"How much more shall the blood of Christ, who THROUGH the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" (Hebrews 9:14)
"Have we not all ONE Father? Hath not ONE God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by "profaning" the covenant of our fathers?" (Malachi 2:10)
The first commandment -- "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] ONE LORD. And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates." (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
Right from the start, the scriptures point to one God -- "In the beginning, God." (Genesis 1:1) Simple and straightforward -- something that should be easy to understand. Sadly, however, many in the current religious culture attempt to insert yet an expanded gospel - or as the apostles would state -- another gospel to their professed theology. (Galatians 1:6-9)
But regardless of modern day church-anity, the scriptures must remain true if His Word is to be our foundation. "The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, and God said, "Let there be light and there was light." (Genesis 1:2-3)
"Ye [are] My witnesses," saith the LORD, "and My servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe Me, and understand that I [am] He: before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me." (Isaiah 43:10)
"I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside me [there is] no Saviour." (Isaiah 43:11)
And Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord." (Mark 12:29)
While the religious community remains intent on reducing the King of kings and Lord of lords -- the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and last -- to a human level, the Word does not lie. Moreover, God is not the author of confusion.
"God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:24)
"Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty." (II Corinthians 3:17)
"And so it is written -- the first Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit ... the first man is of the earth, the second man is the Lord from heaven." (I Corinthians 15:45-47)
The same Jesus that was in the world and the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ... all things were made by Him and without Him was not anything made that was made ... He was in the world and the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own and His own received Him not .. and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us ..." (John 1:1-18)
God is not the author of confusion. And there are no contradictions in His Word. When we take the time to seek Jesus and His righteousness through His Word, we begin to understand His desire to reveal the mystery of the Godhead (that was hidden in the bosom of the Father from the beginning).
Andrew Murray wrote it this way: "To many Christians this has been a dead article of their faith, held fast and proved out of the scriptures but without any living influence on the soul. To the true believer, it is one of the deepest and most precious truths for the nourishment of the inner life. Christ is God. The soul worships Him as the Almighty One, able to do a divine work in the power of divine omnipotence." (Murray, 37)
"And of the angels, He saith, "Who maketh His angels spirits and His ministers of flame of fire. But unto the Son, He saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath annointed Thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." (Psalm 14:7-8)
"For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, "For we are His offspring." 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 commandeth all men every where to repent -- because He hath appointed a day in the which He will judge the world in righteousness [by that] man whom He hath ordained; [whereof] He hath given assurance unto all [men], in that He hath raised Him form the dead." (Acts 17:28-31)
"But to us [there is but] one God the Father of whom [are] all things and we in Him and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom [are] all things and we by Him. Howbeit [there is] not knowledge; for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat [it] as a thing offered unto an idol, and their conscience being weak is defiled." (I Corinthians 8:2)
This is why Jesus commanded the apostles THROUGH the Holy Ghost after He ascended. (Acts 1:1-8) It also explains why Jesus had to ascend before the Comforter could come. (John 16:7)
Yes, the same Almighty God who created the world in the beginning loved us enough to shed His precious holy blood on a cross so that we might be saved. Search the scriptures, Jesus said, because they speak "of Me."
"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God; therefore, the world knoweth us not because it knew Him not ..." (I John 3:1)
Don't accept the premise that man-made religion has a more insightful understanding of the scriptures. Instead, study the scriptures to show thyself approved, and in so doing, understand too that God is one. It may require standing apart from the religious dogma of this day but I can guarantee that when you do, our Lord will not fail you. Stand in the offering plate.
