THE MAN - GOD!! - Part 1 of 3

Part 1

I know someone will say, "You blew this one with the title because God is not a man!" But before you "stone" me, hear me out.

Colossians 1:14-15 "In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature."

First of all, let's take a look at the INVISIBLE GOD!

1. HE IS A SPIRIT! (St. John 4:24) "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

2. HE IS CREATOR! (Genesis 1:1) “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

3. HE IS OMNIPOTENT! (Jeremiah 32:17) "Ah Lord God! Behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee"! (This lets us know that GOD IS ALL POWERFUL!)

4. HE IS OMNIPRESENT! (Psalm 139:7-10) "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me and thy right hand shall hold me." (He is PRESENT everywhere at the same time!)

5. HE IS OMNISCIENT! (1 John 3:20) "For if our heart condemn us, GOD is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things"! (Isaiah 48:3) "I have declared the former things from the beginning"!
(NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM OUR GOD!)

As the INVISIBLE GOD, he is Spirit, and as Spirit, he cannot be seen with the naked eye. But God wanted to be seen, so he manifested himself in "bodies" (flesh bodies of people)! In Genesis, he was manifested in the "man" (adam) who was both male and female! Genesis 1:26-27; 5:1-2).

Then in the Son Jesus, the “word was made flesh” (St. John 1:14), which became our DELIVERER AND SAVIOUR, THE LAMB! In that same verse it is written, "And we beheld (saw) his glory!" Now he is IN "US" (the church), CHRISTIANS. (Acts 11:26) "And the disciples were called christians first at Antioch." He has ALWAYS had a body! (Genesis 1:26) "Let us make man!" (St. John 1:1-2) “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same (houtos means he, she, these, this man, this woman, they, us,we) was in the beginning with God"! So we too have been manifested in flesh form as people always has been and always will! That's how God will continue on visibly - in people! He is Spirit, and he is ETERNAL, but he will continue on visibly in people!!

We will continue in our next segment with THE SON!

- Apostle Gracie Perry