JUST WHO IS GOD

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JUST WHO IS GOD?

By Dennis Schmidt 2/2007

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This paper discusses the Triunity of the Godhead: Father, Son (Jesus) and Holy Spirit. All scriptures are from the King James' Version Bible except where noted.

INDUCTIVE COMMENTS:

THEME: The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob says his name from all eternity is Jesus. He has showed himself as the angel of the Lord in the Old Testament and as the man Jesus in the New Testament.

John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Jesus always has been: past to future as He is the one God.

John 1:14 "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." Jesus likewise has always been and then tells us what he has done. Jesus is also called I AM.

Colossians 3:17 "And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, <do> all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him." Doing anything for Jesus is doing it for the Father & God.

Hebrews 1:2-3 "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; {3} 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;" Jesus is the express image and "exact representation of the being (Hebrews 1:3 NIV)" of the Triunity God. There are many names (titles) for God: I AM, Jehovah, Elohim & Lord. But, the only name we know God by is Jesus.

PURPOSE:

Seeing Jesus is seeing all of Godhead. No, Jesus is not the Father or Holy Spirit, but Jesus is God. You can not divide God, saying there are three persons. This is not found in the scriptures. You can not compare God to a leaf or three states of water. God is one. To see Jesus is to see all of the Godhead bodily. If a person could see the Father or Spirit, he would see Jesus also. God is omni-present: in all places at the same time.

John 14:8-9 "Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. {9} Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou <then>, Show us the Father?" Jesus says you see me you see the Father or Triunity God.

John 17:22 "And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:" So let us say what the Bible says. Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit are one. The fullness of Jesus included the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the rod out of Jesse and Branch who has all seven spirits of the Holy Spirit shown in Is 11:1-2 & Rev 1:4.

Isaiah 11:1-2 "And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: {2} And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;" See also Revelation 1:4.

Isaiah 9:6-7 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. {7} Of the increase of <his> government and peace <there shall be> no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this." Jesus, Father, Spirit

KEY VERSE:

Romans 1:20 "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, <even> his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:" God has allowed us to understand his Godhead by His word the Bible.

John 8:58 "Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am." Jesus is the I am eternally present God.

John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

Revelation 1:18 "I <am> he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." Jesus controls the keys of who dies & goes to hell.

WHO: God mainly by Bible authors Moses, Isaiah, Luke, John, and Paul

TO WHOM: Elected Christians

WHAT: Jesus is the revealed one God of the Bible to be understood by mankind as God.

WHY: The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob says his name from all eternity is Jesus. He has showed himself as the angel of the Lord in the Old Testament and as the man Jesus in the New Testament. God says in Hebrews 1:2-3:

WAY: God says us and our and then one. What is the answer? The Hebrew word for one is Achad which means united one. This starts to clear up how God is both us and our and only one. He is a Triunity God.

Genesis 1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."

Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God <is> one LORD:"

WHEREAS: I am going to show that the Angel of the Lord, which man has seen, is God and Jesus.

Exodus 3:2 "And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush <was> not consumed. {3} And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. {4} 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. {5} And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest <is> holy ground. {6} 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."

Jesus confirmed that God spoke from the bush. In Exodus 3:2 above which says the angle of the Lord was in the bush. The angel of the Lord is God.

Mark 12:26 "And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I <am> the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?"

Exodus 13:21 "And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:"

Exodus 14:19 "And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:"

The Lord and the angel of God were in the pillar. They are the same.

Joshua 5:13-15 "And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, <Art> thou for us, or for our adversaries? {14} And he said, Nay; but <as> captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? {15} And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest <is> holy. And Joshua did so." Joshua worshipped the angel. The shoe/holy ground incident is similar to what Moses had experienced in Exodus 3:5 above at the tree that was not consumed. Joshua saw God and did not die. Angel's wouldn't allow worship.

WHERE: God is everywhere at the same time or omnipresent in the universe, hell, heaven, and earth.

WHEN: God always existed and will exist forever.

Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." The Bible does not try to explain where God came from, but states that He always has been & then tells us what he has done.

