God.

 I want to share a bit about God, in the sense that He is God.

Pause. Think. Read.

HE is GOD

If you think about that statement it will start to blow your mind, which is both a blessing and thrilling! These thoughts were spurred on by a conversation I had last night (8/16) with some friends, Josh & Jennifer Dean.

HE is GOD. This is an entirely exclusive statement. I say exclusive in the sense that, by those few words, all statements or arguments for the existence of another TRUE "god" is totally and utterly destroyed. Any other "god" is false. I reach this conclusion because the Bible (God) states, "I am God." The Bible is final, absolute truth, and thus cannot be reckoned with, only submitted to (2 Tim 3:16-17). Therefore, by necessity can there be another? The answer is clear. NO. It states, "He is God." IT does not state "He is a God," and certainly not, "He is a god." 

The Bible, absolute Truth, states that He is God. Lets take the book of Isaiah...

"To whom them will you liken Me, that I would be his equal?" says the Holy One. (40:25)

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"I, the LORD, am the first, and with the last. I am He." (41:4)

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"I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven images." (42:8)

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"And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, and there will be none after Me. I, even I, am the LORD, and there is no savior besides Me...and I am God. Even from eternity I am He, and there is none who can deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?" (43:10-11, 13)

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"I am the first and the last, and there is no God besides Me." (44:6)

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"I am the Lord, and there is no other; besides me there is no God...there is no one beside Me, I am the LORD, and there is no other." (45:5, 6b)

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"I am the LORD, and there is none else." (45:18)

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"And there is no God besides Me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none except Me. Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other." (45:21b-22)

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"For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me." (46:9)

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...and then it culminates here...

"For the sake of MY name I delay MY wrath, and for MY praise I restrain it for you, in order not to cut you off. Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver, I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. For MY own sake, for MY own sake, I will act; for how can MY name be profaned? And MY glory I will not give to another. ... I am He, I am the first, I am also the last." (48:9-12)

Honestly, I feel as though the only appropriate thing is to quit writing, because what can I add?

I can read this, hear it, and live by it but I am disabled when I try to grasp it, or seek to comprehend it. He is God, and only He knows what that means. I pray to learn more and more of who He is as I grow in grace!