Bishp G. E. Patterson - God Is With Us In Spite...

No matter what the view of numbers mean to finite mankind, DIVINITY IN IT'S INfinite BEING CANCELS everything put in motion by anything less than DIVINE ORDINANCE.
So GOD CREATED man in HIS OWN IMAGE; in the IMAGE of GOD HE CREATED him; male and female HE CREATED them. Then GOD BLESSED them and GOD SAID To them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue(Bring into bondage) it; have Dominion(#7287 in the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of The Bible, also this term used in Zechariah 09:15 and Micah 07:09-to tread down, to prevail against, Reign, Rule, Take)Over the fish of the sea, Over the birds of the air, and Over Every LIVING thing that moves on the earth. And GOD SAID, 'See, I have GIVEN you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed, to you it shall be for food. Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which their is LIFE, I have GIVEN every green herb for food;' and IT WAS SO(Amen). Then GOD saw everything that HE HAD MADE, and INDEED IT WAS VERY GOOD. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day."-Genesis 01:27-31
Clearly this account of humanity is familiar to something deep within me that tends to not be aligned with the majority. I've had a few decades of experience and various collections lending concepts that were conceived without wisdom and spread without counsel. A glimpse into THE MIND OF GOD by way of a conversation HE HAD with HIS Servant named Job. (After the initial shock of being face to face to the rumors they had been hearing three of Job's friends and one of their protege's, sat in total silence for seven days and seven nights-chapter 02:11-13, Job weak from the definite personal attacks on his person, lost his last hope for these men had come to comfort him but failed). Job then cursed the day of his birth, chronicling days of accusations, assumptions and judgment unprovoked but given in the Name of GOD.
THE LORD ANSWERED Job out of the whirlwind SAID: "Who is this who darkens counsel(question GOD'S AUTHORITY and DESIGN for the universe) By words without knowledge? Now Prepare yourself like a man; I WILL QUESTION you, and you shall answer ME. Where were you when I(GOD) LAID the FOUNDATIONS of the earth?
Tell ME(ANSWER GOD) if you have Understanding. Who Determined ITS MEASUREMENTS? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? To what were ITS FOUNDATIONS FASTENED? Or who LAID its cornerstone, When the morning stars sang together, and All the SONS OF GOD SHOUTED FOR JOY?" Job 38:01-7
Job had asked the question, "How can a man be Righteous Before GOD?" Without a response he continues to babble in discomfort and a defensive attitude after the days of trial prosecutions. "If one wishes to contend with HIM, GOD IS WISE IN HEART AND MIGHTY IN STRENGTH. WHO has hardened himself against HIM and Prospered? HE MOVES the mountains, and they do Not know when HE OVERTURNS them IN HIS ANGER; HE SHAKES the earth OUT Of its place, and its pillars tremble; HE COMMANDS the sun, and it does Not Rise; HE SEALS OFF the stars; HE ALONE SPREADS OUT the HEAVENS, and TREADS ON the waves of the sea;"Chapter 09:02-08
Perhaps GOD WAS REFERRING to this in HIS REPLY to sinful man questioning a FAITHFUL, HOLY LIVING LOVING and MERCIFUL GOD. However, that is only my human view on the DIVINE SITUATION and PURPOSE. The Word OF GOD SAYS,"FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT your thoughts, NOR ARE your ways MY WAYS," says THE LORD. For as the HEAVENS ARE HIGHER Than the earth, So ARE MY WAYS HIGHER THAN your ways, and MY THOUGHTS Than your thoughts. For as the rain COMES DOWN, and the snow FROM HEAVEN, and DO not return THERE, But WATER the earth, and Make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, So Shall MY WORD BE THAT GOES FORTH FROM MY MOUTH; IT SHALL NOT RETURN TO ME void. But IT SHALL ACCOMPLISH WHAT I PLEASE, and IT SHALL PROSPER IN THE THING FOR WHICH I SENT IT. For you shall go out with Joy, and Be LED Out with PEACE; The mountains and the hills shall Break forth into Singing Before You, and All the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall Come Up the Cypress Tree, and Instead of the brier Shall Come Up the Myrtle Tree; And It Shall Be TO THE LORD FOR A Name, For an EVERLASTING SIGN THAT SHALL NOT be cut off."-Isaiah 55:8-13 opinions are like names everybody has one and each identifies the person being called not the majority listening.
GOD CAN,WILL And DOES PERFORM WORKS for our Good without backup because HE IS WHO HE IS BY HIMSELF AND WILL ALWAYS BE-Exodus 6:01-08 Seek GOD'S FAVOR not HIS JUDGMENT