Christ Is King
Jesus; My Savior and Friend
Who Is God?
By Richard Andrew
A question that has graced the minds of many is, "Who is God?" There has always been many theories from the human mind, all leading in several different directions, but to know who God really is is by reading through His Holy Word, the Bible.
Reading the Bible is like reading through God's personal journal. Through it, we are shown a glimpse of who this mysterious, mighty, Creator is really like. God is loving, (1 John 4:8). God is graceful. He is merciful. God is forgiving, and most of all, God is faithful (1 Corinthians 1:9).
According to the Bible, God decided to create a world that would be pleasing to Him, so, in 6 literal days God created the entire world, and on the 7th day rested with satisfaction of His task. Above all of God's creations, His most special creation was Man, ADAM. God specifically designed the human life with a loving intention that we would be His children. God had His angels and His animals of all kinds, but He wanted to be a parent, which is why He created us specifically in His own image (Genesis 1:27).
Early on in the beginning, one of God's high ranked angels, Lucifer, grew power-hungry and wanted to be God. God then ejected Satan (Lucifer) out of Heaven and onto the earth. Angry and vicious, Satan decided to hit God where it hurt the most, by going after God's special creation, Man. At the time, it was just two people on earth, our ancestors, Adam and Eve. Among many trees in the Garden of Eden there were two most famous ones, the first one being the tree of life, and the second one being the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God warned both Adam and Eve not to eat from the second tree, because if they did, they would die (both spiritually and later physically). The two humans failed when Satan tricked Eve by enticing her with fruit of the second tree. She then shared some with her husband, Adam, who willingly ate it too. From then on, sin entered the world through the human race, and created a wedge between God and Man.
Though sin had separated God and Man spiritually, He still loved those who continued to worship and follow Him, and who did not follow the sinful, terrible world that had become. He protected those that He knew loved and followed Him. He made covenants that would allow a way for people to be spiritually redeemed enough that God could fellowship with them—but He knew that those ways were not strong enough to fully repair the damage that Satan had created in the Garden of Eden.
Bible prophecy, going all the way back to the Old Testament, foretold of God sending a Messiah to fully restore the spiritual damage that was created in the Garden, and eventually God did as He promised, He sent the promised Messiah to restore what had been broken:
"Behold, a virgin shall bring forth a son, and they shall call him Immanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us" (Matthew 1:23, KJV).
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men"(John 1:1-4, KJV). "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,(and we behold his glory, the glory as of the only begotten Father), full of grace and truth" (John 1:14,KJV).
Simply put, God came down from Heaven in the form of the Son, Jesus Christ, so that He could make a permanent way of rebuilding the spiritual bond between God and the people. He especially had a mission to free His people (those who loved Him and wanted to follow Him), from the eternal sin that surrounded over them. Christ dying on the cross and resurrecting in 3 days was God's plan of redemption for the human race from sin. No more animal sacrifices were needed anymore to cleanse people. Jesus Christ became the living sacrifice that would finally create a way to bring Man and God together again, permanently. What Satan tried to destroy, God repaired. No longer did people have to stay spiritually dead, they were given the choice for eternal life in Heaven through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, and Reining King.
Though God made a way for a person to be saved from eternal death, He left it up to the person to choose his or her own fate. As John 3:16 says, the loving Father loved us so much, that He gave up His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us, for our sins, so that we can have everlasting life. Even though He loved us enough to pay the ultimate sacrifice, He won't force us to choose Him. What is the consequence in not choosing Him though? Eternal life of being consumed by burning fire in the
But, as I said, though God created a way for us to be saved from Hell, He will not force us to choose His way. He leaves it up to us to make that important decision. God is a loving, heavenly parent who loves every one of us. He is the only God alive (Isaiah 44:8). He is merciful and ready to forgive our sins (Psalm 86:5). God even promises to be there for us, give us strength when we desperately need it. He will comfort us in the hard times. He will even make a way for us to escape our pains and addictions that we could never let go before. All we have to do is call upon the name of Jesus Christ and He will be there. He is a wondrous God, a loving God, a caring Father who wants to be reunited with His people, with His children (all of us—Jew and Gentile).
One more thing, John 4:24 says that God is a spirit, and to worship in Him, we must worship Him in spirit and in truth. How do we do this? Through prayer. Pray to God in the name of Jesus Christ, and God will hear you, and your prayers that come straight from your heart.