Sunday, February 3, 2008

The Only True God, continued


Praise the Lord Beloved and greetings in the Name of
the One who Paul says “….be strong in the Lord and in the
power of His might” (Ephesians 6:10). Our strength comes
from Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. It’s in His name
that I greet you.

Beloved, in continuance of our theme, “The Only
True God” - - There is but one God and He has been
manifested in a three-fold manner. And this three-fold
manifestation was not intended to establish a “Three
Person” God idea according to scriptures, but instead, it
was to reveal unto mankind that there was a true and living
God who loved them so much that his plan was to show
them in three manifestations, His everlasting love for them.
Don’t get it twisted! Deuteronomy 6:4 our God has always
introduced Himself as “One” True God—”Hear O’ Israel,
the Lord our God is one Lord”. But for four-thousand years
God has patiently waited to execute His plan in motion, and
that plan was to personally visit and redeem His people in a
panoply (or covering) of flesh.

Precious Ones, remember, God appeared unto His
people in various forms, or as Paul said in Hebrews 1:1,
“God at sundry (various) times in divers (or different)
manners spake in times past into the fathers…”. And
according to Exodus 3:14, 15 and Isaiah 43:10 & 11, God
declared what His character would be and His Name would
mean to us. “I am that I am: the Lord God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob—- this is my name forever” (or– this is what my
name will mean forever—Abraham—past, Isaac—present,
Jacob—future). “And again, ye are my witnesses—that ye
may know and believe that I am He: before me there was no
God formed, neither shall be after me. I am the Lord—
besides me there is NO savior”.

I will write more on this subject next week,
Until then, know this
I love you all so very much
In His love, your servant,

Bishop William L McCoy