty will not be pardoned Numbers 14 22Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 23Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

God Forgives Sin Forgiveness is linked to God’s Memorial Name Psalm 25 6 Remember, O L ORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; For they have been ever of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy mercy remember thou me For thy goodness’ sake, O L ORD. 8 Good and upright is the L ORD : Therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

God Forgives Sin Psalm 25 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: And the meek will he teach his way. 10 All the paths of the L ORD are mercy and truth Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 11 For thy name’s sake, O L ORD, Pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

God Forgives Sin God is telling us, ‘so long as a person or a nation aligns themselves with His character and purpose and name and devote themselves to being part of these He will forgive them’. That is the basis on which He forgives. He realizes they are weak and erring creatures given to repeated failure and that His forgiveness is needed to sustain them during a time of probation and transformation.

God Forgives Sin For this reason He is ready and willing to forgive and delights in doing so which is consistent with His character in order to achieve His eternal purpose and to include them in His Name. It’s as if God is saying, ‘Here is my character which is full of mercy, grace, longsuffering, loving kindness and faithfulness; it’s who I am; it’s what I am’. Based on that character and that purpose He is willing to forgive us so that we can be part of that eternal glory.

The Effect on Us We are to bear God’s Name – Revelation 14:1 We are to manifest God’s Character – Luke 6:36 The result in our lives should be... – FORGIVENESS – based on God’s righteous principles – Matthew 6:14,15 Ken Styles