"Have we not all ONE Father? Hath not ONE God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by "profaning" the covenant of our fathers?" (Malachi 2:10)
The first commandment -- "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] ONE LORD. And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates." (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
Right from the start, the scriptures point to one God -- "In the beginning, God." (Genesis 1:1) Simple and straightforward -- something that should be easy to understand. Sadly, however, many in the current religious culture attempt to insert yet an expanded gospel - or as the apostles would state -- another gospel to their professed theology. (Galatians 1:6-9)
But regardless of modern day church-anity, the scriptures must remain true if His Word is to be our foundation. "The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, and God said, "Let there be light and there was light." (Genesis 1:2-3)
"Ye [are] My witnesses," saith the LORD, "and My servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe Me, and understand that I [am] He: before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me." (Isaiah 43:10)
"I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside me [there is] no Saviour." (Isaiah 43:11)
And Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord." (Mark 12:29)
While the religious community remains intent on reducing the King of kings and Lord of lords -- the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and last -- to a human level, the Word does not lie. Moreover, God is not the author of confusion.
"God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:24)
"Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty." (II Corinthians 3:17)
"And so it is written -- the first Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit ... the first man is of the earth, the second man is the Lord from heaven." (I Corinthians 15:45-47)
"One Lord, one faith, one baptism." (Ephesians 4:5)
Jesus told us to "search the scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which testify of Me." (John 5:39)
Jesus told us to "search the scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which testify of Me." (John 5:39)
So, if God is the Spirit that created the world in the beginning, then why do so many people claim to believe in a tri-une God or God in three persons -- and therefore reducing our Lord God and Saviour to a human? Part of the issue is the revision made to Matthew 28:19 in the early days by the roman catholic church. Sadly, as a consequence, man-made religion has made this scripture the cornerstone for their statement(s) of faith.
But again, what does the Word say? That Jesus Christ Himself is the chief cornerstone of our faith. "For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." (Colossians 2:9) "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." (Revelation 1:8)
"Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord -- in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit." (Ephesians 2:19-22)
But again, what does the Word say? That Jesus Christ Himself is the chief cornerstone of our faith. "For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." (Colossians 2:9) "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." (Revelation 1:8)
"Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord -- in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit." (Ephesians 2:19-22)
The same Jesus that was in the world and the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ... all things were made by Him and without Him was not anything made that was made ... He was in the world and the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own and His own received Him not .. and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us ..." (John 1:1-18)
God is not the author of confusion. And there are no contradictions in His Word. When we take the time to seek Jesus and His righteousness through His Word, we begin to understand His desire to reveal the mystery of the Godhead (that was hidden in the bosom of the Father from the beginning).
Andrew Murray wrote it this way: "To many Christians this has been a dead article of their faith, held fast and proved out of the scriptures but without any living influence on the soul. To the true believer, it is one of the deepest and most precious truths for the nourishment of the inner life. Christ is God. The soul worships Him as the Almighty One, able to do a divine work in the power of divine omnipotence." (Murray, 37)
"And of the angels, He saith, "Who maketh His angels spirits and His ministers of flame of fire. But unto the Son, He saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath annointed Thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." (Psalm 14:7-8)
"For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, "For we are His offspring." 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 commandeth all men every where to repent -- because He hath appointed a day in the which He will judge the world in righteousness [by that] man whom He hath ordained; [whereof] He hath given assurance unto all [men], in that He hath raised Him form the dead." (Acts 17:28-31)
"But to us [there is but] one God the Father of whom [are] all things and we in Him and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom [are] all things and we by Him. Howbeit [there is] not knowledge; for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat [it] as a thing offered unto an idol, and their conscience being weak is defiled." (I Corinthians 8:2)
This is why Jesus commanded the apostles THROUGH the Holy Ghost after He ascended. (Acts 1:1-8) It also explains why Jesus had to ascend before the Comforter could come. (John 16:7)
Yes, the same Almighty God who created the world in the beginning loved us enough to shed His precious holy blood on a cross so that we might be saved. Search the scriptures, Jesus said, because they speak "of Me."
"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God; therefore, the world knoweth us not because it knew Him not ..." (I John 3:1)
Don't accept the premise that man-made religion has a more insightful understanding of the scriptures. Instead, study the scriptures to show thyself approved, and in so doing, understand too that God is one. It may require standing apart from the religious dogma of this day but I can guarantee that when you do, our Lord will not fail you. Stand in the offering plate.
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