“Before the mountains were born Or YOU GAVE BIRTH TO THE EARTH and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, YOU ARE GOD.” (Psa. 90:2) Jesus, God the Son, “…is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn (Christ was temporally born as a human) over all creation. For by Him ALL THINGS WERE CREATED that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created BY HIM and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him ALL THINGS CONSIST.” (Col. 1:15-17)
30% of Evangelicals agree that Jesus was a great teacher, but HE WASN’T GOD! State of Theology 2020, Lifeway Research. “Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and WHAT IS HIS SON’S NAME, If you know?” (Pro. 30:4) His name is Jesus Christ, God the Son.
“God, who at many times and in many ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us BY HIS SON, whom He has appointed heir of all things, BY WHOM ALSO HE MADE THE WORLDS…” (Heb. 1:1-2) But did you know that, 1 in 4 Americans are done with church, half of all Americans (48%) are DONE with God. The Barna Group, 2017. In spite of our doubts, “God so loved the world that HE GAVE His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him MIGHT BE SAVED. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe IS CONDEMNED ALREADY, because he HAS NOT BELIEVED in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” (John 3:16-18)
“You are My witnesses,” says the LORD, “And My servant whom I have chosen, That you may know and believe Me, And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, Nor shall there be after Me. I, EVEN I, AM THE LORD, And besides Me THERE IS NO SAVIOR.” (Isa. 43:10-11)
-Bill Stockham