WHILE: What is the name of the Father? Jesus

Exodus 23:20-21 "Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. {21} Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name <is> in him." Only God can pardon transgressions. God's name (Jesus) is in him.

John 17:11 (New International version Bible) "I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name - The name you gave me - so that they may be one as we are one."

WANT: God shows Himself in both the Old and New Testaments.

Isaiah 63:8-10 "For he said, Surely they <are> my people, children <that> will not lie: so he was their Saviour. {9} In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. {10} But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, <and> he fought against them." The Father is calling them his children. Jesus is the angel who saved and redeemed them. The Holy Spirit is vexed by them.

Isaiah 48:16 "Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there <am> I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me." Jesus is speaking. The Father and the Holy Spirit have sent Jesus. Presented was the united one God in his three manifestations. How do we describe the one God? Below, is shown a further insight into the Godhead.

Colossians 1:19 "For it pleased <the Father> that in him should all fulness dwell;" What fulness is Paul speaking of? All Godhead.

Colossians 2:9 "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." The entire Godhead of Father, Son & Holy Spirit.

PAPER OUTLINE:

I) GOD IS:

II) JESUS IS:

III) HOLY SPIRIT IS:

IV) GODS' PLURALITY OR SINGLENESS:

V) THE HOLY SPIRIT, FATHER, AND JESUS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT:

A) HOLY SPIRIT:

B) FATHER:

C) JESUS:

VI) GOD'S NAME: JESUS

VII) THE UNITED ONE GOD IS PRESENT IN EVERY GODLY ACTION

A) CREATION:

B) WITHIN A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN:

VIII) THE UNITED ONE GOD PRESENTED IN TWO OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES:

IX) THE TRIUNITY OF GOD (NOT TRINITY). THE UNDIVIDED GODHEAD-NOT 3 GODS:

X) SUMMARY:

Romans 1:20 "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, <even> his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:" God has allowed us to understand his Godhead.

I) GOD IS:

Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." The Bible does not try to explain where God came from, but states that He always has been & then tells us what he has done.

Exodus 3:13-14 "And Moses said unto God, Behold, <when> I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What <is> his name? what shall I say unto them? {14} 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." God says my name is I AM which means eternally present: past, now, and the future.

II) JESUS IS:

John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Jesus always has been: past to future.

John 1:14 "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." Jesus likewise has always been and then tells us what he has done. Jesus is also called I AM.

John 8:58 "Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am." Jesus is the I am eternally present God.

John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

Revelation 1:18 "I <am> he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." Jesus controls the keys of who dies & goes to hell.

III) HOLY SPIRIT IS:

See my paper: "Holy Spirit Baptism" for more information on this subject.

Hebrews 9:14 "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"

Acts 5:3-4 "But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back <part> of the price of the land? {4} Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God." Holy Spirit is eternally present: past to future.

IV) GODS' PLURALITY OR SINGLENESS:

Genesis 1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."

Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God <is> one LORD:"

God says us and our and then one. What is the answer? The Hebrew word for one is Achad which means united one. This starts to clear up how God is both us and our and only one. He is a Triunity God.

V) THE HOLY SPIRIT, FATHER, AND JESUS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT:

A) HOLY SPIRIT:

Genesis 1:1-2 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. {2} 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." The Holy Spirit took part in the creation.

Exodus 31:1-3 "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, {2} See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: {3} And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship," The Holy Spirit was needed to do the job.

Psalms 51:11 "Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me." God's Spirit is part of his relationship.

Isaiah 63:10-14 "But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, <and> he fought against them." Sins against God are also against his Holy Spirit.

B) FATHER:

See my paper: "Gospel in the Genealogy of Adam" for more information on this subject.

Deuteronomy 32:6 "Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? <is> not he thy father <that> hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?" The Father created man.

Malachi 2:10 "Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?" The entire

Triunity Godhead of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is the creator.

However, only one God exist. They are one and Jesus prayed for us to be one in John 17:22. He gave us the glory of God.

C) JESUS:

I am going to show that the Angel of the Lord, which man has seen, is God and Jesus.

See my paper: "Jesus in the Old Testament" for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Messianic Prophecies that Jesus Fulfilled" for more information on this subject.

