> Jeremiah 1:1-19 MKJV Jeremiah was a Jew
from Judah, born in a small town close to the capital
Jerusalem where Solomon's Temple was (on whose ruins
the Muslims built their "Dome of the Rock"
on about 1300 years later in 688-691 AC. Israel
had been destroyed in Jeremiah's days, because God had
passed the people over to the enemy when they had
not believed the prophets and repented of their
sins.
Jeremiah prophesied in about 40 years
after he was called in 627 B.C. He was one of the
greatest prophets in the Old Testament, known to be
the whining prophet, who lived approximately 100
years after Isaiah. He did not really like the job
God had charged him with, and he had to suffer much
in his life.
"Jeremiah" means something
like "Yahweh exalts".
>
(1) The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the
priests who were > in Anathoth in the land of
Benjamin, > > (2) to whom the Word of
Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of >
Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
> > (3) It also came in the days of Jehoiakim
the son of Josiah, king of > Judah, to the end
of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah,
> king of Judah, to the exiling of Jerusalem in the
fifth month. So far
this was the introduction...
...which is followed
by Jeremiah's words from there on. He tells about
his call by God who speaks to him in the next verses.
> (4) And it happened,
the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
God's Word was alive. It "came" to Jeremiah.
That is an action.
> (5) Before
I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you
came > forth out of the womb I consecrated you,
and I ordained you a prophet > to the nations. Just imagine, God made
us all, Jeremiah, you, me..., and He even knew us
all in advance. He is the creator of everything.
He picks out some people and calls them into his
service. Some are special like Jeremiah. As they
are special, they have to do some special jobs.
> (6) Then I said, Alas,
Lord Jehovah! Behold, I do not know to speak; >
for I am a boy. Jeremiah
wanted to say that he felt too young and did not really
want to do what God wanted him to do.
>
(7) But Jehovah said to me, Do not say, I am a boy;
for you shall go > to all that I shall send you,
and whatever I command you, you shall > speak. But Jeremiah had not
much chance... He did not like God's idea at all,
though.
Some people just have to be God's servants,
there is no way around it. The same happened with
John the Baptist, and also with Jesus, for example.
Their destiny was fixed by God before they were born.
God does not ask how old a person is when He calls
him out, nor does he ask about other qualifications.
The only necessary qualification is that God is
acting through us.
> (8) Do
not be afraid of their faces; for I am with you to deliver
you, > says Jehovah.
But God comforted Jeremiah, and encouraged him, too.
Jeremiah did not have to go alone. God was with
him all the time.
> (9) And
Jehovah put forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And
Jehovah > said to me, Behold, I have put My Words
in your mouth. God did
not only speak to Jeremiah, but also touched him, and
showed him things later. God takes the whole person
with all of his senses and uses them for His plans.
> (10) Behold! I have
this day set you over the nations and over the >
kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy,
and to throw > down, to build, and to plant. That was really not
a nice job for a young man of about 18... So he had
to lament much about his life later, and even cussed
the day when he was born. He had to bring God's
news to the Jews, and the people hated him for that
and did not want to listen at all.
>
(11) And the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Jeremiah,
what do you > see? And I said, I see a rod of
an almond tree. > > (12) And Jehovah
said to me, You have seen well; for I will watch over
> My Word to perform it.
The German Lutheran translation speaks of a "branch
waking up". It alludes to the similarity of
the Hebrew words shaqued ("almond" or
"awake" ) and shoqued ("watching").
So God told Jeremiah that He would personally watch
over him - symbolised in the almond tree.
Interesting,
God "performs" His Word. God's Word is alive.
When God speaks, His Words become actions and reality
immediately. His Words have a creative character
- which we can also see in Genesis 1 when God created
the world. It was His spoken Word that created everything.
God's power is so mighty that it only takes His
Word, and things are created, even animals and humans.
[Compare with 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. In him was life; and the life was
the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not. (John 1:1-5 KJVA)]
> (13) And the Word of
Jehovah came to me the second time, saying, What
> do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot; and
its face is from the > face of the north. Oh dear, something
evil was threatening to come over Judah - which
Jeremiah could see in the image of this pot.
Maybe it refers to Nebuchadnezaar II who was to take
Jerusalem in the winter of 598/597 B.C.
> (14) And Jehovah said
to me, Out of the north an evil will be set >
loose on all the inhabitants of the land.
Invasion of Judah and Jerusalem... We never know when
things prophets foretold are going to happen, so
it might also refer to the situation of Jerusalem
today as well.
> (15) For,
behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms
of the > north, says Jehovah. And they shall
come, and they shall each one set > his throne
at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against
all > its wall all around, and against all the
cities of Judah. Total
invasion - and Jeremiah was to tell it to the Israelites.
