Simple Salvation Church of God
Prayer Request: WHO IS GOD? Part 1 from Brother Bob
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WHO IS GOD? Part 1 from Brother Bob (Jun 21, 2008)
Prayer Request:
WHO IS GOD?
The Creator Who is Worthy of Worship
And this is life eternal,
that they might know thee the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
WORSHIPGOD is worthy of human worship...
The act of paying divine honors to GOD; or the reverence and homage paid to him in religious exercises, consisting in adoration, confession, prayer, thanksgiving and other activities. Prayer is a chief part of religious worship.To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission.
Because He is the only God that exists,
Isa 44:6-8 (KJV)
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel,
and his redeemer the LORD of hosts;
I am the first, and I am the last;
and beside me there is no God.
{7} And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it,
and set it in order for me,
since I appointed the ancient people?
and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show unto them.
{8} Fear ye not, neither be afraid:
have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it?
ye are even my witnesses.
Is there a God beside me?
yea, there is no God; I know not any.
God is unique in nature. No person, object, or idea can be compared to God.
Because He is the personal Creator of everything,
Gen 1:1 (KJV)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
John 1:1-4 (KJV)
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
{2} The same was in the beginning with God.
{3} All things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made that was made.
{4} In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Because of His holy nature
1 Pet 1:14-16 (KJV)
As obedient children,
not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
{15} But as he which hath called you is holy,
so be ye holy in all manner of conversation{Grk=behavior};
{16} Because it is written,
Be ye holy; for I The LORD your GOD am holy.
Because of His perfect love
1 John 4:8-11 (KJV)
He that loveth not knoweth not God;
for God is love.
{9} In this was manifested the love of God toward us,
because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world,
that we might live through him.
{10} Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us,
and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
{11} Beloved, if God so loved us,
we ought also to love one another.
Because He is our Faithful Protector
Deu 7:9 (KJV)
Know therefore that the LORD thy God,
He is God,
the faithful God,
which keepeth covenant{Heb=becomes your protector}
and mercy{Heb=hedges you around with mercy}
with them that love him
and keep his commandments
to a thousand generations;
Because of His Unsearchable Character
Rom 11:33-36 (KJV)
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
how unsearchable are his judgments,
and his ways past finding out!
{34} For who hath known the mind of the Lord?
or who hath been his counsellor?
{35} Or who hath first given to him,
and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
{36} For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things:
to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Because He is a God of Justice
Exo 34:6-7a (KJV)
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed,
The LORD, The LORD God,
merciful and gracious,
longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
{7} Keeping mercy for thousands,
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,
and that will by no means clear the guilty
{Heb=will by no means let the guilty go unpunished}...
Because of His Transcendent Trinity Nature, ie. Three persons in one God.
Isa 48:15-18 (KJV)
I, even I, have spoken; yea,
I have called him: I have brought him,
and he shall make his way prosperous.
{16} Come ye near unto me, hear ye this;
I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
from the time that it was, there am I:
and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
{17} Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;
I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit,
which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
{18} O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments!
then had thy peace been as a river,
and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Because God, in the Person of His Eternal Son, came to earth to remove the curse of our rebellion towards God.
1 John 4:9(KJV)
{9} In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world,
that we might live through him.
John 3:14-18 (KJV)
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
{15} That whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have eternal life.
{16} For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
{17} For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved.
{18} He that believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned already,
because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.]
GOD is the personal Creator worthy of human worship because of His holy nature and His perfect love revealed in creating the universe, electing and redeeming His people, and providing eternal salvation through His Son Jesus Christ.
Heb 1:10 (KJV)
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth;
and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
God is unique in nature. No person, object, or idea can be compared to God.
1 Sam 2:2-3 (KJV)
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee:
neither is there any rock like our God.
{3} Talk no more so exceeding proudly;
let not arrogancy come out of your mouth:
for the LORD is a God of knowledge,
and by him actions are weighed.
Anything said about God must be based on His revelation of Himself to us. Anything said about God must be said in human terms, the only terms we have and understand. The reality of God is always much greater
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WHO IS GOD? Part 1 from Brother Bob
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