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Elohim
Rendered as Creator God or Judge
Elohim – a plural noun
“In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heaven and the earth.”
Gen 1:1
(In many verses, God refers to Himself as “Elohim”.)
Rules of Hebrew Grammar
The verb must agree with the noun in both verb and number.
In...
“For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.”
John 5:22-23
Every Knee Will Bow
“Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by...
The Truth
“Then cried Jesus in the temple as He taught, saying, Ye both know Me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of Myself, but He that sent Me is true, whom ye know not.”
John 7:28
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but...
Alpha & Omega - God First & Last
"Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and His redeemer the Lord of Hosts;
I am the first, and I am the last; and beside Me there is no God."
Isaiah 44:5-6
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and...
Review of Some Attributes of the Holy Spirit
He is a person
He is called God
He dwells within the believer
He is God within His temple
He speaks
He leads and guides
He can be “vexed” or grieved
He can be lied to
He was a part of creation
He performs signs & wonders
The Lord is that Spirit
He...
God Walks in Us
“…for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”
2 Cor 6:16
“And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments...
The Love of God
“Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”
Jude 1:21
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”
Romans 8:35...
The Godhead in Scripture
"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen."
2 Cor 13:13-14
“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the...
God & Jesus - The Good Shepherd
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.” Psalms 23:1-3
“I am the good shepherd, and know...
Believe in the Father & in Jesus
“And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.”
Mark 11:22
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me.”
John 14:1
“Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,”
Col 1:4...
Equal With God
“To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal, and compare Me, that we may be like?”
Isaiah 46:5
“Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.”
John 5:18
“Let...
Many Times When Scripture Refers to God, it Refers to the Father
“Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.”
2 John 1:3
Jesus Calls the Father God
“ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud...
The Father & Jesus are One
“I and My Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.”
John 10:30-31
“The Jews answered Him, saying, For a good work we stone Thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that Thou, being a man, makest thyself God.”
John 10:33
“But Jesus...
The Prophesied Son of Man
“I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages...
Some Point to Scriptures Like These To Say That Jesus is Not God
“And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou Me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.” Luke 18:18-19
“But of that day and that...
“The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”
Isaiah 40:3
“The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before Thy face, which...
The Word of God
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John 1:1
“The same was in the beginning with God.”
John 1:2
"All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made."
John 1:3
The Jewish people understood that by...
Those Who Trust God to Reveal Truth to His Sheep will Hear "the Voice" of Truth in their Spirits
“If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of Myself.”
John 7:17
Those who are unsure about this should let God reveal truth to your...
Another Jesus
“But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have...
Some Groups Insist on Being the Ruling Authority On Earth for the Church, Usurping Jesus’ Role as Head
A cults ruling body usually is the "sole interpeter of truth". Some denominations insist their ruler or council of elders does this same thing. They replace Jesus as the acting Head of the...