Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Who is God?

  Now I do not ask this of Jesus, who is known to us as the god-man who once walked among us, and still does today. But rather of the Godhead itself, the triune nature which is God the Father. So this is what I am asking you, Who is this triune God?
  Let us start with a name shall we? He has many names according to the bible, but assuming that you dare say his name at all, which name do you know him by? For me, I have told you before, but I will tell you again. I love the name most that he God, called himself, when asked his name by a Prophet, who inquired so as to have a name to tell his followers, as to who it was that has told him these things? And the Lord God answered of himself and said, "Tell them that I am who I am sends you"!
  But what of the other names, do these speak of him too? Any name given, that represents One true God is a honest name. OK you say, what about the name Allah, is this name also of God? Yes, it is the name used by an ancient people who who knew and worshipped the One true God! A nation of people conceived by Abraham, who later in life would be led away by a false prophet. But even now these same people look to return to God, and are beginning to cast off all that is false, and keep their eyes on the one true God. Strangely or not, their only way back, is the same as for others who lived once in that region of the world, because as with the Jews and all who do not understand the reality of this God that they all seek, the only way to the Father is through His son. Jesus was and is, the only bridge to the Eternal God! Indeed it is only now beginning to happen, that many of that faith, who had been drawn away by those who tickled their ears with dreams of conquest and glory, now yearn for the Godhead. God head, that's a strange word isn't it, what exactly does that mean? It speaks of the triune nature of God, the Father Son and Holy Ghost! Now we can talk about each of these entities singly, but they are best understood as a whole. Not that each isn't sufficient within itself, but each is better understood as part of the three.
  The son, Jesus, represents humanity, those of us who by choice now follow God in faith. He who once walked around in plain site, now still literally walks among us as Spirit, living in the hearts of those who have that faith. But in order to receive this spirit of life eternal, you must first agree that he exists, and then, asking him into your life, recognizing that you have nothing of which God needs because He is pure, and even at our best, we fall woefully short of being able to join with Eternal God! And so it is Jesus that is the only link to eternal life! First offered to and rejected by the Jew, accepted by the true Christian, but also offered to the Muslim. Abraham also fathered the Muslims, and just as did their half brother Jew, it is they now who must choose to accept His gift of eternal life, or to reject it?  

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