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I AM, They Are Not!
November 16, 2014
God is real. He IS. The Israelite forefathers saw Him, conversed with Him, listened to Him. He delivered them from their enemies, fought on their behalf, and gave them laws. He was unlike the other gods, which sprang from the imaginations of men, and were crafted of wood, stone, or cast metals. - Bernie Parsons
I AM, They Are Not
by Bernie Parsons
Presented to Globe church of Christ on 11-16-2014
Presented to Load church of Christ on 12-21-2014
God IS, and the gods that men maker are NOT! God revealed Himself in His
might and power to the ancients.
To Abraham:
Genesis 15:1 “After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a
vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I
am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.”
Genesis 15:7 “And he said unto him, I
am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give
thee this land to inherit it.”
Genesis 17:1 “And when Abram was ninety years old and
nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I
am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou
perfect.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee
exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a
father of many nations.”
To Isaac:
Genesis 26:24 “And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said,
I am the God of Abraham thy
father: fear not, for I am
with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant
Abraham's sake.
25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and
pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.”
To Jacob:
Genesis 28:12 "And he dreamed,
and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to
heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of
Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to
thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread
abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and
in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither
thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave
thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of."
Genesis 46::1 "And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to
Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob,
Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into
Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up
again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes."
To Moses:
Exodus 3:6 "Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for
he was afraid to look upon God."
Exodus 3:13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children
of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me
unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto
them?
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.
15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children
of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for
ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations."
Jesus said, “I am”.
John 8:56 "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and
was glad.
57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast
thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was,
I am.
59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went
out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by."
Other gods are not!
Leviticus 19:4 “Turn ye not unto
idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.”
Leviticus 26:1 "Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear
you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your
land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God."
Jeremiah10:2 "Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be
not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the
forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with
hammers, that it move not.
5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be
borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do
evil, neither also is it in them to do good."
Jeremiah10:10 "But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an
everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations
shall not be able to abide his indignation.
11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and
the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these
heavens."
Jeremiah 10:14 "Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is
confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there
is no breath in them.
15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation
they shall perish."
Psalms 115:2 "Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not:
neither speak they through their throat. 8 They that make them are like unto
them; so is every one that trusteth in them."
1 Corinthians 8:5 "For though there be that are called gods, whether in
heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we
in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him."
Only the Creator is the Almighty, the true and living God! All others spring
from the imaginations of men, and are the work of their hands, whether
carved from wood or stone, or cast from metals like silver and gold. There
is only one God who blesses, and only one God who must be feared.
