Who is Your God?

Revelation 1:4 John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. 8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

It is interesting to think about the character and the nature of God. It is also interesting to realize what we think about God does not change Who He is or how He is.

Many, maybe even most people in the world today - and perhaps it has always been this way - act as though their concept of who and what God is makes some kind of difference.

Many times you will hear someone exclaim, “Well, MY God would never do that!” (And this will be in the midst of some sort of discussion about the kinds of sin God will tolerate, or something of the like.) “Well, MY God would never judge me for that!”

(Of course the general idea is to escape the sense of pending judgment we are created with WITHOUT having to alter behavior in light of the pending judgment we perceive.)

So we attempt to escape the sense of what we know to be true by the creation of what is patently false. We create a God of our own making and in our own image.

It could be a statue or some kind of idol, but it is important to realize idolatry is not primarily physical. A statue is only an outward manifestation of the god that has been created for the wicked human heart to tangibly worship.

Who your God IS is the most important question you will ever answer. It will make a profound difference in your life. We can choose to worship the True and Living God – or not.

In an unavoidable pursuit of the True and Living God, John finds and identifies some of the key characteristics of Who He is. The fascinating thing is John wasn’t necessarily looking for God, he was just busy loving God. The next thing he knows, he finds himself in the presence of the Living God in all His glory.

We have a marvelously wonderful revelation of God the Father, The Holy Spirit, and of Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior - our Triune God.  As you examine this text, ask yourself, “Is this what MY God looks like?”

If it isn’t then you’ve created one of your own. Probably looks and thinks a lot like you.

-Pastor Bill