Greetings from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ the author and finisher of our faith.
Just as the title states, we want to take a closer look at who God really is. according to research, in order for you to really know who someone is you have to study him or her using the basic guidelines below.
- What the person says about himself/herself
- What others say about him/her
- People he/ she associates with
- What he or she does
- His/her dressing
WHAT THE PERSON SAYS ABOUT HIM/ HERSELF
Wondering whether God spoke about himself? yes He did. Let's now consider some scriptures in which God spake concerning himself.
Genesis 17: 1 : And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram and said unto him 'I am the almighty God; walk thou before me and be thou perfect".
Exodus 3:14 : And God said unto Mose" I AM THAT I AM: and he said , thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel,' I AM has sent me unto you.
Isaiah 41:4 : Who ha d wrought and done it, calling generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first and with the last; I am He.
Revelation 1:8 : " I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending".
Considering the above stated few verses out of the lot, we can conclude that God is indeed the Greatest and there is no one before or after Him, He alone is the superior and the Almighty.
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT HIM
Throughout the scriptures, servants of God described God according to their varying experiences or encounter with Him.Let's now take a closer look at scriptural verses of the Bible for the sake of our research.- Exodus 15: 11 "Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders". Moses the servant of God who has witnessed God perform so many miracles in his life and that of the Israelites by delivering from slavery in Egypt, leading out of Egypt and disgracing their enemies in their own eyes couldn't keep quiet but expressed his gratitude with a song of praise saying " there is none compared to the Most High God, none can be compared to Him either in holiness or doing wonders. We all know that nobody can praise another person like this without experiencing or benefiting from the person he/she is praising and nobody will praise someone who did nothing.
- Psalms 90: 1-2 : "Lord thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hast formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting thou art God". WOW! what a way to speak good of somebody else and not yourself. The Psalmist King David could also not help but to add his voice to that of Moses saying "even before the foundations of the earth was laid and to the end of ages God remains God and will never change. He also realise the fact that he (David) was hid in God before creation just like you and I because God does things by predestination.
- Revelation 1:8b "saith the Lord which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." This is Apostle John telling us about the infinite nature of our God. He said" THE GOD WHICH WAS(past), WHICH IS(present),AND WHICH IS TO COME(future), THE ALMIGHTY. There are four key elements that we need to closely study. (a) "The God which is" this means the being(God) who is still currently in authority. Our God is still in control of our affairs. (b) "The God which was" Here 'was' which is the simple past tense of 'is' was used to vividly describe our God who is the creator of the universe-thus he existed before the creation of all things. The God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph........ (c) "the God who is to come" thus the God who will still remain God in ages to come. (d) finally " the Almighty" lets take a closer look at the word almighty. AL-MIGHTY : Thus amongst all the God who is the mightiest. There are gods and there is a GOD.
- Revelation 119: 1-5 : And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying Alleluia; salvation and glory, and honour and power unto the Lord our God. 2. For true and righteousness are his judgements: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with blood of His servants at her hand.3. and again they said Alleluia, and her smoke rose up from her for ever and ever. 4. And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying Amen;Alleluia. 5. And a voice came out of the throne saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants and ye that fear him, both great and small. Wow! this last verse sums it all up; our God is indeed the I AM THAT I AM. Beloved, I don't know what you might be going through right now but I assure you that if only you can lift up your burden to Him in a prayer of faith, the I AM God will solve it for you because He (God) hasn't changed yet. Shalom.