> (16) And I will pronounce
My judgments against them regarding all > their
evil, those who have forsaken Me, and burned incense
to other > gods, and worshiped the works of their
own hands. Why did
all this have to happen? There was God's judgment. The
people were evil and did not ask for God's Word
at all. They worshipped idols, and they were proud
of what they had done themselves instead of having
trust in God and His power. In short, they did not take
God seriously, and that is what happens today as
well when people start to interpret and twist God's
Words the way until they fit to their own plans. The
result is either God's judgement or his complete withdrawing,
leaving the people alone without His light and influence,
hoping that they might want to ask for Him again.
But our God has always been graceful, and He is
fast to reconcile. In the Old Testament He wanted His
beloved people to give up sinning and live under
His laws. But the humans were not able to keep them.
God had mercy anyway, and sent His Son Jesus down to
earth to pay the bill for our faults - just that
we can refer to it and take it as a gift from God.
We are saved then, and can live in reconciliation
with God again.
But when Jeremiah was on earth,
Jesus had not died for us yet, and so the Jews could
not refer to Jesus, but had to keep the law. God is
a God of law, order and justice, and every failure
from the law had to be balanced. The Israelites
ignored God, so God sent Jeremiah to warn them.
> (17) And you must gird
up your loins, and arise, and speak to them all
> that I command you. Do not be terrified at their
faces, lest I > prostrate you before them. An encouragement to
put all his trust in God... but also a commandment,
like we Christians have: "Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded
you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the
end of the world. Amen." (Matthew 28:19-20
KJVA)
God was with Jeremiah, and God is with
us.
> (18) For,
behold, I have made you a fortified city this day, and
an > iron pillar, and bronze walls against the
whole land, against the > kings of Judah, against
its rulers, against its priests, and against >
the people of the land. Good to
know that God protected Jeremiah like this... What does
this mean for us? We have to serve God first of
all, that is to take Him seriously and love our
neighbours - and our enemies by doing them good,
blessing them and praying for them. What does it mean
to love God? First it simply means to do His will,
not ours, and to worship Him and no idols, and to
take His Word seriously. God is straight on, and we
never have to guess what He might mean. He is able
to make things quite clear. It is up to us if we
want to accept them like He means them or not.
Although Christians are called to obey, He might also
tell some special people to stand up against things
He shows them, like He did with Jeremiah.
> (19) And they shall
fight against you; but they shall not overcome >
you. For I am with you, says Jehovah, to deliver you. Good to know that God
is with us to deliver us on our way with Jesus...
What will we do when being called out? Are we too
young, too old, too sick, too tired, too shy, too
poor, too much occupied with other things? Or would
we be more like Isaiah (I love Isaiah): Also I heard
the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and
who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send
me. (Isaiah 6:8 KJVA)
So here am I, Lord; send
me.
Take my eyes and see, my ears to listen,
my mouth to speak, and my heart to love, and send
me where you can use me. Amen.
Mar 1:1 The beginning of the gospel
of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; Mar 1:2 As
it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before
thee. Mar 1:3 The voice of one crying in the
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his
paths straight. Mar 1:4 John did baptize in
the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance
for the remission of sins. Mar 1:5 And there
went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of
Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river
of Jordan, confessing their sins. Mar 1:6
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle
of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and
wild honey;
I wonder about how one can wear camel hair... I know it only
in pullovers or coats, or blankets. Keeps quite warm. John wore
the camel hair - something like a coat, I guess, to stand in one
line with Isaiah...
> And they came with haste, and
found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in > a manger.
And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which
> was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard
it wondered at > those things which were told them by the
shepherds. > > (Luke 2:16-18 KJV) > >
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink
neither wine > nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with
the Holy Ghost, even from his > mother's womb. And many of
the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord > their
God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah,
to > turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and
the disobedient to the > wisdom of the just; to make ready
a people prepared for the Lord. > > (Luke 1:15-17
KJV)
Another prophecy, by an angel this time, pointing
to John the Baptist who was foreseen by Isaiah. A long range of
prophets. Interesting, the subject. I never knew there is so much
in it. It is always very astonishing how perfect the Bible is.
Jesus' birth - it seems that the prophets did a good job to
help Him come into the world. They eased the way...
Interesting
that Zacharias and John were filled with the Holy Ghost already,
though Jesus was not born yet. There is the reference to the comparison
of drinking wine in Acts, too, when the Holy Ghost was poured:
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt,
saying one to another, What meaneth this?
