Almighty God Loved Us Enough To Shed His Holy Blood on the Cross For Us - Part 1097

In the beginning, God. (Genesis 1:1) To form an earth that was without form, the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, "Let there be light and there was light." (Genesis 1:1-3) 

Throughout the first chapter of Genesis, we learn about God's ability to create. Indeed, God created man in His own image -- in the image of God created He him, male and female created He them. And God blessed them and God said unto them, "Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." (Genesis 1:27-28)

In Genesis, we also become privy about our role as His human creation. We learn that Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air and to every beast of the field. But Adam also needed a help meet for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and while he slept, God took one of His ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man. (Genesis 2:20-22)

Again, throughout these first chapters, we learn of God as our Creator. One God, and beside Him there is no other. This is true with one exception. That is, Genesis 1:26. 

Genesis 1:26 -- a single verse that many people can't seem to get past in terms of understanding God. And because of this single scripture, men have been deluded by a lie. In fact, the modern day religious culture uses the reference to "Let us" to justify a "triune God" and/or the "trinity".

How dark is the darkness when Genesis 1 alone refers to God or the Spirit of God (as one God) 28 times -- not counting the additional references to He -- but instead we choose to believe the words "let us" in one specific verse to mean more than one God. Or as the trinitarian doctrine proposes, there is God the Father, the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost -- separate persons but co-equal in power and authority and majesty. 

Note also that the false modern day religious culture have taken the false doctrine of the trinity further by repeatedly changing Holy Ghost to Holy Spirit in the scriptural text. Again, the words Holy Spirit is not what the Bible say. When the apostles wrote Holy Ghost, they meant Jesus commanding them through the Holy Ghost as in Acts 1:4 but I digress.

In terms of the non-existing trinity, it is believed a Latin early church theologian Tertullian (155-230) was first to use the term trinity and God as "persons" to describe the One God of the Bible. Note that the word trinity cannot be found in the scriptures anywhere so its origin had to come from something other than the written Word of God. No systematic presentation of the doctrine can be found in the New Testament. 

But it gets worse. In 325 AD, the Council of Nicea officially defined the relationship of the Son to the Father, blatantly ignoring the scriptures that define Jesus as God in the flesh.

"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." (I Timothy 3:16)

"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" -- the same Word that was in the beginning with God and was God. (John 1:1-18)

Having said that, note that Hebrews 6:1 refers to the" doctrine of Christ" as one of the first principles that we as believers need to understand. Sadly, the difficulty new believers face is that the majority of religions today have sided with the Roman Catholic church and adopted a trinitarian doctrine -- a most holy trinity as the central mystery of the Christian faith -- rather than believing that the one and same God who was in the beginning loved us enough to be made flesh and dwell among us. (John 1:1-18) 

And as we see today, churches have followed Catholicism without ever questioning why the trinity or three distinct persons or one triune God or the eternal triune God revealing Himself as Father Son and Holy Spirit with distinct personal attributes or unity in this Godhead are three persons does not align with the scriptures. 

I can tell you why this is. There is no truth in them. Even the Jews who remain inherently familiar with the Old Testament scriptures (while rejecting the new covenant under Jesus Christ) still believe in only one God. In the beginning, God.

Jesus said, "And this is life eternal that they might know Thee, the true God and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent. I have glorified Thee on the earth. I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do. And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was. I have manifested Thy name unto the men which Thou gavest Me out of the world ..." (John 17:3-6)

This is why Jesus told the disciples that the Comforter could not come unless He went away. "Howbeit, when the Spirit of truth is come, He will guide you into all truth for He shall not speak of Himself but whatsoever He shall hear, shall He speak and He will show you things to come. He shall glorify Me for He shall receive of Mine and shall show it unto you." (John 16:7-14)

Jesus said, "... because I go to My Father and ye see Me no more." (John 16:10)

Why? Because Jesus is Almighty God in the flesh. (Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 1:21)

So, getting back to Genesis 1:26, the stumbling block that has led to so much doctrinal confusion. Moreover, we need to ask ourselves -- Who is God? What is His name?

If we note that throughout history, God always had a name, it makes sense that the last name given to men whereby you and I can be saved is Jesus. There is no other name under Heaven whereby men can be saved. (Acts 4:12) None. Jesus is the ONLY name whereby salvation can be obtained. The apostles knew this. This is why every individual they baptized in the scriptures was baptized in the name of Jesus. (Acts 2:37-42) In the precious name of Jesus.

Again, there is a reason why Genesis begins with "in the beginning God." At the same time, John chapter 1 provides the New Testament (or looking back perspective). John 1 opens with "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God." Then scroll down to John 1:14 where the scripture states "And the Word became flesh." In other words, God became flesh so that we might be saved! 

We need to stop praying to the unknown God, and instead embrace the only One who cared enough to shed His precious holy blood on a cross. His name is Jesus!

Here are more scriptures that will help guide you as you seek Jesus in your day to day faith journey.

Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.  (John 8:58)

"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets," (Hebrews 1:1)

"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life ..." (I John 1:1)

"I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one." (1 John 2:14) 

"And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life." (1 John 5:20)  

"Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren." (I John 3:16 )

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." (John 1:1-18)

Jesus was the visible image of the invisible God. Only one God who did not share His glory with another -- it is He that in Genesis 1:26 (as we read throughout the book of Hebrews) counseled with Himself. Seek Jesus today -- while the day of the Gentiles is still open. Search the scriptures, Jesus said, for within the scriptures, you will find Me. 

Stand in the offering plate.