Angry at God - throw at him your grief, your anger, your doubt, your bitterness, your betrayal, your disappointment — he can absorb them all

 The Big Question: Is It Wrong to Be Angry with God?

When things go wrong in life, it’s easy to feel lost, afraid, or even angry. This is especially so after an accident or tragedy. Oftentimes, those feelings of helplessness have nowhere to go, and can leave us feeling angry at God.

Because if God is all knowing, all powerful, couldn’t he have stopped something bad from happening?

That’s why we decided to explore the question: Is it wrong to be angry with God? We turned to the wisdom of the following pastors, authors and theologians for answers.

 John Piper, author of Pierced by the Word

“Anger at sin is good, but anger at goodness is sin. That is why it is never right to be angry with God. He is always and only good, no matter how strange and painful his ways. Anger toward God signifies that he is bad or weak or cruel or foolish. None of those is true and all of them dishonor him. Therefore, it is never right to be angry at God.”

Pastor Kyle Chastain

“Is it okay to be angry with God? Of course. Is it okay to stay angry? That’s like being angry at life itself: it hurts not only you, but everyone with whom you come in contact. If you feel angry towards God, you might need a change in perspective. Very often, the thing you’re so angry about right now will make sense to you further on down the road.”

Joyce Meyer, author and speaker

“Forgive God if you are angry with Him because your life didn’t turn out the way you thought it should. God is always just. There may be things you don’t understand, but God loves you, and people make a serious mistake when they don’t receive help from the only One who can truly help them.”

Regina Brett, author of God Never Blinks

“It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.”

Pastor Robert Hampshire

“Yes, it is okay to be angry with God — as long as you go on to either let that anger go or use it to accomplish good. Do not sin by cursing, becoming bitter, hurting yourself or others, or disobeying. Instead, use your anger to drive you to discover your own incorrect beliefs, to refocus on the truth, and to grow in your relationship with God.”

R.C. Sproul, theologian

“By considering the scope of the Bible’s teaching on this subject, we may conclude that it is acceptable to bring all our cares to God, including matters that may move us to frustration or anger. However, we must not come to God in a spirit of complaint or anger against Him, for it is never proper to accuse God of wrongdoing.”

James 1:20 (NIV)

“…Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.”

Philip Yancey, author of Disappointment with God: 

“One bold message in the Book of Job is that you can say anything to God. Throw at him your grief, your anger, your doubt, your bitterness, your betrayal, your disappointment — he can absorb them all.”

 John Starke, lead pastor at Apostles Uptown Church

“God isn’t insecure and he knows what we need. He can handle our questions and our anger. He also knows what to do with our anger as well. He knows how to heal and restore. Consider the grace, then, that God knows what men become like when we get desperate, so he gives us the words to say and invites us into his presence to be honest and clear, without fear.”

ELENA TAFONE

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Holy Are You Lord - Terry MacAlmon

lyrics

Can you hear the sound of heaven
Like the sound of many waters
It's the sound of worship, coming from His throne
There are cries of adoration
As men from every nation
Lift their voice to make His glory known, singing

Holy, holy, holy are You Lord
Holy, holy, holy are You Lord
The Elders and Angels bow
The redeemed worship You now
Holy, holy, holy are You Lord

Holy, holy, holy are You Lord
Holy, holy, holy are You Lord
The Elders and Angels bow
The redeemed worship You now
Holy, holy, holy are You Lord

Can you hear the sound of heaven
Like the sound of many waters
It's the sound of worship, coming from His throne
There are cries of adoration
As men from every nation
Lift their voice to make His glory known, singing

Holy, holy, holy are You Lord (forever)
Holy, holy, holy are You Lord
The Elders and Angels bow
The redeemed worship You now
Holy, holy, holy are You Lord
Holy, holy, holy are You Lord

Songwriter: Terry Macalmon

God Sees Our Tears - God sees and cares about every tear that falls. Whether we receive the object of our desire or not, the promise of God’s presence is the greatest gift He gives - it will never be taken from us. Hannah shows us that engaging with God in faith requires open hands both to receive and to surrender. Through Hannah’s story of supplication and surrender we find that even tears sown in bitterness can become seeds of redemption

God sees and cares about your pain, so keep calling out and wait expectantly for His help.

"10She (Hannah) was deeply distressed and prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. 11And she vowed a vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.”

12As she continued praying before the LORD, Eli observed her mouth. 13Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman. 14And Eli said to her, “How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you.” 15But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the LORD. 16Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.” 17Then Eli answered, “Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.” 18And she said, “Let your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

19They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the LORD; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her. 20And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the LORD.” - 1 Samuel 1:10-20 English Standard Version

When we are in pain, it can be easy to cut ourselves off from those who care about us most — including the Lord. 