Others mocking said, These men are full of new
wine. But Peter, standing up with the eleven,
lifted up his voice, and said unto them,
Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be
this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third
hour of the day. But this
is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
(Act 2:12-17)
Another prophet - Joel...
What did
he say?
And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh;
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids
in those days will I pour out my spirit.
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in
the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of
smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before the great
and the terrible day of the LORD come. And
it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name
of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount
Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance,
as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant
whom the LORD shall call. (Joe 2:28-32 KJV)
Call on the name of the Lord...
... and whom the Lord shall call.
D E L I V E R A N C E
> And his father Zacharias was
filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, > saying, Blessed
be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed
> his people, And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in
the house of > his servant David; As he spake by the mouth
of his holy prophets, which have > been since the world began:
That we should be saved from our enemies, and > from the
hand of all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our
> fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which
he swore to our > father Abraham, That he would grant unto
us, that we being delivered out of > the hand of our enemies
might serve him without fear, In holiness and > righteousness
before him, all the days of our life. And thou, child, shalt
> be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before
the face of > the Lord to prepare his ways; To give knowledge
of salvation unto his people > by the remission of their
sins, Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby > the
dayspring from on high hath visited us, To give light to them that
sit > in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our
feet into the way of > peace. And the child grew, and waxed
strong in spirit, and was in the > deserts till the day of
his showing unto Israel. > > (Luke 1:67-80 KJV)
> > > God had prepared Israel thirty years before
so that when John call the > nation to repentance they came
in multitudes.
John the Baptist was a good example of a
servant. He was someone special, but knew it was not about him.
Mar
4:35 And the same day, when the even was come,
he saith unto them, Let us pass over
unto the other side.
Mar
4:36 And when they had sent away the multitude,
they took him even as he was in the
ship. And there were also with
him other little ships.
Mar 4:37 And there arose a great storm of wind,
and the waves beat into the ship,
so that it was now full.
Mar 4:38 And he was in the hinder part of the
ship, asleep on a pillow: and
they awake him, and say unto
him, Master, carest thou not
that we perish?
Mar 4:39
And he arose, and rebuked the wind,
and said unto the sea, Peace, be still.
And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Mar 4:40 And he said unto
them, Why are ye so fearful?
how is it that ye have no faith?
Mar 4:41 And they feared
exceedingly, and said one to
another, What manner of man is
this, that even the wind and
the sea obey him?
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First I want to thank Jesus
for these words, that might lead many of us to more
peaceful waters... It is a very strong picture for me,
that helps me through all weathers, through all typhoons
or snow storms.
Secondly, I would like to ask
you to talk with me about this passage.
What
comes into your mind when you hear this? Does it appeal
to you and your life, maybe? Are you spoken to personally?
Does it have a relevance today? What does it say about
our faith? What does it say about Jesus? What about
the disciples?
Can we really rely on Jesus
even if times seem to become rough?
Any serious
answer welcome...
Let us light some Sunday
candles and think about it ...
Mar
4:35 And the same day, when the even
was come, he saith
unto them, Let us pass over unto the other
side.
Jesus addresses to his
disciples (chosen people) to pass over...
(God ask US to become believers, to change
our lives, to take a different direction.)
Mar
4:36 And when they had sent away the
multitude, they took
him even as he was in the ship.
And there were also with him other little
ships.
Jesus is there with
his disciples...
Mar
4:37 And there arose a great storm
of wind, and the
waves beat into the ship, so that it was
now full.
Something happens that
is frightening. (It is the storm of
the souls that are in an uproar when Jesus
has asked us to pass our lives over.)
Mar
4:38 And he was in the hinder part
of the ship, asleep
on a pillow: and they awake him,
and say unto him, Master,
carest thou not that we perish?
Jesus was there, but
he slept. The disciples knew he was there,
but he seemed not to have any influence
on the things happening, because he
slept. (We do no not see him, either,
but he is there and in control.)
The disciples CALL HIM
to take influence and to help them.
(When we are in trouble we also use to call
for God to help us.)
Mar
4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the
wind, and said unto
the sea, Peace, be still.
And the wind ceased, and there was a great
calm.
Jesus helps immediately
after being called for it. (People who
earnestly ask for God's help are answered
and helped.)
Jesus shows that he
is more than a human, because he has got
power over the weather.
Mar
4:40 And he said unto them,
Why are ye so fearful?
how is it that ye have no faith?
Jesus wants faith. Trust,
completely, in stormy times as well,
also if we do not see him or have the feeling
that he is really present (Jesus was
sleeping). Jesus' answer suggests that there
was no reason to wake him up, and I think
he demonstrates his power to impress
the disciples, to strengthen their faith.
There had never been a real danger with
Jesus in the same boat.
