Thursday, December 10, 2009

Paul Washer on the Presence of God.

I think this to be an interesting point from Paul Washer & one that I'm inclined to agree with. I would also add a couple passages that he didn't mention in this clip. After Job questions God, and "the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind," (Job 38:1 & 40:6), Job had two responses: "Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further." (Job 40:4-5) He also says, after God questions Job again: "Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,things too wonderful for me, which I did not know...I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes." (Job 42:3 & 5-6)

We also read of John's experience with Christ: "Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, 'Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.'" (Rev. 1:12-17)

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