The Oneness of God 

I. God is One, there is no other God.

• The LORD our God is one LORD.
  
  Deuteronomy 6:4
  Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD
  
  
• God is Alone in heaven above and in the earth beneath there is no other
  
  Deuteronomy 4:35, 39
  Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
  
  
• All the people of the earth should know that there is no other God but One.
  
  1 Kings 8:60
  That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
  
  Isaiah 45:5
  I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
  
  Isaiah 45:6
  That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
  
  
• There is ONLY ONE God who created the heavens and formed the earth and He did it alone.
  
  Isaiah 44:24
  Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
  
  Isaiah 45:18
  For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
  
  
• God Alone is the Saviour, we look to Him only for Salvation:
  
  Isaiah 45:21
  Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
  
  Isaiah 45:22
  Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
  
  Isaiah 46:9
  Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
  
  
  

  II. God is Spirit. He has no physical form and there is no limit to His Existence.

• God as a Spirit does not have a physical form, mankind cannot see God unless He manifests Himself in the physical world.
  
  John 4:24
  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
  
  Luke 24:39
  Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
  
  John 1:18
  No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
  
  1 Timothy 1:18
  Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen
  
  1 John 4:12
  No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
  
  Exodus 33:20
  And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
  
  John 5:37
  And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His shape.
  

  III. God's name has been a secret since the foundation of the world.

• He is the God of unreachable riches. He is YHWH, The Self-Existing One. His glory cannot be comprehend by a frail human mind. That is why God told Moses:
  
  Exodus 33:20
  And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
  
  Throughout the Old Testament when men would see God, it was not seeing Him in His Glory, but simply a manifestation of the Spirit in a physical shape. In theological terms we refer to this as a "theophany" meaning God takes a physical shape. Understanding this concept, we can understand why Biblical characters could say they saw God, and were afraid to die because of it, but God reassured that they would not die, for what they saw was a manifestation of God's Spirit. Notice that these characters would ask for the name of God. That is very important. God only revealed Himself as YHWH or IAM that IAM.
  
  Exodus 3:14
  And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
  
  In Hebrew this term is YHWH. Self existing One. The English Translation is YAHWEH or JEHOVAH.
  
  Genesis 32:30
  And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
  And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
  
  What Jacob saw and even wrestled with was an angel of the LORD, meaning that God's Spirit was manifested in an physical form to deal with Jacob.
  
  Genesis 32:24
  And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
  
  There are many more examples of God's manifestation, but in this study we will only cover one more.
  
  Judges 13
  
  You really have to read the whole chapter to understand this example. We will summarize the chapter: This chapter deals with Samon's father Manoah and Manoah's wife. She had been visited by an Angel of the LORD, and was told that even though she was barren God had chosen to allow them to conceive. Manaoah, wanting more details about raising this special son (He was to be kept holy from birth.) sought the LORD to appear to them again. Now we will pick up at verse 17:
  
  Judges 13:17-18
  And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
  
  And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
  
  Then in verse 22:
  Judges 13:22
  And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
  
  
• From these examples we can conclude
  1. God's Spirit has never been seen by a human being. (John 1:18)
  2. God has manifest Himself to man through physical means.(1 Tim 3:16)
  3. The name of God has been a secret to mankind from the beginning of the world. Jacob asked for it (Genesis 32:29) as well as Manoah(Judges 13:18), and both were not allowed to have it.
  
  Isaiah 62:2
  And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
  
  So what is the name? We are going to move on to the New Testament, and study how God will show His glory to the Gentiles, and reveal the (secret)new name.(John 1:12)
  

  IV. God in the New Testament

• God is both our Father and our Redeemer
  
  Isaiah 63:16
  Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
  
  
• God, the Holy One of Israel is in the midst of His people, He is their Salvation!
  
  Isaiah 12:2
  Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
  
  Isaiah 12:6
  Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
  
  How did this take place? How did God become Salvation? To understand we must understand what it took to remit sin.
  
  Hebrews 9:22
  And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
  
  
• God is a Spirit (John 4:24), a Spirit hath not flesh and bones (Luke 24:39).
  
  Therefore, God could not be Salvation unless He had blood.
  
  2 Corinthians 5:19
  To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
  
  Romans 8:3
  For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
  
  Galatians 4:4
  But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
  
  1 Timothy 3:16
  And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
  
  
• God "sent His Son" does not mean God sent another... it means God became flesh.. the Spirit bore the human child and lived in Him.
  
  John 14:8-10
  Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
  Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
  Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
  

  V.Jesus Christ the Immanuel.

• Isaiah 62:2 fulfilled in Matthew 1:21 !!!
  
  Isaiah 62:2
  And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
  
  Matthew 1:21
  And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
  
  Who gave that name to Joseph? Was it a human being? No it was the Angel of the LORD... Now the name is given. It was held from Manoah, it was held from Jacob, but now it is revealed from the mouth of the LORD.
  
  Matthew 1:20
  But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
  
  Through the manifestation of God in human flesh, the NAME of God is revealed.
  ... AND thou shalt call HIS name JESUS!!!
  
  In Hebrew the name is YHWHSHUA meaning "I AM SALVATION".
  In English it is pronounced "YAHSHUA" or JESUS.. Meaning JEHOVAH-SALVATION.
  
  
• This fufills Isaiah 7:14 in Matthew 1:23
  
  Isaiah 7:14
  Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
  
  Matthew 1:23
  Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  
  
• Emmanuel = God with us, and Jesus = Emmanuel, then Jesus = God with us!!!!!!
  
