TOPIC: UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF GOD
TEXT: JOHN 4 VS 24
WITH APOSTLE FESTUS ALILU
WHEN IDENTITY IS NOT KNOWN; INSULT IS INEVITABLE; WHEN A HOUSE OWNER IS NOT AWARE OF HIS OWNERSHIP, HE WOULD END UP SERVING THE SERVANT
DISCONNECTING FROM YOUR MAKER IS EASY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW THE CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUR GOD; HENCE, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR BELIEVERS TO KNOW THE ATTRIBUTES OF THEIR GOD
GOD IS ONE NOT THREE. HE IS ONE IN PERSONALITY BUT THREE IN OPERATION
NOT HAVING A FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THE NATURE OF GOD IS THE REASON WHY PEOPLE BACKSLIDE INTO ALL MANNERS OF BELIEFS
MAN HAS DUAL PERSONALITY; THE PHYSICAL PART WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE FLESH AND THE SPIRITUAL PART WHICH ENTAILS THE SOUL
WHEN MAN DIES, THE PHYSICAL BEING DIES LEAVING ONLY THE SPIRITUAL BEING WHICH IS THE SOUL TO EITHER BE WITH GOD OR THE DEVIL
HOWEVER, AS REGARDS GOD, GOD IS ONE.
HE IS A SPIRIT WHO DOESN’T HAVE A PHYSICAL NATURE
GOD LIVES IN HEAVEN BUT THAT IS NOT HIS PERMANENT PLACE; HIS PERMANENT ABODE IS CALLED ETERNITY
IF HEAVEN IS GOD’S PERMANENT ABODE, WHERE WAS HE BEFORE HE CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH AND WHERE WOULD HE STAY WHEN HE ROLLS AWAY THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH?
ANYONE WHO DIES IN CHRIST WOULD GO WITH GOD TO THE ETERNAL PLACE. BEING WITH THE LORD WILL TAKE AWAY THIS PHYSICAL FORM AND BEING TRANSLATED TO THE NATURE OF GOD. 1COR 15 VS 51. NO ONE WILL APPEAR IN HEAVEN WITH THEIR LOOK AND FORM ON EARTH
THE DAY A MAN DIES, THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE CONTAINER CALLED FLESH COMES TO AN END: 1COR 15 VS 50
GOD DOES NOT LOOK LIKE US. THE IDEA OF MAN’S PHYSCIAL FORMATION COMES FROM THE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM OF GOD; GEN 1 VS 26.
THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD AS CONTAINED IN GEN 1 VS 26 DOESN’T TALK ABOUT THE PHYSICAL FORMATION OF MAN
IF OUR PHYSICAL LOOKS IS THAT OF GOD, IT MEANS THAT GOD IS A MAN AND A WOMAN AT THE SAME TIME; GOD IS NOT A MONSTER
THE IDEA OF GOD ABOUT HIS IMAGE IS THAT WE HAVE HIS NATURE AND HIS LIKENESS IS THAT WE RULE ON EARTH LIKE HE RULE IN HEAVEN
WAYS THROUGH WHICH WE ARE PERMITTED TO KNOW GOD;
1. THE LOGICAL WAY: YOUR REASONING
2. DISCOURSE: YOUR PERSONAL ENCOUNTER OF GOD. IT IS NOT TAKEN AS A UNIVERSAL APPROVED EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE. IT IS INDIVIDUALISTIC. WHEN YOU HAVE THIS, YOU USE IT TO BUTTRESS YOUR POINT OF SCRIPTURAL EXPLANATIONS OF WHO GOD IS BUT DON’T FORCE IT ON OTHERS AS A WAY FOR THEM TO KNOW GOD