Mar
4:41 And they feared exceedingly,
and said one to another,
What manner of man is
this, that even the
wind and the sea obey him?
The disciples believed
after seeing that Jesus stopped the
storm. In my opinion that is the moment
when they got into the presence of God
which made them fear in a sense of deep
respect regarding the Holiness of God.
Having faith God reveals himself (partly)
as what he is. (Same today - having
trust in Jesus makes us feel God's Holiness,
which leads to humility, because we find
out how small we are, how much we still
differ from God.)
So, all in all it is
not just a story to say something about
Jesus' power over the weather, but there
is more to it. It is an image that might
work in us. The steps there are in that
are
- Getting on the way
to the other side after Jesus told us
- storm in our lives while Jesus is not
to be seen - fear - call for His
presence and help - Jesus helps us
- trust in Jesus and having faith -
Getting aware of God's power and Holiness
because God reveals himself to
the people - Being shocked by this
I think this is running
through the whole Bible. God wants to
tell us:
Turn, pass over, do
not fear high tides, I am with you, I love
you, I have all power and can make use
of it to give, not because it is needed,
but that you might get more faith.
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The seas are so
stormy today!
All around us, the winds are howling, and the
waves are roaring, and the clouds are rushing by!
What is this that I see! There out on the water!
Can it possibly be? Someone walking on the sea!
Lord Jesus, that can only be you! Help
us Lord! The waves are so strong, and we are
being tossed so terribly!
Lord, help! We
are almost drowning in these depths!
Wow!!!
You smiled, and everything is so calm. There
is no more wind; there are no more waves; the
seas are smooth like glass.
Oh, how we love
you dear Lord! You are always here for us! How
we love to look at your face!
Luk 18:17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive
the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
--> Provision No. 1!
Luk 18:18 And a certain ruler
asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal
life?
Luk 18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou
me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
--> NONE
is good, NONE can keep the Commandments.
Luk 18:20 Thou
knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do
not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy
mother.
Luk 18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from
my youth up.
Luk 18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things,
he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou
hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure
in heaven: and come, follow me.
Luk 18:23 And when he heard
this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
-->
Jesus showed by this that you might even keep the Commandments,
but you are still not GOOD. There is NONE who is good, not even
Jesus called himself "good", though He was without sin...
Nobody is without sin, nobody would manage to be justified to be
good enough for G-d, to live in His presence.
Luk 18:24
And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly
shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! Luk 18:25
For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than
for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
-->
If money means more than G-d...
Luk 18:26 And they that
heard it said, Who then can be saved?
--> That is important:
NONE could be saved...
Luk 18:27 And he said, The things
which are impossible with men are possible with God.
--> "The things which are impossible with men are possible
with God" - that means that there can only be salvation
by G-d's help, never on our own attempts.
Luk 18:31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said
unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are
written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Proverbs 8:22-31
22 "The LORD possessed
me at the beginning of His way,
Before His
works of old.
23 "From everlasting I was
established,
From the beginning, from the earliest
times of the earth.
24 "When there were
no depths I was brought forth,
When there were
no springs abounding with water.
25 "Before
the mountains were settled,
Before the hills
I was brought forth;
26 While He had not yet
made the earth and the fields,
Nor the first
dust of the world.
27 "When He established
the heavens, I was there,
When He inscribed
a circle on the face of the deep,
28 When He
made firm the skies above,
When the springs
of the deep became fixed,
29 When He set for
the sea its boundary
So that the water would
not transgress His command,
When He marked
out the foundations of the earth;
30 Then I
was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I
was daily His delight,
Rejoicing always before
Him,
31 Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having my delight in the sons of men.
Ephesians 3:9
9 and to bring to light what
is the administration of the mystery which for ages
has been hidden in God who created all things;
Colossians 1:17
17 He is before all things,
and in Him all things hold together.
Hebrews
1:10
10 And,
"YOU, LORD, IN THE
BEGINNING LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH,
AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;
Hebrews 7:3
3 Without father, without mother,
without genealogy, having neither beginning of days
nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains
a priest perpetually.
Hebrews 13:8
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today
and forever.
Revelation 1:2
2 who
testified to the word of God and to the testimony of
Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
Revelation 1:8
8 "I am the Alpha and the
Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who
was and who is to come, the Almighty."
Revelation 1:11
11 saying, "Write in a
book what you see, and send it to the seven churches:
to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira
and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."
Revelation 21:6
6 Then He said to me,
"It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts
from the spring of the water of life without cost.
Revelation 22:13
13 "I am the Alpha
and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning
and the end."
"the Word"
John 1:14
14 And the Word became flesh,
and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of
the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and
truth.