Yet Hannah, even in her heartache and disappointment over not having a child, continued to turn to God. 

First Samuel 1:19 tells us that the day after Hannah wept bitterly before Him, “the Lord remembered her.”

She had faith in His goodness and believed He would respond to her request. 

She invited God to meet her in the middle of her pain — and He did. 

Later, when she delivered her son, Hannah gave him a name born out of both the pain and redemption of her experience: Samuel, meaning “God hears.”

Seeing God’s direct answer to her prayer provided Hannah with the faith to give back to God what she desired most: her only son.

Hannah’s example shows us that engaging with God in faith requires open hands — both to receive and to surrender. 

Whether we receive the object of our desire or not, the promise of God’s presence is the greatest gift He gives, and it will never be taken from us.

God sees and cares about every tear that falls.

Through Hannah’s story of supplication and surrender, we find that even tears sown in bitterness can become seeds of redemption.

Charles Stanley

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In the Days of Thy Youth - remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. The forlorn picture is drawn of fading eyesight, trembling hands, buckling knees, sleepless nights, irritability, increasing senility and other aspects of approaching death - all with no pleasure in them because they long ago had forgotten their Creator. If they refuse their Creator in the days of their youth, then it will become increasingly difficult to remember their Creator as the years go by. Few are converted in later life. Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation

“Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.” - (Ecclesiastes 12:1)

Here is the wisest counsel a young person can receive.

Though it was first written many years ago, it is more relevant than ever today when young people are being bombarded daily with the propaganda and practices of evolutionary humanism. 

They urgently need to realize that despite these pressures, they are not products of chance, with pleasure their only aim in life. 

They are special creations of God, with a high and holy purpose destined for them by their Creator.

If they will only recognize this fact, acknowledging God, in Christ, as Creator and Savior while they are young, trusting and obeying His Word as they mature, they can anticipate a life of fulfillment. 

David said, “I have been young, and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread” - (Psalm 37:25).

If they refuse their Creator in the days of their youth, however, then it will become increasingly difficult to remember their Creator as the years go by. 

Few are converted in later life. 

They can only anticipate the bitterness and regrets of old age and death, as described so vividly in the verses following our text. 

Under the figure of a decaying house symbolizing their aging bodies, the forlorn picture is drawn of fading eyesight, trembling hands, buckling knees, sleepless nights, easy irritability, increasing senility, and other aspects of approaching death — all with no pleasure in them because they long ago had forgotten their Creator. 

Remember now thy Creator, young man, young woman! 

Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation (2 Corinthians 6:2). 

Therefore, “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity” - (1 Timothy 4:12).

BY HENRY M. MORRIS, PH.D. 

Days of Praise

the Institute for Creation Research 

At the Institute for Creation Research, we want you to know God’s Word can be trusted with everything it speaks about—from how and why we were made, to how the universe was formed, to how we can know God and receive all He has planned for us.

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Without Excuse - the wicked are making choices, but with neither faith nor God's grace guiding them, and God is judging them. They are making those choices without a relationship with God to access in their times of need. They are most definitely being held accountable by God. They are not escaping judgment; they are not being given a “free pass” on their sins. Their poor choices have the potential to eliminate them from conversion and eternity. We converted people have tremendous advantages over them because of our calling. There is no valid reason for envying the unconverted

Streams in my desert: Why Christians Are Meant to be Like Vitamin C - especially if we think of the "C" as Christ     wip

Streams in my desert: Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by living a godly life - an older man (irrespective of his hair or lack of it) who has trusted God in his life, is graced with certain wisdom and sound judgement. Old age and a grey head, together with any other badge of advancing years, is a beautiful crown of glory when it is found in the way of righteousness

The Root of Bitterness - when a root of bitterness is allowed to be planted and grown, it not only affects that person, but it also affects all others who are involved. It is like a cancer. None of us feel like talking when we have been hurt. Our natural response is to withdraw or lash out at the offending party. It is only obedience that allows God's grace to cover the wrongs incurred. Breaking Satan's foothold requires at least one person to press into God's grace. The next time you are hurt by someone, realize the gravity of the crossroads where you find yourself. Choose grace instead of bitterness. Then you will be free to move past the hurt

"See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many." - Hebrews 12:15

The enemy of our souls has a very specific strategy to destroy relationships. 

Whether these relationships are in business, marriage, or friendships, the strategy is the same. 

