Bill A (29
Dec 2019)
"Jesus is a God at
hand and a God afar off."
Jeremiah 23:23-24
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
[24] Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see
him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the
LORD.
Isaiah 55:6-9
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while
he is near:
[7] Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have
mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
[8] For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways
my ways, saith the LORD.
[9] For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
1 Kings 20:28
And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel,
and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said,
The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys,
therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine
hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Psalm 139:7-8
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from
thy presence?
[8] If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed
in hell, behold, thou art there.
John 3:13
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down
from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
Acts 17:22
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of
Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
[23] For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an
altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore
ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
[24] God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that
he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made
with hands;
[25] Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed
any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all
things;
[26] And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell
on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times
before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
[27] That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel
after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of
us:
[28] For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as
certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his
offspring.
Proverbs 2:3-11
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice
for understanding;
[4] If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for
hid treasures;
[5] Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find
the knowledge of God.
[6] For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh
knowledge and understanding.
[7] He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler
to them that walk uprightly.
[8] He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of
his saints.
[9] Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and
equity; yea, every good path. [10] When wisdom entereth into
thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; [11]
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Jeremiah 29:11-13
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
[12] Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto
me, and I will hearken unto you.
[13] And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for
me with all your heart.
Psalm 1:1-6
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the
ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the
seat of the scornful. [2] But his delight is in the law of the
LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. [3] And he
shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
[4] The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the
wind driveth away.
[5] Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor
sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
[6] For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way
of the ungodly shall perish.