1 John 1:1-2
What was from
the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen
with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with
our hands, concerning the Word of Life --
2 and the life was manifested, and we have seen and
testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which
was with the Father and was manifested to us --
1
John 5:7
7 For there are three that testify:
Revelation 19:13
13 He is clothed with
a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word
of God.
"with God"
Proverbs
8:22-30
22 "The LORD possessed me at the
beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.
23 "From everlasting I was established,
From the beginning, from the earliest times of
the earth.
24 "When there were no depths
I was brought forth,
When there were no springs
abounding with water.
25 "Before the mountains
were settled,
Before the hills I was brought
forth;
26 While He had not yet made the earth
and the fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.
27 "When He established the heavens, I was
there,
When He inscribed a circle on the face
of the deep,
28 When He made firm the skies
above,
When the springs of the deep became
fixed,
29 When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
30 Then I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before
Him,
John 1:18
18 No one has seen
God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the
bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
John
16:28
28 "I came forth from the Father
and have come into the world; I am leaving the world
again and going to the Father."
John 17:5
5 "Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself,
with the glory which I had with You before the world
was.
1 John 1:2
2 and the life was
manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim
to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and
was manifested to us --
"the
Word was God"
Psalms 45:6
6 Your
throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter
of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Isaiah 7:14
14 "Therefore the Lord Himself
will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with
child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.
Isaiah 9:6
6 For a child will be born
to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government
will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will
be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 40:9-11
9 Get yourself up on a high mountain,
O Zion, bearer of good news,
Lift up your voice
mightily,
O Jerusalem, bearer of good news;
Lift it up, do not fear.
Say to the cities
of Judah,
"Here is your God!"
10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with might,
With His arm ruling for Him.
Behold, His
reward is with Him
And His recompense before
Him.
11 Like a shepherd He will tend His flock,
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And
carry them in His bosom;
He will gently lead
the nursing ewes.
Matthew 1:23
23
"BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL
BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL,"
which translated means, "GOD WITH US."
John 10:30-33
30 "I and the Father
are one."
31 The Jews picked up stones
again to stone Him.
32 Jesus answered them,
"I showed you many good works from the Father;
for which of them are you stoning Me?"
33 The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do
not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being
a man, make Yourself out to be God."
John
20:28
28 Thomas answered and said to Him, "My
Lord and my God!"
Romans 9:5
5 whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ
according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed
forever. Amen.
Philippians 2:6
6 who,
although He existed in the form of God, did not regard
equality with God a thing to be grasped,
1
Timothy 3:16
16 By common confession, great
is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed
in the flesh,
Was vindicated in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in
glory.
Titus 2:13
13 looking for the
blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great
God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
Hebrews 1:8-13
8 But of the Son He says,
"YOUR THRONE,
O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER,
AND THE RIGHTEOUS
SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM.
9 "YOU
HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS;
THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU
WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS."
10 And,
"YOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING
LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH,
AND THE HEAVENS
ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;
11 THEY WILL PERISH,
BUT YOU REMAIN;
AND THEY ALL WILL BECOME OLD
LIKE A GARMENT,
12 AND LIKE A MANTLE YOU WILL
ROLL THEM UP;
LIKE A GARMENT THEY WILL ALSO
BE CHANGED.
BUT YOU ARE THE SAME,
AND YOUR YEARS WILL NOT COME TO AN END."
13 But to which of the angels has He ever said,
"SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,
UNTIL I MAKE
YOUR ENEMIES
A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET"?
2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a bond-servant
and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received
a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness
of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
1
John 5:7
7 For there are three that testify:
1 John 5:20
20 And we know that the Son
of God has come, and has given us understanding so that
we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is
true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God
and eternal life.
Definitions
John
1:1
1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Word
NT:3056
logos (log'-os); from
NT:3004; something said (including the thought); by
implication a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning
(the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation;
specifically (with the article in John) the Divine Expression
(i.e. Christ):
KJV - account, cause, communication,
X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent,
matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon,
remove, say (-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing,
+ none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance,
word, work.
NT:3004
lego (leg'-o);
a primary verb; properly, to "lay" forth,
i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words [usually of systematic
or set discourse; whereas NT:2036 and NT:5346 generally
refer to an individual expression or speech respectively;
while NT:4483 is properly, to break silence merely,
and NT:2980 means an extended or random harangue]);
by implication, to mean:
KJV - ask, bid, boast,
call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say (-ing,
on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
beginning
NT:746
arche (ar-khay'); from NT:756;
(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely)
chief (in various applications of order, time, place,
or rank):
Who is Jesus 
