'Patterns of God'    (March22, 2012)
By Allan Thomasson

Patterns, principles of God                  Exodus 25:40 (Patterns of all things of worship)
Throughout the scriptures given,               I Corinthians 1:10 (Church pattern)
If followed through specifically,               Isaiah 55:8-11; Isaiah 28:9-10
While on our way to heaven,              II Timothy 2:15

Will give us victory unknown,
And please our God above
To see us, all His children then,
Protected by His love.

Exodus, chapter twenty-five,
Verse forty: here, we find,
That God then spoke a principle
To Moses, God’s design,

Of all the things which shall be used
In service to our Lord;
And God is so specific, as
He stated in His word:

‘And look that thou make all these things
From patterns, which I gave
To you, upon Mount Sinai;
You stood before Me, brave,

For you were trained in Egypt for
Perfection in these things,
When you had charge of all those crafts,
Among those priests and kings.’

And in God’s word of truth, we see
That God His patterns give,                                 Isaiah 28:9-10
That we may know them, serve our God,
Each moment that we live.                           I Corinthians 1:10: God's 'pattern' for the Church.

For God has given liberty
To all His newborn sons;
That liberty which makes us free,
For all the work is done.

Yes, Jesus has fulfilled the law;
And from it we are free.
And now through faith (which works by love)               Galatians 5:6b
The ‘good works’ now that we

Perform before Him every day,
According to His word,                                 Ephesians 2:8-10
We’re keeping now His ‘patterns’, as
We’re trusting in our Lord.

And if, perchance, we ‘deviate’
From the 'patterns' He has made,
We then confess (I John 1:9)
Then God’s chastisement’s stayed.

But ‘look that thou’ do follow Him,
After the ‘patterns’ in His word,
Which become to us His ‘principles’.
Whereby we serve our Lord.

Exodus 25:40: God's exactness in the creation and use of things used in service to our God:
40) "And look that thou make them (precisely, and specifically) after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount."

And we are currently 'in the mount' with God, as He also leads us to higher things as we serve Him:
Ephesians 1:3:
3) "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (and therefore, us that believe), Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:"

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