  Col 2:8-9
  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
  
  1 Corinthians 15:47
  The first man (Adam) is of the earth, earthy; the second man(Jesus Christ) is the LORD from heaven.
  
  
• If Jesus is the Redeemer, then He must be our Father!
  
  Isaiah 63:16
  Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
  
  Matthew 23:37
  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
  
  John 10:30
  I and my Father are one.
  
  
• He is ONE God and His name is ONE!
  
  Zechariah 14:9
  And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
  
  

  VI The Humanity and the Divinity of Jesus Christ

  
  
  Who died at Calvary? Can we say that God can die? GOD is a SPIRIT. (John 4:24) but Christ was the image of the invisble GOD (Col 1:15) It was GOD in Christ reconciling the world unto himself.(2 Cor 5:19)
  
  He is ONE. But as ONE infinite Spirit he can manifest himself to mankind in any way He wishes. Questions arise about the Humanity of Christ quite often.. Here are a few we think will help us understand.
  
  Why Did Jesus:
  
  1. Pray to the Father-- why would Jesus pray to God if He is God?
  2. Fast? Does God need to fast?
  3. Be Tempted by Satan... God cannot be tempted?
  4. Say that He didn't know all things that the Father knew?
  5. Teach the greatest commandment is Deut 6:4, and then told the crowd to believe on Him (John 8:24)? (Read Mark 12:29)
  6. Claim all Power in Heaven and Earth? (Matt 28:19)
  7. Accept worship from human beings...(Matt 2:11) No one but God the Father can have worship. (Exodus 20:4, John 4:21,Matt 4:10)
  8.Claim to be First and Last, Alpha and Omega.(Rev 1:8) but the Father was (Isaiah 43:10 44:6)
  9. Called the Creator by Paul (Col 1:15-17) When The Father said He ALONE was creator (Isa 45:18)
  10. Claim to be IN us(John 14:20 Col 1:27), when it is the Holy Ghost that is in us.(Acts 1:8)
  
  

• THE Answer?
  The answer is not that God is Three Persons.. There is not ONE verse in the entire Bible that states that.
  
  The truth to it all is that God is the Father in Creation, The Son in Redemption, and the Holy Ghost in Regeneration or in dealing with mankind.
  
  And revealed his name to us. (Proverbs 30:4) He is our Father and our Redeemer (Isa 63:16) The "Son Of God" is a role that GOD became, or mode of manifestation. He didn't send another person to save us.. He is the only SAVIOUR. (Isa 43:11) So in taking on the flesh, it is much like a person putting on a coat. I can change clothes but it doesn't make me a different person. GOD put on Human Flesh and that human flesh was Christ. He revealed HIS full name to us in that Human Body. In Exodus 3:14, When Moses asked the LORD whom should he say sent him, The LORD responded with- I AM that I AM, you just tell them I AM hath sent you. What I will point out to you here is that in Hebrew "I AM" is translated YHWH! Or in English pronunciation Yahweh, or in modern English times, Jehovah. The reason it is spelled with no vowels as YHWH is because the Hebrew language has no vowels. So men over the years have added appropriate vowels to make a word that could be pronounced in English. If we realize that Yahweh means I AM, then we will understand why the LORD chose to use this statement with Moses. When Abraham was spared from killing his only son, he called the place Jehovah-jireh, (or YHWH YIREH) which in English can mean "I AM PROVIDER" This is a cycle we see throughout the old testament, as the LORD revealed things to His people, the revelation of which He was became clearer. The fulfillment of the Lord's revelation doesn't occur until the book of Matthew. God, as a Spirit, fully reveals himself to mankind as the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. This becomes the revelation of all revelations of which God is, YHWHSHUA or "I AM SALVATION" (John 8:58) Or in English today JESUS ....... Jehovah SAVIOUR!!! Another way to see this is

:God as 
The Father created us.
The Son redeemed us.
The Holy Ghost sanctifies born again believers.
The burning bush talked to Moses.
The three men talked to Abraham and at the same time saved Lot and his family from Sodom.
The fourth man in the fire danced with the Hebrew boys.
The pillar of cloud led the Israelites.
An angel wrestled with Jacob.

So, you can see that God can reveal himself to mankind in any form, and at any time which ever way he chooses. When he became Man, (The Incarnation) He also took on the nature of man. He conceived the flesh free from the curse of Adam by conceiving Christ with no human father. Therefore Christ is the Second Adam and knew no sin. The reason he had to fast, is because when GOD took on this flesh, he took on the will of this flesh. Jesus said "not my will but Thou will be done.. " In other words the flesh had to submit to the Spirit (the Father). Jesus Christ as a man was as human as you and I, but He Knew NO SIN, and ALL of the FULLNESS of GOD dwelleth in HIM (Col 2:9). He had to be fully human to be able to take our place at Calvary to shed blood, for without blood their is no remission of sin. The flesh that died at Calvary was vacated by the Spirit, which resurrected it 3 days later. This is why the flesh had to pray, and fast, and why the flesh was limited. (For he was made of a woman and under the Law.. Gal 4:4)

2 Corinthians 5:19
To wit that GOD was IN CHRIST reconciling the world unto Himself.
It is so important to understand this.. for we will die in our sins without knowing this!

John 8:24
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

Col 2:8-10
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: