The Knowledge of God

The emotional nature of God

Which emotion is seen in Psa. 7:11? – Anger:

God was angry with Miriam.

Numbers 12:9-10  

9 The anger of the LORD burned against them, and he left them.

10  When the cloud lifted from above the Tent, there stood Miriam—leprous, like snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had leprosy;

God was angry with Moses.

Deuteronomy 3:23-28  

23 At that time I pleaded with the LORD:

24 “O Sovereign LORD, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do?

25 Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.”

26 But because of you the LORD was angry with me and would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said. “Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.

27 Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan.

28 But commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.”

Which emotion is seen in Psa. 149:4? – Pleasure:

God is pleased when we fear Him.

Psalms 147:10-11  

10 His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man;

11 the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

God is pleased when we please Him.

Proverbs 16:7  

When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, he makes even his enemies live at peace with him.

Thoughts

It is remarkable that the Holy Spirit has given us very few deathbed scenes in the book of God.  We have very few in the Old Testament, fewer still in the New.  And I take it that the reason may be, because the Holy Ghost would have us to take more account of how we live than how we die, for life is the main business.  He who learns to die daily while he lives will find it no difficulty to breathe out his soul for the last time into the hands of his faithful Creator. - Charles Spurgeon