Who is God?

OPEN your Bible at the first book thereof, which is called “Genesis”, and at the first  verse.  The Hebrew words of the original Bible say: „B’reshith’ bara’ Elohim’” which means: “In the beginning God created.” These inspired words put God first . They do not begin with raising the question posed by worldly scientists, Is there a God? because, all things considered, that question is foolish . “The fool hath said in His heart, There is no God . Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity : there is none that does good . God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.” Psalm 53.1,2

The course of action of those who deny or doubt the existence of God, and the outcome thereof, prove them fools. They deny the central truth, and are in bondage to error, which leads to destruction. To get free from such death-dealing error and to come to the great Giver of life and truth, man must believe that God is . There is no end of proof that He is . “But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him .” Hebrews 11.6. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge : but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” “The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,  to depart from the snares of death.”-Proverbs 1.7 ; 14.27

He is a “God of truth”. It is “impossible for God to lie”, and “He cannot deny himself”. Hence He begins His inspired book of Genesis with the self-evident truth that God is: “In the beginning God created .” This could not mean there was a beginning to God; but that He is the Beginner of all things that exist. He is the Creator, the Source of all creation. The man whom God inspired to write the book of Genesis also wrote “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You  have formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.”-Psalm 90.2

It is only fitting of God that His eternal existence should be beyond finding out by lowly man with limited powers and who can not even search out to the bottom the secrets of the  wonderful works of God round about him, and of which works man himself is one . “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither 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 .” Isaiah 55.8, 9 Having no beginning, God the Creator is therefore the one and only Being . He is the Supreme One. “Who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom no man has seen, nor can see ; to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.”-1 Timothy 6.16

As undeniable proof of His existence and His supremacy, unsearchable wisdom and almighty power, God calls man’s attention to the works visible to man in the heavens, the earth, and the seas, which works operated before man’s appearance on the earth and which continue to operate without man’s aid and beyond man’s power to explain or control -read chapters 38 to 41 of the book of Job.

If GOD is what He is, what is His name? That question was put long before this, even thousands of years ago, in the days of Moses . By the miracle of the burning bush Almighty God manifested His presence to Moses for a very decided purpose. “Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers has sent me unto you ; and they shall say to me, What is His name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM : and He said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, JEHOVAH, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you : this is My name for ever, and this is My memorial to all generations.”-Exodus 3.13-15

Jehovah is unseen to human eyes, but He gives mankind evidence of His divinity by His works visible to them. “For the invisible things of Him, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made; His eternal power also, and divinity .” Romans 1.20

He is ever perfect, and produces all things righteous, good and perfect . God is invisible, beyond the power and capacity of man to see Him. To the prophet Moses He said: “You cannot see My face : for there shall no man see Me, and live .” Exodus 33.20

Is it now necessary to go to some religious temple or cathedral in order to worship God, who is spirit? His servant Paul gives the true answer : “God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands ; neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he  gives to all life, and breath, and all things ; . . . Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device . And the times of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commands all men everywhere to repent .”-Acts 17.24-30 ; 7.48-50.

Nothing could be of greater importance than to worship Jehovah God in spirit and in truth, as Jesus said . This is a God-given right of all His creatures, and no human government, no matter how high it is on earth, has any right to interfere therewith and to dictate contrary to the rule and commandment of the worship of Jehovah God. Jehovah is the Supreme Power.

Ecclesiastes 5.8. The very life of intelligent creation depends upon such true worship of the Supreme Power. “Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed ; to love Jehovah, your God, to obey His voice, and to cleave unto Him ; for He is your life, and the length of your days .” Deuteronomy 30.19,20; 32.47 “This is the true God, and eternal life .”1 John 5.20 “The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord .”-Romans 6 : 23.

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