SOMETIMES WHEN SOME PERSONS ENCOUNTER GOD LOOKING AS A HUMAN, IT IS NOT BECAUSE THAT’S HIS FORM, HE ONLY DOES THAT TO COME IN A MANNER THAT CAN GIVE THEM CALMNESS TO GET THE REASON FOR HIS VISIT
IF GOD IS TO APPEAR TO MAN IN THE FORM OF THE LION OR THE LAMB, FEAR WOULD GRIP MAN AND THE REASON FOR THE VISIT WOULD BE DEFEATED
ALL THROUGH SCRIPTURES, THERE WERE TRADITIONAL INTERFERENCES TO ENABLE THE PERSONS FOR WHICH IT IS INTENDED TO GET THE MESSAGE
FOR INSTANCE THE IDEA OF A WOMAN COVERING THE HEAD AS CONTAINED IN 1COR 11 VS 15, THE BIBLE MEANT THAT THOSE WHO BARB SHOULD COVER THE HEAD BUT A WOMAN WITH HAIR STYLED ON HER HEAD ALREADY HAS A GLORY ON HER HEAD AND AS A COVER
PAUL INSTRUCTING A WOMAN NOT TO CLIMB TO THE ALTAR WAS HIM TRYING TO SETTLE THE PROBLEM IN THE CHURCH IN CORINTH NOT AS A SPIRITUAL COMMANDMENT BECAUSE IN THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT, THERE IS NO GENDER
GOD DOESN’T HAVE A PHYSICAL NATURE BECAUSE GOD IS PURELY SPIRIT
THE DESCRIPTIONS OF EAR AND EYES IN THE SCRIPTURE ARE ILLUSTRATIONS THAT PROVE THAT WHAT YOU SAY AND DO IS VISIBLE AND AUDIBLE TO GOD NOT BECAUSE IT IS NECESSARILY FORMED IN THE LIKENESS OF OURS: PSALMS 34 VS 15
MOST OF THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES MENTIONED IN THE SCRIPTURE ARE JUST ILLUSTRATIONS
THE NATURE OF GOD DOESN’T HAVE A PHYSICAL FORMATION: 2COR 3 VS 17
BECAUSE OF GOD’S SPIRITUAL NATURE;
1. GOD IS INFINITE: CANNOT BE MEASURED
2. GOD IS ETERNAL: HE IS FOREVER
3. GOD IS UNCHANGEABLE: IF GOD HAS A PHYSICLA NATURE, HE WOULD HAVE GROWN OLD; THE DAY HE IS BEING OVERFED WITH PRAISES, HE WOULD GROW TOO FAT AND DEVELOP A POTBELLY
4. GOD IS OMNISCIENT: HE IS ALL KNOWING
5. HE IS OMNIPRESENT: HIS PRESENCE IS EVERYWHERE. GOD IS NOT ONLY WITH THE SAVED; EVEN THE LOST ENJOY THE PRESENCE. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT A SAVED PERSON CARRIES GOD AS AN AURA AND THAT HE LIVES IN HIM: 1COR 3 VS 16 BUT FOR THE UNSAVED, HE DOESN’T LIVE IN THEM, THEY ONLY ENJOY FROM THE ATMOSPHERE
6. GOD IS OMNIPOTENT: THE ALL POWERFUL AND THE MOST POWERFUL
GOD IS EVERYTHING BUT EVERYTHING IS NOT GOD. HE IS EVERYTHING BECAUSE HE IS PRESENT IN EVERYTHING AND HE MADE EVERYTHING
THESE ATTRIBUTES MAKE GOD TRANSIENT AND DISTINCT
ALL THESE ATTRIBUTES ATTRIBUTED TO HIM ALSO MAKES HIM THE LORD OF ALL CREATIONS
GOD’S INTENTION FOR CREATING MAN IN HIS IMAGE AND LIKENESS IS FOR MAN TO OPERATE IN HIS KIND OF AUTHORITY AND POWER: GEN 1 VS 28
THE LIKENESS OF GOD ENTAILS YOU CARRYING THE CHARACTER OF GOD: BEING TRUTHFUL, LOVE LIKE GOD, FORGIVE LIKE GOD ETC
MAN LOST THIS NATURE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO DIE IN GENESIS 3 BUT JESUS BROUGHT IT BACK IN JOHN 3
GOD IS ALREADY WAITING FOR YOU AHEAD OF YOUR PLANS; HE IS THE FIRST MAN IN THE FIRE NOT THE FOURTH MAN IN THE FIRE
YOU'RE LIFTED!!!
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