Bible Matters 478 I am God

There is only one God.  The almighty God and creator of heaven and earth.  Only one God in the spirit who offers everlasting life and is to be exalted in all the earth. 

Genesis 1:1,8,31 – In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.  And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 35:11 – And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

Psalm 46:10 – Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

You are to live a holy life without blame before him in love.

Ephesians 1:4 – According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

God has revealed himself to you in spirit.    A Spirit that enters your heart, so that the flesh is born again in the spirit as a child of God.  One God your Savior.

Romans 8:16 – The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

John 3:5 – Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Luke 1:47 – And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.

God is power.  Only God can give you a spirit of power that is given from above.  It is not for you to know the time or the place.  But when you have the Spirit, you shall be a witness for the kingdom of God throughout the earth.

Acts 1:7-8 – And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Matthew 22:29 – Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

A Spirit that allows you to search the things of God and to worship and serve him in truth. 

John 4:24 – God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

1 Corinthians 2:10,12 – But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.  Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

God used his prophets, born in the spirit, to deliver God’s gospel of Love to this earth.  When the earth went black, God used the prophet Noah and his sons to deliver the things of God, back into light.

Genesis 6:8-10 – But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.  These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.  And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

God used Moses to deliver the Hebrews from the slavery of Egypt.  When the Hebrews needed to escape, God parted the Red Sea and when the waters returned, not one Egyptian warrior remained.  God is the I AM.

Exodus 3:4,6,10,14 – And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.  Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Exodus 14:28 – And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

When the Hebrews were hungry, God sent manna from heaven.

Exodus 16:15 – And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

When God needed a prophet to turn the city of Nineveh from sin, he sent Jonah.  Jonah did not want to go at first, but God gave him a testimony.  Like Jonah, God is working on your testimony and is waiting for your service.  Pray for God’s deliverance.

Jonah 1:1-2,4,15,17 – Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,  Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.  But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.  So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.  Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nigh

Jonah 2:1,10 – Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,  And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Jonah 3:1-2,5 – And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.  So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

When God needed to turn the Hebrews from a life of sin, followed by blood sacrifice, he sent Jesus.  Mary was found with child of the Holy Ghost.  The power of the Highest protected her.

Luke 1:34-35 – Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?  And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Joseph was told in a dream to take Mary with child, conceived of the Holy Ghost.

Matthew 1:18,20-21 – Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.  But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.  And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins

When it came time for Jesus to show the power of God, he called on God the Father to raise Lazurus from the dead.

John 11:4,14,25-26,40-43 – When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.  Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.  Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:  And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?  Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?  Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.  And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.  And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

When it came time for Jesus to be offered as a blood sacrifice, that power was given to Pilate from above.

John 19:11 – Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: …

Following Jesus’s death on the cross, God raised Jesus from the dead.   God sent two witnesses to give testimony to the disciples of Jesus.

Acts 1:9-12 – And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.   And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;  Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.  Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey

Acts 2:32 – This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

Acts 4:10 – Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

Acts 10:39-40 – And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:  Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly.

Acts 13:30 – But God raised him from the dead:

Galatians 1:1 – Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead😉

Romans 6:4 – Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Like Jesus, God will raise you from the dead, born again in the Spirit, to walk in the newness of life by doing the will of God and serving him and living God’s gospel of Love.  Take pride in only serving God the Almighty and look forward to everlasting life in the kingdom of God!

To God be the glory in all you do, Amen.