Who Is God

Who is God? God is the Father, he is Jesus and he is the Holy Spirit. He is the Trinity, three persons, yet One. When we speak of one we are speaking of all three. “God created the heavens and the earth.” The Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit were all present and through this God the world came to be.

In Exodus God gave the Ten Commandments. He  gave laws, and decrees, the “don’t do’s”. Many think that it was the “bad, unreasonable” God who said, “Theses things are an abomination to me. Don’t do them!” No it was God, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, this God who made the determination these  things man came to enjoy doing are sinful. How interesting it is today that many people hate the God of the Old Testament, and love sweet little Jesus because he is kind, compassionate, loving and would never judge anyone. I can’t understand where they get this idea that Jesus ever rejected the laws of the Old Testament and would approve of those abominable sins listed there. Jesus came to save us from those sins, not applaud us when we commit them.

Jesus showed us who the Father is: loving, but also holy, sinless, and Sovereign. Jesus is our King who reigns over all. He loves us and died for us so that we might have eternal life. But he is also the great judge. Every person will come before him at the judgement  to give an account of themselves. He will look in the book of life and if your name is there he will accept you into heaven. If your name is not there he will say, “Depart from me, I never knew you.” Jesus, the Judge, will condemn you to an eternal hell. You did not take his commands seriously. You were not obedient to God’s Word. You decided for yourself which commands you would obey, and which you would not obey. You didn’t like the God who gave the laws, you never figured out who sweet Jesus was, and you ignored the Holy Spirit who was sent to teach you the truth.

God is all wise. This is his creation. He is far above any being that we can even imagine. He is not like us. “His thoughts are not our thoughts, and his ways are not like ours.” We are told that we should fear him. We should fear his power, his holiness, even his love. His sovereignty gives him the right to set the standards for the way we are to live. To disagree with any of his laws just because they do not fit the ideas of society is dangerous. God is our only hope, and we should trust him in everything and obey him always. We should be thankful that he is in control and has set a plan for our salvation.

If he had not given us his laws to direct us he would not be God.

If he had not demanded that we obey him he would not be God.

If he had not loved us he would not be God.

If he had not given himself in the person of Jesus Christ to save he would not be God.

If he had not forgiven us when we repented of our sins he would not be God.

If he had not punished the wicked and disobedient who would not repent he would not be God.

If he hadn’t proven himself in all of these actions he would not be Holy and he could not be God.

We should praise him every day that he is who he is.