Jesus confirmed that God spoke from the bush. 3:2 above says the angle of the Lord was in the bush. The angel of the Lord is God.

Mark 12:26 "And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I <am> the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?"

Exodus 13:21 "And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:"

Exodus 14:19 "And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:"

The Lord and the angel of God were in the pillar. They are the same.

Revelation 19:10 "And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See <thou do it> not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." Angel stopped John.

Further scriptures to prove who the angel of the Lord is, are Genesis 18; Judges 13 and Genesis 22:11-12, 15-17. The last scripture is Gideon's encounter with God and feared he would die.

Judges 6:22-23 "And when Gideon perceived that he <was> an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. {23} And the LORD said unto him, Peace <be> unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die."

Acts 27:23 "For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve," Paul served Jesus (angel of God).

Galatians 4:14 "And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, <even> as Christ Jesus." Paul says the angel of God is Jesus.

VI) GOD'S NAME: JESUS

See my paper: "Jesus Life, Events, & Identity" for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Jesus Two Comings as King" for more information on this subject.

Only God can pardon transgressions. God's name (Jesus) is in him.

John 17:11 (New International version Bible) "I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name - The name you gave me - so that they may be one as we are one."

What is the name of the Father? Jesus

VII) THE UNITED ONE GOD IS PRESENT IN EVERY GODLY ACTION

See my paper: "Godhead Relationship" for more information on this subject.

A) CREATION:

Job 33:4 "The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life." Holy Spirit & Father are creators.

Colossians 1:16 "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether <they be> thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:" Jesus is creator.

B) WITHIN A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN:

See my paper: "What Is a Born-Again & How to Become One?" for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "One-In-Christ" for more information on this subject.

John 14:23 "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."

Acts 1:5 "For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence." Since the Triunity Godhead can't be separated, the Godhead is in a Christian.

Acts 1:8 "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." They were Baptized with the Holy Spirit on Pentecost when the Spirit came within them in a second encounter. 50 days earlier, Jesus breathed on them the Holy Spirit and they were saved/born again since Jesus was now the risen Lord.

John 20:22 "And when he had said this, he breathed on <them>, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:"

VIII) THE UNITED ONE GOD PRESENTED IN TWO OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES:

Isaiah 48:16 "Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there <am> I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me."

Jesus is speaking. The Father and the Holy Spirit have sent Jesus. Presented was the united one God in his three manifestations. How do we describe the one God? Below, is shown a further insight into the Godhead.

IX) THE TRIUNITY OF GOD (NOT TRINITY). THE UNDIVIDED GODHEAD-NOT THREE GODS:

See my paper: "Triunity - Father, Son, & Holy Spirit" for more information on this subject.

Colossians 1:19 "For it pleased <the Father> that in him should all fulness dwell;" What fulness is Paul speaking of? All Godhead.

Colossians 2:9 "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." The entire Godhead of Father, Son & Holy Spirit.

Therefore, seeing Jesus is seeing all of God. No, Jesus is not the Father or Holy Spirit, but Jesus is God. You can not divide God, saying there are three persons. This is not found in the scriptures. You can not compare God to a leaf or three states of water. God is one. To see Jesus is to see all of the Godhead bodily. If a person could see the Father or Spirit, he would see Jesus also. God is omni-present: in all places at the same time.

John 17:22 "And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:" So let us say what the Bible says. Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit are one. The fullness of Jesus included the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the rod out of Jesse and Branch who has all seven spirits of the Holy Spirit shown in Is 11:1-2 & Rev 1:4.

Isaiah 7:14 "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." Immanuel means God with us. The entire Godhead.

Luke 1:31 "And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS." Jesus means savior and healer. Jesus has Holy Ghost seed from birth Luke 1:35.

X) SUMMARY:

The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob says his name from all eternity is Jesus. He has showed himself as the angel of the Lord in the Old Testament and as the man Jesus in the New Testament. God says in Hebrews 1:2-3:

I pray this paper would remove the three God images that the world sees in many Christians. God would enlighten you and give you an encounter with who Jesus really is. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ.

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