CHAPTER 45
PRESENT-PRESENCE
(stand beside, be at hand, before, countenance, face, edge, forefront, look, meet with, mouth, show bread, within, appear, exist, being, get a hold of, have here, be here, ready, in sight of, directly in front of)
Angel of His Presence
AUDIENCE
COUNTENANCE-FACE (sight, visage, external show, appearance, aspect, person, presence, before, favor, mouth, show bread)
IMMANUEL (Heb.), EMMANUEL (gr.) (God with, beside, by, among, between or in; enter into, step in, or walk on as a ship)
IN (upon, by, among, between, on, with, rests, position)
IN THE MIDST The Holy One in the Midst of You
NEAR-NIGH (to light up, near in place, kindred, or time, allied, approach, at hand, neighbor, next, present, stand, to lie with, worship, bring, come, give place, squeeze, visit)
ON-UPON (above, over, among, beside, between, in, through, touching, with, superimposition, rest, towards)
WITH (accompanying, beside, by among, between, in union, together, associated, companionship)
Jehovah Shammah - God Who Is There
Genesis 21:22. And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do:
Genesis 26:24 And the LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father: fear not, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you;
Genesis 28:15 And, behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places where you go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have declared to you. 16. And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
Genesis 31:5 And said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it [is] not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Genesis 39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Exodus 3:12 And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a token to you, that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain.
Exodus 16:9 And Moses spoke to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he has heard your murmuring.
Exodus 19:22 And let the priests also, who come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
Exodus 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
Exodus 29:45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.
Exodus 33:11 And the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. 14 And he said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.
Leviticus 26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
Numbers 6:25 The LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you: 26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.
Numbers 23:21 He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
Numbers 24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding [in his tents] according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
Deuteronomy 4:7 For what nation is there so great, which has God so near to them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 31 (For the LORD your God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.
Deuteronomy 20:1. When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, and a people more than you, be not afraid of them: for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 23:14 For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you; therefore shall your camp be holy: that he may see no unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.
Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD your God, he it is that does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you. 8 And the LORD, he it is that does go before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: fear not, neither be dismayed.
Joshua 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before you all the days of your life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you: I will not fail you, nor forsake you. 9 Have not I commanded you? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be you dismayed: for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
Judges 3:10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
Judges 6:16 And the LORD said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man. 34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was called after him.
1 Samuel 3:19. And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.
1 Samuel 12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.
1 Samuel 19:20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
1 Kings 6:13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
1 Chronicles 28:8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you forever.
2 Chronicles 6:18 But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
2 Chronicles 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
Ezra 9:9 For we were slaves; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolation of it, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Psalms 9:10 And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you.
Psalms 11:7 For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance beholds the upright.
Psalms 16:8. I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 11 You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalms 17:15 As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.
Psalms 21:6 For you have made him most blessed forever: you have made him exceeding glad with your countenance.
Psalms 22:3 But you are holy, O you that inhabit the praises of Israel.
Psalms 34:18 The LORD is near to them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.
Psalms 42:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted in me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Psalms 46:1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah..
Psalms 68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 8 The earth shook, the heavens also rained at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. 18 You have ascended on high, you have led captivity captive: you have received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Psalms 73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all your works.
Psalms 85:9 Surely his salvation is near them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Psalms 89:15. Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance.
Psalms 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.
Psalms 94:14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Psalms 97:5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Psalms 114:7 Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Psalms 119:151 You are near, O LORD; and all your commandments are truth.
Psalms 139:5 You have beset me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me. 7. Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
Psalms 140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name: the upright shall dwell in your presence.
Psalms 145:18 The LORD is near to all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Psalms 148:14 He also exalts the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise you the LORD.
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 8:8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the spread of his wings shall fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Isaiah 12:6 Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of you.
Isaiah 41:10. Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yea, I will help you; yea, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. 13 For I the LORD your God will hold your right hand, saying to you, Fear not; I will help you.
Isaiah 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do for them, and not forsake them.
Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon you.
Isaiah 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to gray hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Isaiah 50:8 He is near that justifies me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is my adversary? let him come near to me.
Isaiah 54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, says the LORD that has mercy on you.
Isaiah 56:1. Thus says the LORD, Keep you judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isaiah 63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
Isaiah 64:1. O that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at your presence, 2 As when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence! 3 When you did terrible things which we looked not for, you came down, the mountains flowed down at your presence.
Jeremiah 1:19 And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, says the LORD, to deliver you.
