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    God's School of Character
    God's School of Character
    God's School of Character
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    God's School of Character

    By Frederick McGowan

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    I have read the scriptures for many years. Scriptures have helped me many timesin my sad times, times of confusion, when I needed encouragement, in times of trouble, when I was afraid, etc.

    I have been relieved by reading scripture, but my life was not complete. I would always try to remember scriptures when I needed them, and that helped me also.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateSep 19, 2014
    ISBN9781499067903
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      God's School of Character - Frederick McGowan

      God’s School of Character

      Frederick McGowan

      Copyright © 2014 by Frederick McGowan.

      Library of Congress Control Number:   2014915438

      ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-4990-6791-0

                      Softcover         978-1-4990-6789-7

                      eBook              978-1-4990-6790-3

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Scriptures taken from the Amplified Bible. © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

      Rev. date: 09/18/2014

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      Contents

      Part I: GOD’s Character

      Definitions

      Thoughts on the Glory of GOD

      GOD’s Perfections

      GOD

      GOD’s School of Character

      The GODly Qualities of Good Leadership

      GOD’s School of Character

      The First Level of GOD’s School of Character

      The Consequences of a Hard Heart

      A Hard Heart that Will Be Broken

      Part II

      Joseph’s Two Dreams

      GOD’s Favor—GOD so Loved

      The Fulfillment of the Dreams

      The Character that GOD Develops in His School

      The Traits of a Godly Character (Joseph)

      Qualities of Good Leadership are Godly Qualities

      Job: GOD’s School of Character—First Stage (Level)

      GOD’S School of Character: The Benefit of Being Tried

      Understanding GOD at Work

      Part III

      Definition of the School’s Purpose

      My Testimony: Knowing GOD

      The Character of the Righteous Nature

      Part I

      GOD’s Character

      Why should the child of GOD study the Word of GOD?

      1. Because of its author.

      There is one great accomplishment of God that is almost always left off the list of divine attributes compiled by men.

      What is an attribute? A characteristic or quality of a person or a thing; to think of as belonging to a certain person or thing. That is, GOD has written a book, and that priceless book is the Bible.

      2. Because of the repeated command to read it.

      This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it, for then you shall make your way prosperous and then you shall deal wisely and have good success (Joshua 1:8; also 2 Timothy 2:15; Matthew 4:4).

      3. Because the Bible is GOD’s chosen way to accomplish HIS divine will.

      A. Sinners are saved through the message of the Bible

      (Romans 10:13–17; Acts 2:14; Acts 2:37; Acts 8:4–8; 1 Peter 1:23).

      B. Saints are sanctified through the message of the Bible.

      1. Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth (John 17:17; also 1 Peter 2:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Psalms 119:9–11; Proverbs 30:5–6).

      Definitions

      Character—the combined moral or ethical structure of a person or group; moral or ethical strength, integrity, fortitude.

      Concerning the attributes of GOD, it is difficult to clearly distinguish between the attributes and the nature of GOD. It is maintained by some that such a division ought not to be made, that these qualities of GOD that we call attributes are in reality part of His nature and essence.

      Whether this is exactly so or not, our purpose in speaking of the attributes of GOD is to understand GOD’s character.

      It is my understanding that GOD’s attributes describe GOD’s character since the definition of attribute is a characteristic or quality of a person, and the definition of character is the combined moral or ethical structure of a person; one is a characteristic or quality of a person, and the other is the combined moral or ethical structure of a person. An attribute is the characteristic that is combined to other attributes to make GOD’s. Thus GOD has many attributes but only one character.

      Thoughts on the Glory of GOD

      Glory, concerning GOD, is the display of HIS divine attributes and perfections. Everything concerning GOD (that GOD does) is perfect. HIS grace is perfect. It is unmerited favor, a favor that we don’t deserve.

      "And you hath HE quickened [made alive] who were dead in trespasses and sins" (Ephesians 2:1).

      Note: GOD brought Ezekiel in the spirit to the valley of dry bones and told Ezekiel to prophesy to those bones, and as he obeyed GOD, the bones took on flesh (Ezekiel 37:1–8).

      So the same LORD is speaking through Paul to let HIS church know that GOD has quickened us, and we are now alive, delivered from being dead in trespasses and sins.

      Paul continues (in Ephesians 2:2–6) to remind us that we were delivered from the habits of sins in this world that is controlled by the prince of the power of the air. We obeyed this prince while we were under his control. And he is still at work in the lives of those who are enslaved by him (the disobedient to GOD), who are against the purposes of GOD. Whereby we were also as they are now (v. 3).

      But GOD, in verse 4, who is rich in HIS mercy and HIS love, loved us even before we knew HIM and made us alive through fellowship and union with CHRIST, who is our life, and set us free from our trespasses and sins.

      For by grace, we are saved.

      GOD’s Perfections

      HIS grace is perfect for there is nothing else needed. There is nothing better for man than GOD’s grace.

      Grace is GOD’s work only and cannot be improved on.

      "For it is by free grace (GOD’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of CHRIST’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of GOD; Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.] For we are

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