Faith is a must! Hebrews 11:6

There are those who claim to believe in the God of the Bible, but actually do not.

• Jews?
  • Do not accept Jesus as God.
• Muslims?
  • Accept Jesus as a prophet, but not as God.
• Jehovah’s Witnesses?
  • Teach Jesus as a created being.
• Mormons?
  • Believe humans can become gods, that there is a hierarchy.
• United Pentecostals?
  • Do not believe in the three persons of God.
• Some preachers say Jesus had doubts about who He was or that He was divested of divinity.

Who is the God of creation?

• Genesis 1:26-27

• Immutable, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, sinless

• Father (John 3:16), Son (Hebrews 1:8), and Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3-4)

  • One God, three separate individuals.

  • Paganism/polytheism is belief in multiple deities. God is one!

• Exodus 5:1-2 – Pharaoh asked this question.

• Exodus 3:13-14; 6:2-3 – Jehovah is the personal name for God, for the Godhead. The name means, “I am” or “the existing one.”

• Matthew 3:3 – Jesus is Jehovah! (quoting Isaiah 40:3)

  • John 8:57-59, 24

• Jehovah is one God. Three persons with the same attributes.

  • Immutable

  • Omniscient

    • Psalms 139:1-6; Matthew 12:25

    • I Kings 8:39 – Only God knows the hearts of men.

    • Matthew 12:25; Luke 6:8-11 – Jesus had this ability.

  • Omnipotent

    • Genesis 17:1; 1:26-27

    • John 1:1-3, 14

    • Colossians 1:16-17

    • John 10:17-18

    • John 2:19

    • Jesus retained his power and raised Himself from the dead.

  • Omnipresent

    • Psalms 139:7-12; Colossians 2:9; John 1:48-50 – The all-seeing eye of God!

    • John 3:13

  • Sinlessly perfect

    • Hebrews 6:18

    • Hebrews 4:15 – Jesus was tempted but was sinlessly perfect.

    • Jesus never wanted to commit sin. We should learn from His example.

Hebrews 10:31; Isaiah 45:9; II Thessalonians 1:7-9

The gospel – the good news.

• Obeying the gospel: II Thessalonians 1:3-9

• Romans 14:11