A conflict arises, judgments are made, and feelings are hurt. 

What happens next is the defining point of whether the enemy gains a foothold, or the grace of God covers the wrong.

When a root of bitterness is allowed to be planted and grown, it not only affects that person, but it also affects all others who are involved. 

It is like a cancer. 

Breaking Satan's foothold requires at least one person to press into God's grace. 

It cannot happen when either party "feels" like it, for none of us will ever feel like forgiving. 

None of us feel like talking when we have been hurt. 

Our natural response is to withdraw or lash out at the offending party. 

It is only obedience that allows God's grace to cover the wrongs incurred. 

This grace prevents the parties from becoming victims who will seek compensation for their pain.

The next time you are hurt by someone, realize the gravity of the crossroads where you find yourself. 

Choose grace instead of bitterness. 

Then you will be free to move past the hurt, and a root of bitterness will not be given opportunity to grow.

Os Hillman

TGIF Today God Is First Volume 1 by Os Hillman

Os Hillman is Founder and President of Marketplace Leaders Ministries, an organization whose purpose is to train men and women to fulfill their calling in and through their work life and to view their work as ministry.

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Blessing and Honor - Terry MacAlmon

lyrics

Blessing and honor

Glory and power

Riches and wisdom and strength

(Repeat)

Chorus

Be unto you, unto you

Who sits at the right hand of God

Be unto you, unto you

Who sits at the right hand of God

Unto you

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Accepting Both The Bad And The Good - God is great and I am not. He is pure and He knows best. You get your mind set in that direction, and you are on your way to humility. You are on your way to saying with Job, “Shall we accept good from God and not also trouble?” If you can say that without a hint of self-pity or bitterness, believe me, you have said it all. After losing his family, property, his health, his respect in the community, even respect from his wife, Job makes this astounding statement. When you come right down to it, that is a hard, but very humble thing to say. “Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker … Does the clay say to the Potter, ‘what are you making?’”

Angry at God - throw at him your grief, your anger, your doubt, your bitterness, your betrayal, your disappointment — he can absorb them all

Strive for Maximum Results in Your Harvest - God wants you to have maximum results. When you get the weeds off your seed, then you're going to sow much and reap much

From Mourning to Dancing - when we think about God’s faithfulness over the years, we know that He’s willing and able to turn our grief to dancing once again — to give us sufficient grace in this life and full joy in heaven. The Lord gives us hope when we feel hopeless. He helps us to forgive when we think we can’t. He teaches us that our identity is in Him and not in what we do. He gives us courage to face an unknown future. God can bring times of growth out of our times of heartache. He teaches us that our identity is in Him and not in what we do. When we face loss, we shouldn’t run from the sadness, but neither do we want to become bitter or hardened. When we wear the rags of “ashes,” He gently gives us a coat of praise

"He has sent me . . . to bestow on [those who grieve] a crown of
beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning." - Isaiah 61:1, 3

“We’re cutting your job.” 

A decade ago those words sent me reeling when the company I worked for eliminated my position. 

At the time, I felt shattered, partly because my identity was so intertwined with my role as editor.

Recently I felt a similar sadness when I heard that my freelance job was ending. 

But this time I didn’t feel rocked at my foundation, because over the years I have seen God’s faithfulness and how He can turn my mourning to joy.

Though we live in a fallen world where we experience pain and disappointment, the Lord can move us from despair to rejoicing, as we see in Isaiah’s prophecy about the coming of Jesus (Isaiah 61:1–3). 

The Lord gives us hope when we feel hopeless; He helps us to forgive when we think we can’t; He teaches us that our identity is in Him and not in what we do. 

He gives us courage to face an unknown future. 

When we wear the rags of “ashes,” He gently gives us a coat of praise.

When we face loss, we shouldn’t run from the sadness, but neither do we want to become bitter or hardened.

When we think about God’s faithfulness over the years, we know that He’s willing and able to turn our grief to dancing once again — to give us sufficient grace in this life and full joy in heaven.

Isaiah 61:1–4

Bible in a Year:

Psalms 10–12

Acts 19:1–20

Reflect & Pray

Father God, You turned Jesus’s pain on the cross into our best gift ever. 

Deepen my faith that I may welcome Your life-changing love into my life.

God can bring times of growth out of our times of heartache.

