DO YOU KNOW WHO JESUS IS?

 As taught at Bible Study 6_15_21

DO YOU KNOW WHO JESUS IS?

ONLY ONE GOD

 

Since the world was first created, God drilled it into His people that He alone is the ONLY God.

 

The belief that there is only ONE GOD is the foundation of the Jewish belief.  Some churches teach that there is a trinity, but we’re going to study what the Word of God says concerning this. 

 

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

          Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

          And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all

thy soul, and with all thy might.

And these words, which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart.

And thou shalt teach them DILIGENTLY unto thy children, and shalt talk

of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as

frontlets between thine eyes.

And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

 

The Jews refer to this as “the Shema.” It is a declaration of absolute monotheism.

 

Notice that they were to teach it “diligently” - - - diligently in the Hebrew (#H8150) means…. Intensively, to pierce, sharpen

 

What were they to teach diligently?

They were to teach this commandment and instill this belief of only ONE God into their family. 

And that they are to love their Creator with all of their heart, soul, and might….with everything within them! All these words were to be in their heart (vs 6).

 

They were to talk about their God when they were just sitting in their house, and when they were walking down the road (driving for us nowadays), when they went to bed at night, and when they rose up in the morning.  

 

They were to bind them for a sign upon their hands

          Sign (H226) = a signal, as a flag, beacon, monument, evidence, etc

They were to be as frontlets between their eyes

          Frontlets were a decorative band or ornament worn on the forehead.

The Jews would wear these with the Scripture written on them as a

constant reminder while praying.

They were to write these words on the doorpost of their house and on their gates

          So that whether they or guests are going or coming, it is a reminder that there
          is but one God and they were to serve Him only with all of their heart, soul,
          and might.

 

NO OTHER GODS….

 

Dt 4:35, 39

          Unto thee it was shown that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God,;

there is none else beside him.

          Know therefore this day and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord He is

God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

Dt 32:39      See now that I even I am He, and there is no god with me….

Is 43:10-11 ….before Me there was no god formed, neither shall there be
       after Me. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside Me there is no Savior.

Is 44:6,8   Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD
       of hosts; I Am the First and the Last; and beside Me there is no god….ye
       are My witnesses, Is there a God beside Me? Yea, there is no god; I know
       not any.

  

Is 45:5-6    I am the LORD and there is none else, there is no god beside Me:
      I girded thee, though thou hast not known Me: That they may know from the
      rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none beside Me. I am the
      LORD and there is none else.

Is 46:9  Remember the former things of old: for I Am God, and there is none else;
     I Am God, and there is none like Me.

 

GOD THE CREATOR…..

Is 45:14-15, 18  ….Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no   
     God. Verily Thou art a God that hideth thyself, O God of Israel, the
     Savior….for thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God Himself that
     formed the earth and made it; He hath established it, He created it not in vain,
     He formed it to be inhabited: I Am the Lord, and there is none else.

 

Cross Reference…

 

John 1:1-14  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….He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world
     knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as
     many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even
     to them that believe on His name….and the WORD WAS MADE FLESH, and
     dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory….       JESUS!!!

 

Colossians 1:14-18  In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the
    forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God…

    For BY HIM were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
    visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or
    powers: ALL THINGS WERE CREATED BY HIM, AND FOR HIM.

    And He is before all things, and BY HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST.

    And He is the head of the body, the Church…

 

EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW…

 

Is 45:21-23  ….who hath declared this from ancient time? Who hath told it from
    that time? Have not I the LORD? And there is no god else beside Me; a just
    God and a Savior; there is none beside Me.

    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 Myself, the Word is gone out of My mouth in righteousness,  
    and shall not return, that unto Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall
    swear.

 

Cross Reference vs 23 with……

Romans 14:10-11 …for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
       For it is written, As I live, saith the LORD, every knee shall bow and every
       tongue shall confess to God.

 

Phil 2:10-11  That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in
      heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue
      should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

 

Jesus showed His Disciples that He is the Father….

John 14:6-9

     Jesus saith unto him, I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto
     the Father, but by Me.

     If ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also: and from henceforth
     ye know Him and have seen Him.

     Philip saith unto Him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

     Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not
     known Me, Philip? He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father; and how sayest
     thou then, Shew us the Father?

 

Jesus showed His Disciples that He is the Comforter/ the Holy Ghost…

John 14:15-18

     If you love Me, keep My commandments.  (Deuteronomy 6)

     And I will pray the Father (remember Jesus just told them HE is the Father…He
     is speaking of roles, not another deity) and He shall give you another Comforter,
     that he may abide with you forever.

     Even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him
     not, neither knoweth Him.  But ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and
     shall be in you.

     I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU COMFORTLESS: I WILL COME TO YOU.

 

Colossians 2:8-9

   Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit (false thinking)
   after the traditions of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
   For in Him (Jesus) dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead BODILY.

 

1 Timothy 3:16

And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness:

God was…

1.     Manifest in the flesh (Jesus)

2.     Justified in the Spirit (Holy Ghost = Jesus )

3.     Seen of angels (Jesus)

4.     Preached unto the gentiles (Jesus)

5.     Believed on in the world (Jesus)

6.     Received up into glory (Jesus)

 

There are not 3 separate persons in the godhead. 

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are titles/roles/manifestations of the One and Only God.  Scripture will not contradict Scripture.

 

Matthew 28:19

Jesus instructed for the disciples to go and baptize in the name of the father, son, and holy ghost.

Yet Peter taught on the Day of Pentecost and was backed by the Apostles and all present in the Upper Room that everyone everywhere needed to be baptized in the name of Jesus in order to wash away their sins (Acts 2:38)

 

Peter and the other disciples and apostles with him knew that the NAME of the father, son, and Holy Ghost is JESUS….God manifest in the flesh!

It is not just a couple of verses that declare the oneness of the Godhead, but the whole Bible.

These were only a few of the many Scriptures that declare there is only one God, not two, not three, but one God and His name is Jesus.

  

One final beautiful Scripture…

Is 49:14-16  

     But Zion said, the LORD hath forsaken me, and my LORD hath forgotten me.

     Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on
     the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

     Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands…

 

This was a prophetic Scripture revealing God’s Salvation plan. 

 

He was telling His people HE will take the nail scars in His hands to purchase their Redemption. 

 

God, as a Spirit, could not do that.  Because a Spirit can not die.  So, He took on the form of man so He could be the Spotless Lamb, purchasing back our salvation through His Blood that He shed on Calvary.

 

Scriptures in the Old Testament revealed that when He would say “beside Me there is no Savior”

 

He didn’t send someone else, a 2^nd person in the godhead – He came and offered Himself for us. THAT is a loving God!