God is Omnipotent, Omnipresent, and Omniscient Spirit with three Souls in holiness and righteousness.
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I am a retired pastor of
the Church of God (Tennessee). My name is Isaac Livingston. I am from Neyyoor India. |
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Email: Pastor True Gospel
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1. God is One God existed before the beginning and God will have no End.
Let us study about God. "Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." God tells us things from the beginning through the bible. "Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." So, God was there even before the very beginning and God will exist until the very end; that is, even if it is millions of years before or after, God will be there. So, we must use this verse to define who God is; that is, God must exist from the everlasting past to the everlasting future; or else, the person is not God. This must be one of the definitions of who God is. Here God is mentioned in singular form. God is one God according to Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 King 8:60, Mark 12:32, and 1 Corinthians 8:4, "Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:, 1 Kings 8:60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. Mark 12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 1 Corinthians 8:4 ... and that there is none other God but one." This one God was and is a Spirit, and this Spirit is omnipotent and so, nothing is impossible to him, and he has created the heaven and earth by his power.
2. God is one Spirit; He is Omnipotent, Omnipresent, and Omniscient.
"John 4:24 says God is a Spirit:" So, God is a Spirit. This One Spirit is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient. The power attributes are in his Spirit. Absolutely nothing is impossible to him. He always fills the entire universe. God knows everything, even what we think. Nothing is hidden from him. Because of the Omni-powers in his Spirit, he is God. God is Omnipotent according to Job 42:2, Psalm 147:5, and Revelation 19:6. ["Job 42:2 I know that thou canst do every thing, ... Psalm 147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. Revelation 19:6 ... Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth."] God has created the universe beginning with an invisible atom to stars that are much larger than the sun. God is Omniscient according to Job 26:6-7, 34:21-22, and Psalm 139:4. ["Job 26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. Job 34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. 22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. Psalm 139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether."] God is Omnipresent according to Psalm 135:6, and 139:7&10. ["Psalm 135:6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. Psalm 139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me."] So, he always fills the entire universe. However, as God is omnipresent, the resurrected Jesus Christ is on the right hand of God the Father also. "Mark 16:19 says then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God." Ephesians 1:20-23; Hebrews 1:2-4; and 10:12-19; all says the same thing. "Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear." So, Jesus Christ is working with the Father, sending the Holy Ghost to us, for the ministry and in order to redeem us from our sins and iniquities.
3. God is three Souls, that is, three persons inside as part of one Omnipotent Spirit.
God the omnipotent Spirit has three Souls nested inside him; as we have brain and nerves to command the body, heart and arteries to distribute blood that is to supply power or energy that is needed, and body with flesh and bones to do whatever works needs to be done. This is for an illustration. Let us see the real one. The three persons in God have uniquely intertwined each other and with the one omnipotent Spirit body of God, as One. The three persons in the old testament are, God the Most High, God the Word, and the Spirit of God; but in this case the Spirit of God is a person that is a Soul, but not the Omnipotent Spirit. In the new testament, their names are God the Father, God the Son, who is the Lord Jesus Christ, and God the Holy Ghost. As the Son, who is the Lord Jesus Christ, is doing a work; the Father instructs the work as the brain does; and the Holy Ghost gives power as the heart does; and the work is done by the Lord Jesus Christ. We say that Jesus Christ saves us, he redeems us, and so on. Even though it is true, God the Father and God the Holy Ghost are working with Jesus Christ. God is righteous and holy. As his Spirit has power attributes, his Souls have character attributes as persons. God has love as well as wrath. God loves the world since he has created the world. Yet, God loves only those who obey him, and gives his kingdom to them. God's wrath will be upon those who will not obey him. The attributes of the Spirit body of God are omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience; and the attributes of the souls or persons are holiness and righteousness. So, as God is all powerful, he is also the most righteous and perfectly holy. So, we may say that God is three Souls in one Omnipower Spirit. So, the question raised often is that whether God is one or three? The answer is this: If we refer God for his power manifestations, like open the red sea, and other miracles, God is One, since the power manifestations refer to his Spirit. If we refer God for his character manifestations, it could refer to one of his souls, or to all the three souls, and it depends on the context. So, we may say that God is three persons in one Omnipotent Spirit body. Or, we may say that God is "Three in One". This is not the 'Trinity' doctrine, even though it appears the same. Trinity doctrine is a twist of theologians, and it has many errors.
A few reference scripture verses are here, if you are interested to read them. Matthew 12:18, Hebrews 10:38, and Jeremiah 5:9&29, say that God has souls. God judges by righteousness according to Romans 1:17, 2:5, 3:5, 22 & 25, 2 Thessalonians 1:4-9, Hebrews 1:8&9, 11:7, 2 Peter 1:1, 2:5, and Revelation 16:7. God demands righteousness from people according to Matthew 6:33, Romans 6:13, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 15:34, Ephesians 4:24, Philippians 1:10 &11, 1 Timothy 6:11, Titus 2:12, and 1 John 3:10. God is holy according to Revelation 4:8 and many other verses. God demands that we must also be holy according to Romans 12:1, 1 Peter 1:15, and Leviticus 20:7.
