Who is God?

Who is God

Who is God

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, Which if they were written in detail,

I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books which were written.

- John 21.25 (NASB)

Not Religion, but Relationship

Not Religion, but Relationship

A Conversation with Adam:In the beginning, Elohim created the heavens and the earth…

- Genesis 1.1

Two things to note:1. God defined Himself as “All Might In One”2. God had a communicating relationship with Adam

Not Religion, but Relationship

Another Conversation with Adam:This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that YHWH Elohim made earth and heaven…

- Genesis 2.4

Two things to note:1. God defined Himself as “Existing” and “All Might In One”2. God had a teaching relationship with Adam

Not Religion, but Relationship

God even helps sinners:And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them…

- Genesis 3.21

Two things to note:1. God spilled blood to cover them2. God still cared for them, even when they were separate from Him

Not Religion, but Relationship

God is a loving father and blesses us:Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said “I have gotten a manchild with the help of the Lord.”

- Genesis 4.1

Two things to note:1. God gave new life through Adam and Eve2. God still shared in creation with Man

God the Risk Taker

God the Risk Taker

God’s first risk:Let Us make Man in Our Image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

- Genesis 1.26

Two things to note:1. God made Man to be like Him2. God gave command of Earth to Man

God the Risk Taker

God’s second risk:When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate…

- Genesis 3.6

Two things to note:1. God made Man to be like Him2. God gave Man the ability to decide

God the Risk Taker

God’s third risk:Behold the Man has become like one of Us, know good and evil; and now, lest he stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever…

- Genesis 3.22

Two things to note:1. God made Man to be like Him2. God gave Man mercy and separated Man from Himself

Who does He say that He is

Who does He say that He is

Power[אלהם]

From Genesis 1.1, God defines who He isunapologetically

“All Powers in One”

He does not even acknowledge that there are any others with powerHe is it.

Who does He say that He is

I AM[יהוה]

From Genesis 2.4, God defines who He isunapologetically

“I exist and am all powers in one”

Again, He does not even acknowledge that there are any othersHe is it.

Who does He say that He is

Father

From Genesis 1.26, God makes it clear, He alone created Man

Moreover, God goes so far as to say Man is made in His image.Man is to be like Him.

Who does He say that He is

Son

“Lord, show us the Father.” - Philip“Have I been so long with you, and you have not come to know Me?

He who has seen Me has seen the Father.” - Jesus- John 14.8-9

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the work that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go

to the Father.And whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may

be glorified in the Son.- John 14.12-13 (NASB)

Who does He say that He is

Agape Love

The Greek word for love without limits, without rewards, without expectation of return; decision-love without repentance,

once given never rescinded.

For God so loved the World, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.For God did not send the Son into the World to judge the World, but

that the World should be saved through Him.He who believes is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only

begotten Son of God.- John 3.16-18 (NASB)

Come meet God,your Father,

Just the way you are

Just where you are in life

Come meet JesusThe way, the truth, the life

There is no other way

Test Him in this ...