#GodWillNotComeDown
#TheRighteousShallLiveByFaith
On numerous occasions, I have heard people say, “God will not come down, it is people that He will send and use.” Does this saying have a basis in the Scriptures? Furthermore, is there anybody who is righteous? And what is faith in God? Can faith be differentiated from belief?
Contrary to popular believe, God does come down. By the way, this is not about your prophet or pastor or evangelist or GO or father in the Lord, hearing the voice of God. Obviously, your prophet’s God could be in heaven or wherever such God dwells and still talk to your prophet on the physical realm, earth. Neither is it about your prophet being taken up to ‘the heavens’ and having a chitchat with God. This is about God coming down to earth in a form that can be perceived using more than one physical sensory organs [speech, sight, taste, smell, and touch]. Furthermore, because of the difference of opinion between Christian denominations, and between Christians and Moslems, on whether Jesus Christ is God, or Son of Man, and or Son of God, or Emmanuel [God with us]. Coupled with the fact that, on that occasion, it was about, information of the basis for Trial, and Salvation, using the Scriptures as Reference parameters, do we have accounts that God comes down?
In Genesis, chapter 18, we have an account that God came down to visit Abraham, not only to talk to him, but also God and the two companions with Him had a meal prepared by Abraham’s household, Genesis 18:7-8; Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree. In order not to make this piece a lengthy piece, instances of what God Himself said about instructing Moses ‘face to face’ will not be dealt with in details. Any Christian, who believes in God and His Words, as contained in the Scriptures, in its Totality, should henceforth desist from saying that God will not come down.
Is there anyone who is righteous before God? According to Ecclesiastes 7:20; Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins. However, the Scriptures tells us that God imparts righteousness in man, this is to be found in 1 Corinthians 1:30; It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption. Furthermore, in 2 Corinthians 5:21; God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. [[Jeremiah 23:5“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David [Or up from David’s line] a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.; Psalm 5:8; Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies— make your way straight before me.]]
The concept of faith can be understood through the perspective of believe, the following statements or expressions possesses what linguists refer to as ‘subject’ and ‘object’; (a) believe is an expression from a subject towards an object, while (b) faith is an expression from the object towards the subject. Man believes in God (here man is the subject, while God is the Object). However, in Romans 12:3; Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. Faith is an expression from the Object towards the subject. Bearing this in mind, one can better understand the description of faith in Hebrews chapter 11, such as in Hebrews 11:17-19; By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
In light of the preceding discussion, on the Truth that God imparts righteousness on man; that God gives a measure of faith to man, one can have a better understanding of the text ‘the righteous shall live by faith’ see Habakkuk 2:4; “See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness. This is what is expressed in Romans 4:18-22; Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