4. God is the Creator of all things; Created man in his own image and likeness.
"Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." The bible begins with the statement that God created in the beginning. God was and is the creator, he has created the universe and he is even creating the atoms. In order to create he must have unlimited power, and unlimited intelligence. "Genesis 1:2 ... And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." The Spirit of God here is the Holy Ghost in the new testament, took part in the creation even from the beginning. This context refers to the creation of our solar system. "Genesis 1:6 Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." Here, waters refer to the mass of the universe. So, God separated a little portion from the universe, and he created our solar system from that portion. "16 says, ... he made the stars also." So, it is evident that God has already created the universe previously. A star is like a sun; each sun has a solar system; so, several suns that are stars have solar systems, together they are a milky way, many milky ways are a galaxy, many galaxies are the universe, and God created them all. So, God has created the universe before he created our solar system that has our world. Further, God created three archangels; Lucifer, Michael, and Gabriel; and a lot of angels with them, which are spirits. When iniquity was found in one of the archangels called Lucifer, at the garden of Eden, God cursed him to be Satan. God also cursed those angels, who have joined with Satan, to be devils. So, God has created archangels and many more angels; and cursed some to be Satan and devils.
The Spirit of God, which refers to in verse 2 is the Holy Ghost, who is a person in God, and he also took part in creation. In Job 26:13, 33:4, Psalm 104:30, Luke 1:35, and Hebrews 10:5, we see that the Spirit of God, who is the Holy Ghost in the NT, is involved in creation with God the Most High and God the Word. Next, "John 1:1 says, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Here we see two persons as God in the beginning. "John 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." That is, God the Word created all things, and he is Jesus Christ. "Ephesians 3:9 says that God, created all things by Jesus Christ:" Here God the Father told Jesus Christ to create, and Jesus Christ created all things. The whole creation account in Genesis says that God the Father tells, and Jesus Christ creates.
The creation of man is very important among all creations. God created man in three different days and assembled them together as one. The first day creation of God is light that is Spirit, it is the Spirit of man, and it is the holy Spirit. "Genesis 1:3 God said, Let there be light: and there was light." So, the Most High God said to bring the light, and Jesus Christ, who was 'God the Word', has created and brought the light to him. "4 God divided the light from the darkness." That is God did not allow this light to merge with darkness that is evil. So, this light is Spirit, but not the illumination. The illumination light always diffuses or merge with darkness. This light is the holy Spirit, and it will not merge with evil spirits. "In Genesis 1:26 God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." One is in their own 'image', which was the same as their souls; and the next is after their 'likeness', which was to look like their Spirit. The Spirit of God is omnipotent, and God did not make our Spirit as Omnipotent; if we compare God's Spirit to the light of the sun, our spirit is like a candle; even we can put it out. It is the first day creation, the light. But our souls were made the same as the Souls of God. We also have a flesh body. God put the three together and made a complete man. I have a study on this for details; Link: "Creation of Man."
5. How does God communicate with people in the Old as well as in the New?
Even from the beginning God spoke to Adam, Eve, Cain, and many other people. Nobody can see God and live, and so, how did God speak to them? He spoke to Abraham a few times. Let me point out one instant. Before read this, please listen to the language. Among the godly people Abraham was number one. Please observe that how Abraham discerned that these three men are the personification of the three persons in God, and how much reverence Abraham has given to them and so on. "Genesis 18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said." Please you may read the entire chapter. Here God appeared to Abraham as three men, because God is three persons in one Omnipotent Spirit. Nobody can see God in Spirit and live, and so, in a way, Abraham was allowed to see his persons, and they spoke to him. God announced him about the birth of Isaac within a year in his old age, and about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. God talked with Abraham as a man to man, even was visible. Invariably God speaks to his prophets and then the prophets conveyed the messages to people. It was the normal way in the old testament. Satan is also a spirit, and so, we cannot see Satan and the devils. Here Satan showed himself to Eve as a serpent. "Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" As God has prophets to convey his messages to people, Satan also send false prophets to people to tell his messages. "1 Kings 18:22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men." Elijah says that he is the only one as the prophet of God, but there were 450 men as prophets of Baal. The ratio was approximately 1 to 450. There were that many false prophets.
How does God speak to us in the new testament? We must know about two ways. One gives room to fakes and there are rooms to stumble, and they are used in the ministries of false preachers. They call it as gifts of prophesy. Most Christians believe them, and so, the prophesy preachers become very popular and rich. The true way is by the holy Spirit, it is by communicating with the Holy Ghost, which is the Spirit of God, and it is personal. "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. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again." So, if a person is born again by the Spirit and by the word of God, as Jesus Christ says, the Holy Ghost will reveal the mysteries of God to us through the holy spirit. "1 Corinthians 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 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." So, if we are born of the holy spirit with proof, that is by living a righteous life, God will speak to us through our spirit. So, be born of the holy Spirit.
This lesson is about the one Omnipotent Spirit God, having three persons in him. The three persons are God the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. If God is willing, I may have three lessons next, one at a time, on the three persons in God. I hope they will be good studies.
God Bless You
