The 5 “W”s Of The Gospel - Who Is God
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Who Is God?
Who Is God?
The Creator
Genesis 1:1, 26-27, 31
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth… God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them… And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
God is the reason why we are here.
He got everything started in the beginning with a very good creation.
In fact, He was directly involved in your coming to be.
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
God is our Creator, but it is important to remember that He is…
Holy
Holiness is arguably the one attribute which God would have His people remember Him by more than any other.
Holiness means not only that He is separate from all that is unclean and evil but also that He is positively pure and thus distinct from all others.
In the visions of Himself which God granted men in the Scriptures, the thing that stood out most prominent was the divine holiness.
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
The threefold repetition emphasizes the word holy and suggests supreme or complete holiness.
The holiness of God is an important theme in Isaiah.
Almost thirty times, the Prophet Isaiah speaks of YHWH as “the Holy One.”
Holiness is the attribute by which God wanted to be especially known by His people.
For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground.
But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.
The holiness of God is the standard for the believers life and conduct.
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
In the end, the holiness of God is what sets Him apart to be worshipped by all nations.
Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.
Gospel Importance:
The absolute, innate holiness of God means that sinners have to be separated from Him.
Righteous
While holiness relates to God’s separateness; righteousness relates to His justice.
Righteousness has to do with law and morality
In the righteousness of God, we have His love of holiness.
It is the attribute that leads God always to do right
I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right.
The righteousness of God is acknowledged in the punishment of Israel’s sins.
O Lord God of Israel, You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.
No matter what happens to us or in our lives, God is always right in what He does.
The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.
Gospel Importance:
Since God can only ever do what is right, if there is ever a disagreement in our minds about God’s rightness on a matter, we must remember that we are wrong.
Just
In the justice of God, we have His hatred of sin.
Because God is holy and righteous, He cannot abide sin in His presence.
Genesis 6:3, 5
Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not contend with man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years,”… The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Because He is holy and righteous, God will always render the proper verdict.
Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?
So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality”
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
Gospel Importance:
Since God is holy and righteous, we know that His justice can’t be bought with a bribe and that He is not
WHO IS GOD?
God is the Creator who has brought each individual into existence.
He is holy and always does what is right and is perfectly just when he judges.
