XVDHMAK@VCUVM1 (Michael Kline) (01/17/90)
Part 3. How do the three persons of God reveal themselves to us?
GOD IS LIGHT ========================================================>
God - Isaiah 60:20 - "Your sun shall no more go down, nor shall your
moon withdraw itself; for the Lord shall be your everlasting light, and the
days of your mourning shall be ended."
Psalms 27:1 - "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear
or dread? The Lord is my refuge and stronghold of my life, of whom shall I
be afraid?"
Jesus Christ, the Son - John 8:12 - "Once more Jesus addressed the
crowd: He said, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not be
walking in the dark, but will have the Light which is Life."
Luke 2:32 - "A Light for revelation to the Gentiles - to disclose what
was before unknown - and (to bring) praise and honor and glory to Your
people Israel."
John 1:9 - "There it was; the True Light (was then) coming into the
world - the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light - that illumines every
person."
GOD IS JUDGE =======================================================>
God - Joel 3:12 - "Let the nations bestir themselves and come up to the
valley of Jehoshaphat, for there will I sit to judge all the nations round
about."
Abraham talking to God - Genesis 18:25 - "Far be it from You to do such
a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare
as do the wicked! Be that far from you! Shall not the Judge of all the
earth execute judgement and do righteously?"
Romans 14:10 - "Why do you criticize and pass judgement on your
brother? Or you, why do you look down upon or despise your brother? For we
shall all stand before the judgement seat of God."
Jesus Christ, the Son - 2 Timothy 4:1 - "I charge (you) in the presence
of God and of Christ Jesus Who is to judge the living and the dead, and by
(in the light of) His coming and His kingdom:"
2 Corinthians 5:10 - "For we must all appear and be revealed as we are
before the judgement seat of Christ, so that each one may receive (his pay)
according to what he as done in the body, whether good or evil,
(considering what his purpose and motive have been, and what he as
achieved, been busy with and given himself and his attention to
accomplishing)."
John 12:48 - "Any one who rejects Me and persistently sets Me at
naught, refusing to accept My teachings, has his judge (however); for the
(very) message that I have spoken will itself judge and convict him on the
last day."
GOD IS KING OF KINGS ===============================================>
God - Jeremiah 10:10 - "But the Lord is the true God and the God of
truth - the God Who is truth. He is the living God, and the everlasting
King. At His wrath the earth quakes, and the nations are not able to bear
His indignation."
Isaiah 44:6 - "Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer,
the Lord of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; besides Me there is
no God."
Psalms 47:8 - "God reigns over the nations; God sits upon His holy
throne."
Jesus Christ, the Son - Matthew 2:1-6 - "Now when Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men
(astrologers) from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, (2)Where is He Who
has born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East at its
rising, and have come to worship Him. (3)When Herod the king heard this, he
was disturbed and troubled, and the whole of Jerusalem with him; (4)So he
called together all the chief priests and learned men (scribes) of the
people, and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born. (5)They
replied to him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet:
(6)And you Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are not in any way least or
insignificant among the chief cities of Judah; for from you shall come a
Ruler (Leader) Who will govern and shepherd My people Israel."
Luke 23:3 - "So Pilate asked Him, Are You the King of the Jews? And He
answered him, (It is just as) you say; I am."
John 19:21 - "Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not
write, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am King of the Jews."
GOD IS A GOOD SHEPHERD =============================================>
God - Isaiah 40:11 - "He will feed His flock like a shepherd, He will
gather the lambs in His arm, He will carry them in His bosom, and will
gently lead those that have their young."
Psalms 100:3 - "Know - perceive, recognize and understand with approval
- that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves (and we
are His)! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture."
Psalms 23:1 - "The Lord is my shepherd (to feed, guide and shield me);
I shall not lack."
Jesus Christ, the Son - John 10:11 - "I am the Good Shepherd. The good
shepherd risks and lays down his (own) life for the sheep."
Hebrews 13:20 - "Now may the God of peace - (Who is) the Author and the
Giver of peace - and Who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood (that sealed, ratified) the
everlasting agreement (covenant, testament),"
I Peter 5:4 - "And (then) when the Chief Shepherd is revealed you will
win the conqueror's crown of glory."
In His Love,
Michael A. Kline, Sr. SSE
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