By: Amy Boucher Pye

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Get Ready For A Turn Around - Christ turned around everything that was lost by Adam’s fall. He redeemed mankind from Satan’s dominion. It’s time for a turnaround in your life today

Praise the Lord - Everything may not be going wonderfully in your life - you may not necessarily feel like giving that offering at the time. Try offering the sacrifice of praise to God continually

Pursuing God’s Dream for Us - God's whispers can become miraculous moments and movements. Immense blessings can emerge from even the smallest acts of obedience to callings that seem mundane or trivial

The Root of Bitterness - when a root of bitterness is allowed to be planted and grown, it not only affects that person, but it also affects all others who are involved. It is like a cancer. Breaking Satan's foothold requires at least one person to press into God's grace. The next time you are hurt by someone, realize the gravity of the crossroads where you find yourself. Choose grace instead of bitterness. Then you will be free to move past the hurt, and a root of bitterness will not be given opportunity to grow

"See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many." - Hebrews 12:15

The enemy of our souls has a very specific strategy to destroy relationships. 

Whether these relationships are in business, marriage, or friendships, the strategy is the same. 

A conflict arises, judgments are made, and feelings are hurt. 

What happens next is the defining point of whether the enemy gains a foothold, or the grace of God covers the wrong.

When a root of bitterness is allowed to be planted and grown, it not only affects that person, but it also affects all others who are involved.

It is like a cancer. 

Breaking Satan's foothold requires at least one person to press into God's grace. 

It cannot happen when either party "feels" like it, for none of us will ever feel like forgiving. 

None of us feel like talking when we have been hurt.

Our natural response is to withdraw or lash out at the offending party. 

It is only obedience that allows God's grace to cover the wrongs incurred. 

This grace prevents the parties from becoming victims who will seek compensation for their pain.

The next time you are hurt by someone, realize the gravity of the crossroads where you find yourself.

Choose grace instead of bitterness. 

Then you will be free to move past the hurt, and a root of bitterness will not be given opportunity to grow.

Os Hillman

TGIF Today God Is First Volume 1 by Os Hillman

Os Hillman  is Founder and President of Marketplace Leaders Ministries, an organization whose purpose is to train men and women to fulfill their calling in and through their work life and to view their work as ministry.

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Put God First - if I put my trust in human beings first, the end result will be my despair and hopelessness toward everyone. I will become bitter because I have insisted that people be what no person can ever be - absolutely perfect and right. Never trust anything in yourself or in anyone else, except the grace of God. God came as a baby. He expects my personal life to be a “Bethlehem.” Am I allowing my natural life to be slowly transformed by the indwelling life of the Son of God? God’s ultimate purpose is that His Son might be exhibited in me

Consuming the Sweet Word of God - Ezekiel and Jeremiah experienced sweetness, joy, and delight consuming Scripture - God-breathed words from Yahweh’s mouth. This feasting took place against a horrid backdrop of hardened hearts, except for a small, believing, obedient remnant. The apostle John also ate a book. It was sweet going down in anticipation of God’s glory and return, but it quickly turned bitter at the sight of God’s coming wrath and eternal judgment poured out on those who rejected the Lord Jesus Christ

Wormwood - the judgment of a star referred to as Wormwood fits appropriately in this context of doom that will take place during the earth's final days before the second coming of Christ. In the Old Testament, wormwood was repeatedly associated with bitterness and death. The original readers of Revelation would have understood the association of wormwood as something bitter or deadly. This is certainly made clear in the passage as well, since it states many people died from the bitter water

Action Through Faith - the great hindrance to faith that brings miracle release is unforgiveness. Whether or not the attitude is justified by the circumstances, resentment, bitterness, jealousy, and envy are the obstacles to faith’s release. Faith will require something of us and several conditions must be noted. We are not to doubt. Those who are double-minded will not receive anything. The mountain-moving hand of God must begin in our lives by moving the mountain of hard-heartedness out of our own hearts. To see action through faith, there must be forgiveness and love. “Whenever you stand praying, and you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you”

"For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says." - Mark 11:23

Many believers want “easy faith” faith that works like a good luck charm whenever and wherever they want it. 

But the Bible teaches that faith will require something of us, and throughout Scripture, several conditions must be noted. 

This text points out that we are not to doubt (Mark 11:22–24). 

Those who are double-minded will not receive anything (James 1:6–8). 

Further, Jesus goes on to say, “Whenever you stand praying, and you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you” - (Mark 11:25). 

The great hindrance to faith that brings miracle release is unforgiveness. 

Whether or not the attitude is justified by the circumstances, resentment, bitterness, jealousy, and envy are the obstacles to faith’s release. 

The mountain-moving hand of God must begin in our lives by moving the mountain of hard-heartedness out of our own hearts.

To see action through faith, there must be forgiveness and love.

