God is utterly other than us – other in a way we express with the word holiness. Yes, He dwells within each Christian, but He’s not you. He isn’t the same as you, He isn’t a part of you, and He isn’t a “higher” you. Yes, you’re made in His image, but you’re not Him. You’re not the same as Him, you’re not part of Him, and you aren’t a “splinter” of Him – nor will you ever be. He doesn’t depend on anything else because He is what everything else depends on. He can’t be explained by anything else because He is what everything else must be explained by. Although we can know what He has taught us about Himself, we can never comprehend Him completely because He is greater than our minds. Anything He wills, He can do. He not only holds supreme power but He also uses it. Nothing can defeat Him and nothing can happen contrary to His will. He is also supremely good – light with no darkness. Although evil is real, He detests it and bring it to judgment. He knows everything, He pays attention to everything, and nothing escapes His notice. He’s not just a What and a Who, like me or like you, but one What in three Whos – one God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. There is no one like Him. He is set apart. He is what He is, and there was never a time when He was not.
J. Budziszewski

TOWERS

TOWERS

TOWERS

  1. Origin and antiquity of # Ge 11:4
  2. WERE BUILT 2a) In cities

    # Jud 9:51

2b) On the walls of cities # 2Ch 14:7 26:9 2c) In the forests # 2Ch 27:4 2d) In the deserts # 2Ch 26:10 2e) In vineyards # Isa 5:2 Mt 21:33 3) Frequently very high # Isa 2:15 4) Frequently strong and well fortified # Jud 9:51 2Ch 26:9 5) Were used as armouries # So 4:4 6) Were used as citadels in time of war # Jud 9:51 Eze 27:11 7) Watchmen posted on, in times of danger # 2Ki 9:17 Hab 2:1 8) MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 8a) Babel # Ge 11:9 8b) Edar # Ge 35:21 8c) Penuel # Jud 8:17 8d) Shechem # Jud 9:46 8e) Thebez # Jud 9:50,51 8f) David # So 4:4 8g) Lebanon # So 7:4 8h) Of the furnaces # Ne 3:11 8i) Meah # Ne 12:39 8j) Jezreel # 2Ki 9:17 8k) Hananeel # Jer 31:38 Zec 14:10 8l) Syene # Eze 29:10 30:6 8m) Siloam # Lu 13:4 9) Of Jerusalem remarkable for number, strength, and beauty # Ps 48:12 10) Frequently thrown down in war # Jud 8:17 9:49 Eze 26:4 11) Frequently left desolate # Isa 32:14 Zep 3:6 12) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 12a) God as the protector of his people # 2Sa 22:3,51 Ps 18:2 61:3 12b) The name of the Lord # Pr 18:10 12c) Ministers # Jer 6:27 12d) Mount Sion # Mic 4:8 12e) The grace and dignity of the church # So 4:4 7:4 8:10 12f) The proud and haughty # Isa 2:15 30:25