Saturday, July 21, 2007

G O D


The Bible reveals God as the only infinite and Eternal Being, having no beginning and no ending. He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things. Supreme Personal Intelligence, Righteous Ruler of His universe. He is life and therefore the only source of life (Jn. 5:26)


Man is natural and can not know God by wisdom. Can you by searching find out God (Job 11:7). God is a person and can be known only by revelation. In the OT He revealed Himself to and through His prophets. In the NT He reveals Himself through His Son Jesus Christ (Heb. 1:1-3).


  1. EXISTENCE OF GOD:- Heb. 11: 5-6

  2. THE PERSONALITY OF GOD:- I Thes.1:9

  3. THE NATURE OF GOD:- I John 4:8

  4. THE GRACE OF GOD:- Eph. 2:8-9

  5. THE TRINITY OF GOD:- Matt. 3:16-17; Isa. 48:16-17


EXISTENCE OF GOD: - Heb. 11: 5-6

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because ANYONE WHO COMES TO HIM MUST BELIEVE THAT HE EXISTS and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

The Bible nowhere attempts to prove or argue the existence of God. The existence of God is a fact taken for granted by the writers of both OT & NT. “IN THE BEGINNING GOD” (Gen.1:1 ): The Bible opens by announcing the sublime fact of God and His existence. There are arguments for the existence of God; they are not conclusive but are food for thought.

  1. Universal belief in God comes from within man. It is innate in man, and comes from rational intuition.

The argument from “CAUSE & EFFECT.” Everything that began owes its existence to a cause. We have a watch; we must have a watchmaker. We have a building; we must have a builder. We have a creation; hence we must have a Creator. The creation could not have come into existence without an intelligent, personal Creator any more than an alphabet could produce a book itself without an author.


  1. The argument from anthropology. Man’s moral and intellectual nature argues for a moral and intellectual creator.

  2. The Bible and the CHRIST that it reveals, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His vicarious death, and His bodily resurrection-all of this and much, much more - argue for the existence of God.

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THE PERSONALITY OF GOD: I Thes. 1:9


They tell HOW YOU TURNED TO GOD FROM IDOLS TO SERVE THE LIVING AND TRUE GOD, The Bible reveals God as a personality. He is called “the living and true God” – One possessing self-consciousness and self-determination. His personality is shown in what He does, such as:


  1. God loves. “God so loved the world” Jn. 3:16

  2. God hates. “The six things the Lord hates” Pro. 6:16

  3. God cares. “He careth for you” I Pet. 5:7 God grieves.

  4. God grieves. “It grieved Him at His heart” Gen. 6:6

Only a personality can love, hate, care and grieve; therefore God must be a living, eternal and personal being.

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THE NATURE OF GOD: I John 4:8


Whoever does not love does not know God, because GOD IS LOVE.

There are four definition of God in the Bible. Since God cannot be defined, they are incomplete. However, they do throw light upon the nature od God. They are:


  1. “God is love” : This is the nature of God in divine compassion

  2. “God is light”: I John 1:5 This is the nature of God in His divine character; in Him there is no darkness.

  3. “God is consuming fire”: Heb. 12:29 This is the nature of God in His divine holiness.

  4. “God is a Spirit”: Jn. 4:24 This is the nature of God in His divine essence.


The ATTRIBUTES of God reveal His nature. Do not think of His attributes as abstract, but as vital mediums through which His holy nature is unveiled – attributes ascribed to him such as:


1. Life is ascribed to God John 5:26

2. All knowledge is ascribed to God Psalm 147:5

3. All power is ascribed to God Rev. 19:6 4.

4. Filling the universe with His presence is ascribed to God Psalm 139: 7 – 10


God is everywhere present, but He is not in everything. If God were in everything, man could worship any object and he would be worshiping GOD. God is a spirit being. “ And they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth”.

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THE GRACE OF GOD: Ephesians 2:8, 9


For it is BY GRACE you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works, so that no one can boast.

Grace is the love and mercy of God in action. Mercy is negative and love is positive; both together means GRACE. TO SHOW MERCY IN LOVE IS GRACE. God showed mercy in love when He sent His Son to bear our sins in His own body on the cross. (John 3:16).


1. The grace of God saves for ever (Rom. 8:38,39)

  1. The grace of God is unconditional; that is we are not saved on the condition that we “hold out unto the end” or that we “fail not” or “that we do our best.” We are saved by grace of apart from works.

  1. The grace of God is sufficient (2Cor. 12:9)

  2. The grace of God makes no discrimination (Rev 22:17)

  3. The grace of God justifies (Rom. 3:23,24)

  4. The grace of God makes every believer an heir (Tit. 3:7)

  5. The grace of God teaches the believer how to live (Tit. 2:11,12)


THE GRACE OF GOD IS NOTHING LESS THAN THE UNLIMITED LOVE OF GOD EXPRESSED IN THE GIFT OF HIS SON, OUR SAVIOUR. IT IS THE UNDESERVED LOVE OF GOD TOWARD SINNERS. (God’s Richess At Christ Expense)

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THE TRINITY OF GOD (Matt. 3:16, 17; Isa. 48:16, 17)


By the Trinity of God we mean His tri-personal existence as Father, Son and Holy Spirit-three distinct person in one GOD.


  1. The Father is recognized as GOD (1 Pet. 1:2) and is all the fullness of Godhead invisible (John 1:18)

  2. The Son is recognized as God (Heb. 1:8) and is all the fullness of Godhead manifested in the flesh (John 1:14)

  3. The Holy Spirit is recognized as God (Acts. 5:3,4) and is all the fullness of Godhead acting upon man, convicting him of sin (John 16:7-11) and guiding the believer into all the truth (John 16:12-15).

  4. The doctrine of the Trinity is not explicit in the OT, but is rather implied. “And God said, Let US make man………..” (Gen.1:26)

  5. The doctrine of Trinity is revealed in the NT. In the above Scripture (Mt. 3:16,17) we have Christ being baptized in water, the Father speaking from heaven, and the Holy Spirit descending as a dove. We are to baptize in the “name (not names) of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19)

  6. Even creation implies the doctrine of the Trinity. In creation, we have Space, Matter and Time in one creation.

  • In space we have Length, Breadth and Height in one space.

  • In matter we have Energy, Motion and Phenomenon in one substance. (It exists in three forms Solid, Liquid and Gas).

  • In time we have Past, Present and Future in one time.

  • In man we have Body, Soul and Spirit in one man (1 Thes. 5:23)

  1. In the holy Trinity we have Father, Son & Holy Spirit in one God.


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