Jeremiah 4:26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Jeremiah 5:22 Fear you not me? says the LORD: will you not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though its waves toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Jeremiah 15:20 And I will make you to this people a fortified brazen wall: and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says the LORD.
Jeremiah 23:23 Am I a God at hand, says the LORD, and not a God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.
Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Ezekiel 40:46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, who come near to the LORD to minister to him.
Ezekiel 44:15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me, and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord GOD:
Ezekiel 48:35 The circuit was eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there. [The Hebrew for the phrase in bold is Jehovah Shammah.]
Hosea 11:9 I will not execute the fierceness of my anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of you: and I will not enter into the city.
Joel 2:27 And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. 28. And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Jonah 1:3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare of it, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. 10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, Why have you done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. [Jonah should have known, based on Psalm 139 that it was impossible to get away from God.]
Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God in the midst of you is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over you with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over you with singing.
Zechariah 2:10. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the LORD. 11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen.
Luke 5:17. And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was [present] to heal them.
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws near. 31 So likewise you, when you see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is near at hand.
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 6:56 He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, dwells in me, and I in him.
John 10:28 And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand.
John 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor.
John 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you. 18. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 20 At that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 23 Jesus answered and said to him, If a man loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.
John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you, except you abide in me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done to you.
John 17:21 That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that you have sent me. 23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me. 24. Father, I will that they also, whom you have given to me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given to me: for you did love me before the foundation of the world. 26 And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 10:44. While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them who heard the word.
Acts 11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned to the Lord.
Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might grope after him, and find him, though he is 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.
Romans 6:3 Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 8 Now if we are dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Romans 8:1. There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 9 But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if any man has not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his. 10. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised Christ from the dead shall also give life to your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. 30 But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who from God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God; that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God.
1 Corinthians 3:16. Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 6:13 Foods for the stomach, and the stomach for foods: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. 17 But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit. 19 What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God, and you are not your own?
1 Corinthians 12:12. For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
2 Corinthians 1:21 Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, is God; 22 Who has also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone into our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation: old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 21 For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether you are in the faith; prove your own selves. Know you not your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, except you are disqualified?
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Ephesians 1:4 According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved. 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, has made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;) 6 And has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. 14. For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; to make in himself of two one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having by himself slain the enmity: 18 For through him we both have an access by one Spirit to the Father. 22 In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
Ephesians 3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 6:10. Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Philippians 2:1. If there is therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, 13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Philippians 3:9. And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
Colossians 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Colossians 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, in which also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who has raised him from the dead. 13. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has he made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
1 Thessalonians 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
2 Thessalonians 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
2 Timothy 1:14 That good thing which was committed to you keep by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us.
Hebrews 7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by which we draw near to God.
Hebrews 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 13:5 Let your manner of life be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.
James 4:8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded.
1 John 2:28. And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
1 John 3:24 And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
1 John 4:12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 15 Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
1 John 5:12 He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life.
Jude 1:24 Now to him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man shall hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Revelation 7:15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sits on the throne shall dwell among them.
Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Revelation 20:11. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Like the poster I once saw read, "If you don't feel close to God, guess who moved?" God is always there, but do we draw near to Him or ignore Him? The choice is ours. His presence is made more dynamic when we praise Him and when we have true fellowship with other Christians.
We should live our lives as though we are before an audience of one, the Lord our God. He is always with us and His opinion of us is all that really matters.
Cross References: Jug. 14:6, 19, 1 Sam. 10:10, 16:18 , 1 Kings 8:57, Neh. 9:31
See Also: Acceptance, Arms, Habitation, Knowledge, Reconciler
Hymns BE THOU MY VISION, IN THE GARDEN, NEAR TO THE HEART OF GOD, NEVER ALONE, GOD BE WITH YOU; SUN OF MY SOUL; THE LILY OF THE VALLEY; ONLY BELIEVE; I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED; O JESUS, I HAVE PROMISED; CLOSE TO THEE; NEARER, STILL NEARER; JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE; ABIDE WITH ME; HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION; JUST WHEN I NEED HIM MOST; CONSTANTLY ABIDING; CHRIST LIVETH IN ME; SINCE JESUS CAME INTO MY HEART
Choruses I BELIEVE IN JESUS, OH THE GLORY OF YOUR PRESENCE, REJOICE, REJOICE, CHRIST IS IN YOU, BE BOLD, BE STRONG, FEAR NOT, FOR I AM WITH YOU, HERE WE ARE IN YOUR PRESENCE, IN THE PRESENCE OF A HOLY GOD, WE WELCOME YOU
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