God is Supreme Sayless
Who is God and Why is he Supreme?
How did the Bible define God?
God as Creator. It is significant that the first impression of God the Bible gives is God as Creator of the heavens and earth ( Gen 1:1 ). The phrase "heavens and earth" is a merisms, which means that everything in the universe as we know it was created by God.
How do you explain who God is?
He is the great I AM, the supreme creator from whom all has come. He never changes his character and His purposes never change. Things and people change in life. We can be assured that our God will always remain the same. He makes promises and keeps each one.
Why did God create us?
He created people out of love for the purpose of sharing love. People were created to love God and each other. Additionally, when God created people, he gave them good work to do so that they might experience God's goodness and reflect his image in the way they care for the world and for each other.
He created people out of love for the purpose of sharing love. People were created to love God and each other. Additionally, when God created people, he gave them good work to do so that they might experience God's goodness and reflect his image in the way they care for the world and for each other.
Who is Jesus Christ?
Jesus Christ is God:
Deity is the only explanation for all that He was and all that He did.
(1) He was pre-existent with the Father. “The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made” (John 1:2, 3, KJV). (Also see John 17:5 and Colossians 1:17.)
(2) He is the Son of God.
Deity is the only explanation for all that He was and all that He did.
(1) He was pre-existent with the Father. “The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made” (John 1:2, 3, KJV). (Also see John 17:5 and Colossians 1:17.)
(2) He is the Son of God.
What did God want Jesus to do?
By sending his son Jesus to die for our sins, God is working to restore the radiance of his own glory shining in and through us.
Jesus came to exemplify and to teach the way of righteousness (Matthew 21:32; 2 Peter 2:21). Jesus came to earth to defeat Satan and his work (1 John 3:8). Jesus came to be the only Mediator between God and mankind, the one and only "way, truth, and life" (1 Timothy 2:5; John 14:6).
His enemies admitted: “He...said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God” (John 5:18, KJV).
Peter confessed: “And we believe and are sure that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” (John 6:69, KJV).
Jesus affirmed: “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30, NIV).
(3) He was sinless, as only God can be.
Jesus challenged His enemies: “Which of you convinced me of sin?” (John 8:46, KJV).
Peter testified: “...Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth” (1 Peter 2:21, 22, KJV).
Paul stated: “For he...made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21, KJV).
(4) He forgives sin, as only God can.
The Scribes said: “Who can forgive sins but God only?” (Mark 2:7, KJV).
Jesus said: “But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins...” (Matthew 9:6, KJV). (Also see John 8:11.)
Peter wrote: “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” (1 Peter 2:24, KJV).
(5) He performed miraculous works.
He healed the sick: Matthew 8:9-13; Luke 4:31-44; 5:12-15; John 4:43 to 5:16; and other references.
He fed the hungry: John 6; Mark 8, etc.
He raised the dead: Luke 7:11-18; John 11:1-46.
Jesus Christ Became Man:
“And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us...full of grace and truth” (John 1:14, KJV). (See also Philippians 2:7, 8.)
(1) His miraculous birth was prophesied 800 years before His coming: “Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel” (Isaiah 7:14, KJV).
(2) The prophecy was fulfilled to the letter. “Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus” (Luke 1:30, 31, KJV).
Jesus came to exemplify and to teach the way of righteousness (Matthew 21:32; 2 Peter 2:21). Jesus came to earth to defeat Satan and his work (1 John 3:8). Jesus came to be the only Mediator between God and mankind, the one and only "way, truth, and life" (1 Timothy 2:5; John 14:6).
His enemies admitted: “He...said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God” (John 5:18, KJV).
Peter confessed: “And we believe and are sure that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” (John 6:69, KJV).
Jesus affirmed: “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30, NIV).
(3) He was sinless, as only God can be.
Jesus challenged His enemies: “Which of you convinced me of sin?” (John 8:46, KJV).
Peter testified: “...Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth” (1 Peter 2:21, 22, KJV).
Paul stated: “For he...made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21, KJV).
(4) He forgives sin, as only God can.
The Scribes said: “Who can forgive sins but God only?” (Mark 2:7, KJV).
Jesus said: “But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins...” (Matthew 9:6, KJV). (Also see John 8:11.)
Peter wrote: “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” (1 Peter 2:24, KJV).
(5) He performed miraculous works.
He healed the sick: Matthew 8:9-13; Luke 4:31-44; 5:12-15; John 4:43 to 5:16; and other references.
He fed the hungry: John 6; Mark 8, etc.
He raised the dead: Luke 7:11-18; John 11:1-46.
Jesus Christ Became Man:
“And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us...full of grace and truth” (John 1:14, KJV). (See also Philippians 2:7, 8.)
(1) His miraculous birth was prophesied 800 years before His coming: “Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel” (Isaiah 7:14, KJV).
(2) The prophecy was fulfilled to the letter. “Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus” (Luke 1:30, 31, KJV).
(3) Jesus demonstrated human characteristics: He became tired (John 4:6). He thirsted (John 19:28), He ate food (Luke 24:40-43), He showed feelings (Mark 6:34), He wept (John 11:35), He knew temptation (Hebrews 4:15), and He died (John 19:30).
Jesus Christ Accomplished the Works of His Father:
(1) He died on the Cross. This is the fundamental theme of the Gospel.
Jesus Christ Accomplished the Works of His Father:
(1) He died on the Cross. This is the fundamental theme of the Gospel.
References: Bible.org, and Biblestudytools.com
Last but not least, 2 Corinthians 5:19. says, "to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them".
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