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The Godhead
How can we fathom God?
I know stupid question, because in our finite minds we can’t.
It’s impossible for the created to understand it’s creator.
Oh there are many in the world that think they have life and the reason we exist all figured out, but they in there “wisdom” are still just as clueless as we here are.
So today and through the next three times we spend together we will try to get a grasp on who God is.
Mother bent over to kiss Tommy goodnight.
Two little arms reached up and pulled her close.
“Don’t go, Mommy.
I want to ask you a question.”
Mother waited, wondering whether this was a stall technique or a deep question from a 10 year old brain.
“You and Daddy said God is love an that He loved even before He made angels or our world.
But how could God love before there were angels or people?
He was all by Himself with no one to love.”
“You’ve been doing a lot of thinking, Tommy, but you’ve forgotten something important.
God wasn’t alone, for God is Three.
And all Three have been forever-God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Big people use the word Trinity, which means three!”
“Does God ever get lonely?”
“Yes, Jesus was often lonely for His Father when He was on earth, and I know God missed Him.
And God is lonely for us, too.
That’s way Jesus is coming to take us to heaven soon.
The Godhead, all Three, love each other so much they want to share that love.
Love always wants to give more.”
If Tommy’s sleepy eyes hadn’t closed, Mother could have told him about the “Us” verse that proves God wasn’t alone at creation: “Let us make man in our image” or the one that mentions all three:
But then no one can explain the mystery that while there is only ONE God,
The Godhead consists of three co-eternal Persons having a unique and mysterious relationship.
What is God Like: Preview
At Port Dickson on the west coast of Malaysia, is a lighthouse built on a steep, rocky cliff.
The beam from that lighthouse guided more than a thousand ships each week past the dangerous rocks and shallows of the coast.
Streaming from on source, its blinking glow could be seen not only for out at sea, but also along the cost for many miles.
God is somewhat like that light.
He is the Eternal Father, who possess infinite love, light, and wisdom.
With Him, as part of the Godhead, is His Son, Jesus - our Saviour and Creator, who is also the Light of the world.
Working as part of the holy team is the Holy Spirit, our enlightener.
Jesus tells us
This love is more real, active, and concrete than the love we feel, all though our love is very real, it’s not polluted and warped by sin.
All three holy Persons illumine the pathway to heaven.
As light shines out in every direction, so they are present everywhere, determined to do everything possible to save us.
While the Godhead is not one person, but Three, God is one in purpose , mind and character.
The separateness of their personalities was evident at Jesus baptism.
During the baptism of the Son of God, the Father gave His verbal belessing, and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in the form of a dove
Just before Jesus died, He promised,
Points to Ponder
There are many wonderful names for God.
There are about 42, unless I missed counted, in the Hebrew language.
Each name adds many details to the beautiful emerging portrait of the Godhead.
Psalms 111:9 tells us
Lets look at some of the Hebrew words translated to English that describe our God.
Elohim: God, mighty covenant maker (plural form indicating more than on), creator and Judge
The word Elohim 404 times in the Psalms most often referring to the God of Israel
Elohim Chai: Living God
Remember, David talks about Goliath defying the “living God” David was always very possessive of what God would do for His people
Elohei Chasdi: God of mercy
David use this word to explain God is a God of mercy.
David ask God to show him mercy many times in the Bible, by the Elohei means “God of”
Elohei Olam: God Everlasting
Olam literally means “for an age” and it seems to emphasize duration and is common used for eternity, enduring, and continuity.
Elohei Mikarov: God who is near
The Bible tells us that God is omnipresent.
He is in the world, He is above the world, He fills all of the universe but can also be in my heart as well.
It acknowledges His immanence within all.
El: Mighty one
El was used in conjunction to describe an attribute of God.
Such as, El Roi - the god who sees.
El Elyon: Everlasting God Most High
Melchizedek was described in Genesis as the the priest of the “God most high” Ps 18:13 Elyon alone is used to describe God.
El Gibbor: God the Champion
Gibbor also means mighty one or warrior.
Do we see any evidence in the Bible of God being mighty or a warrior or a champion?
El Shaddai: God Almighty, source of blessing and comfort
This name for God is used primarily in the books of Genesis and Job.
Forty one and thirty one respectively.
Most scholars seem to think that it was derived for the word for mountain, thus “the Almighty” God’s Omnipotence is derived from this name.
Yahweh: Jehovah or LORD: “I AM WHO I AM”
Spelled YHWH in Hebrew, it was the personal name for God to the Israelites.
The original pronunciation for the word was last because it was only written and never spoken as it was considered blasphemous to utter the name of God by the Jews.
Adonai: God, Almighty Ruler
It’s a word that was used a sign of respect, like master or Lord, some one that ruled over you.
It’s interesting that in Jewish tradition when reading the Hebrew text, that one was to substitute the word Adonai for the YHWH or Yahweh.
Nuts and Bolts
So lets get into the Bible and understand from the Bible who God really is.
1. Knowing God is more than knowing His names.
Jesus tells us in John
Through the Bible and nature we come to know God.
As we worship God, nature helps us understand Him better.
Like the little boy who almost explodes with big wonderful words about his daddy, we use the some difficult words to describe the Godhead.
Not only God’s names but His divine attributes provide information to help us know God a little better.
2. Omniscience.
a. Consider how your body shows God’s wisdom.
Red corpuscles- fantastic little carriers of raw materials and oxygen - go to remote parts of your body.
Instead of returning empty, they pick up carbon dioxide and dump it in the lungs for a fresh load.
How does God guide these billions of red cells, all constantly moving, without a mammoth traffic jam?
How did God design mysterious substances that the best chemists have never been able to duplicate, to convert apples, spinach, bread, and carrots into bones, fingernails, teeth, muscles, blood and saliva?
How can our stomachs, pancreas and small intestine know which digestive juices are appropriate for which foods, and in what order each should be digested?
We truly are fearfully and wonderfully made.
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Consider how nature reveals God’s wisdom.
Think for a moment about the Creator’s plan to protect the pollen in flowers and grasses from rain and dew.
On rainy days notice a field of Queen Anne’s lace sometime.
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