Written by Jack Hayford

Jack Hayford served as Chancellor of The King’s University (formerly The King’s College and Seminary) in Southlake, Texas, which he founded in 1997. From 2004 to 2009, he also served as President of The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. He was probably best known, however, as “Pastor Jack,” founding pastor of The Church On The Way in Van Nuys, California, where he served as senior pastor for more than three decades. A prolific and best-selling writer, Pastor Hayford was the author (or co-author) of more than fifty books and composed 500 hymns and choruses, including the internationally known and widely recorded “Majesty.”

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Embracing A Promise - faith’s worship and walk do not depend on answered or unanswered prayers. Whether or not we receive what we ask and hoped for should not change our steadfast trust in God. Our confession of the lordship of Jesus in our lives is to be consistent — a daily celebration, with deep gratitude

Receiving by Faith - faith is the key that unlocks the door to divine possibilities! Let your faith rise higher than your fears and doubts. The power of God is ready and waiting to move in your life, but you must be ready to receive it

Wealth Transfer - The Wealth Of The Wicked Is Laid Up For The Just - it is laid up for the righteous. Jesus makes us righteous. We have to actively believe God and release our faith for that wealth transfer. Jesus said, whatever you believe you receive when you pray, you receive it

Put God First - if I put my trust in human beings first, the end result will be my despair and hopelessness toward everyone. I will become bitter because I have insisted that people be what no person can ever be - absolutely perfect and right. Never trust anything in yourself or in anyone else, except the grace of God. God came as a baby. lowing my natural life to be slowly transformed by the indwelling life of the Son of God? God’s ultimate purpose is thHe expects my personal life to be a “Bethlehem.” Am I alat His Son might be exhibited in me. Never trust anything in yourself or in anyone else, except the grace of God. Put God’s Will First. “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God”

"Jesus did not commit Himself to them … for He knew what was in man." - John 2:24-25

Put Trust in God First. 

Our Lord never put His trust in any person. 

Yet He was never suspicious, never bitter, and never lost hope for anyone, because He put His trust in God first. 

He trusted absolutely in what God’s grace could do for others. 

If I put my trust in human beings first, the end result will be my despair and hopelessness toward everyone.

I will become bitter because I have insisted that people be what no person can ever be — absolutely perfect and right. 

Never trust anything in yourself or in anyone else, except the grace of God.

Put God’s Will First. “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God” - (Hebrews 10:9).

A person’s obedience is to what he sees to be a need — our Lord’s obedience was to the will of His Father.

The rallying cry today is, “We must get to work!

"The heathen are dying without God. 

"We must go and tell them about Him.” 

But we must first make sure that God’s “needs” and His will in us personally are being met. 

Jesus said, “… tarry … until you are endued with power from on high” - (Luke 24:49). 

The purpose of our Christian training is to get us into the right relationship to the “needs” of God and His will. 

Once God’s “needs” in us have been met, He will open the way for us to accomplish His will, meeting His “needs” elsewhere.

Put God’s Son First. “Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me” - ( Matthew 18:5).

God came as a baby, giving and entrusting Himself to me. 

He expects my personal life to be a “Bethlehem.”

I allowing my natural life to be slowly transformed by the indwelling life of the Son of God? 

God’s ultimate purpose is that His Son might be exhibited in me.

Bible in One Year: 2 Chronicles 13-14; John 12:1-26

WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS

To those who have had no agony Jesus says, “I have nothing for you; stand on your own feet, square your own shoulders. 

"I have come for the man who knows he has a bigger handful than he can cope with, who knows there are forces he cannot touch; I will do everything for him if he will let Me. 

"Only let a man grant he needs it, and I will do it for him.”

from The Shadow of an Agony

The Life of Oswald Chambers

Oswald Chambers was born in Scotland and spent much of his boyhood there. His ministry of teaching and preaching took him for a time to the United States and Japan.

The last six years of his life were spent as principal of the Bible Training College in London, and as a chaplain to British Commonwealth troops in Egypt during World War l.

After his death, the books which bear his name were compiled by his wife from her own verbatim shorthand notes of his talks.

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ALPHA AND OMEGA - “Alpha” and “omega” are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. Jesus being the “Alpha and Omega” means that He was at the beginning of all things and will be at the close. He has no beginning, nor will He have any end, being from everlasting to everlasting. He always existed and always will exist. He is the “author and finisher” of our faith, signifying that He begins it and carries it through to completion. He is the totality, the sum and substance of the Scriptures. It was Christ, as second Person of the Trinity, who brought about the creation