Thought For Today - October 1
If someone should ask - Who is God?
By: Robert A. Searles
If someone should ask, who is God? "God is a spirit and they that
worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." John 4:24.
God
is an infinite, eternal being. the divine source of all things. He is
the creator of the universe and everything in it. In the beginning,
(which excludes the beginning of God, for he had no beginning and has no
end), God said let there be, and it was so.
"
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth
was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said,
let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that
it was good: and God called the light day, and the darkness he called
night. And the evening and the morning were the first day." Genesis 1:
1-5.
God
is a person, and though he is invisible, he is the ultimate
personality. God is love, there could be no love for one another upon
earth, except that God has extended his attribute of love toward us.
God is the supreme intelligence. God knows. There could be no
knowledge of anything except that God has imputed that knowledge from
himself to mankind.
God
sees all things, and God hears all things, and God is concerned and
cares for all his creatures. "He who made the eye, can he not see? And
he that made the ear, can he not hear?". God sees, God hears, and God
knows, there is nothing hid from him. No man can hide from God, whether
his deeds be good or evil. God is holy and all righteousness is in him.
God hates sin and will eventually judge all sin.
God
has chosen to reveal himself to mankind in several different ways. He
has revealed himself in nature, in his creation. "The heavens declare
the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork. Day unto day
uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. there is no
speech nor language where their voice is not heard." Psalm 19:1-3.
There
is no excuse for any intelligent being on earth not to know that God
is, and that he is the creator of all things.
God has revealed himself to mankind through the Holy Scriptures, The
Holy Bible.
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good
works." 2 Timothy 3:16,17.
"Knowing
this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private
interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of
man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." 2
Peter 1:20,21
If
one would ask, who is God?, Then let him look to the heavens and
observe and admire the glories of God's creation in the universe, in the
stars and the galaxies. Let him look at the birds, the bees, the
flowers, the animal kingdom and see the intelligent design of an
intelligent creator.
If
one would ask: Who is God? Let him search the holy scriptures, the
word of God, The bible, for therein God tells us who he is and what he
requires of his creation. When God revealed himself to Moses on Mt Sini
and gave him the ten commandments, he said to Moses: "I am that I am".
God
requires holiness, "Be ye holy as I am holy." God's requirement for the
human race is that they have no other God beside him. "And thou shall
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first
commandment. And the second is like, namely this, thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than
these.
God
has finally revealed himself in the person and incarnation of his only
begotten son, The Lord Jesus Christ. No person can know God, nor
approach unto God except by and through him. "God, who at sundry times
and in divers manner spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his son, whom he
hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; who
being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person,
and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by
himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on
high; Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by
inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they." Hebrews 1: 1-4.
If
one would ask: Who is God? Then let him lift up his eyes, and behold
the only begotten son of God, the perfect lamb of God. God who is
spirit, took upon himself a human body in the person of Jesus of
Nazareth, who is the Christ, the Messiah.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. The same was in the beginning with God.. All things were made
by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him
was life; and the life was the light of men,. And the light shineth in
darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." John 1: 1-5.
All
men and women, boys and girls, who have ever lived on earth are by
nature sinners, having inherited the sin nature from our first parents,
Adam and Eve. Because of this fact, the bible tells us that we are
born estranged and separated from God, and consequently unless we are
able to keep all the laws of God perfectly and attain unto his holiness,
we are all condemned to be eternally separated from God and spend
eternity in a literal Hell. No man ever lived on earth who could
measure up to the holiness of God except the Son of God. Only in him is
perfect sinlessness and holiness. The word of God the bible tells us
that God in his love and mercy looked down upon the lost condition of
mankind and that: "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten
son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have
everlasting life." John 3: 16
.
Who then is God? God is our creator, our source, our beginning. God
is God, the "Iam, that I am". He is the one that loves us with an
everlasting love, and is not willing for any of us to perish and be
separated from him forever. God never sent anyone to hell and he never
will. If we should find ourselves eternally confined to the horrors of
hell, it will be our own fault, because two thousand years ago, born in a
stable in Bethlehem as prophesied by the prophet Micah, was Christ, the
Perfect, sinless lamb of God, who came to take away the sin of the
world, God has promised that whosoever will believe in him, and ask him
for forgiveness, and receive him into their heart will be forgiven and
will be given the gift of everlasting life.
The
scripture warns us: "Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed
to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them
slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every
transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the
first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them
that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and
wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost,
according to his own will?" Hebrews 2: 1-4.
This
then, should answer the question: Who is God? Before it is eternally
too late won't you turn to Christ and accept him as your own personal
Lord and Savior?
Telehelp Publications Christian Literature Ministry
