love – Page 2 – James G. Owen, Author

No Other God

At the beginning of the universe and earth there was no other gods. Pagan worship had not began, nor had sin entered into the world at this juncture because man and woman had not been created. There was not a temptation by Satan yet, though he had already fallen. But at the point of man and woman in the Garden of Eden, Satan came and deceived the woman Eve. Here, Satan told Adam and Eve they could become like gods if they would partake of the Tree of Good and Evil, which they did, and sin came into the world immediately and all creation of the earth was defiled.

Even, at this time there was only One God, but as man lived and multiplied on the earth they began to listen to the lies of Satan and his fallen angels. It soon occurred that men would worship these fallen angels and give homage to them. Still there was only One God, and he was known to men like Enoch and Noah who preached to them of God the Almighty. At this time in history it is not written in scripture that God made himself known by name to man, but as we read scripture in Genesis 1:1 he makes himself known to those who read the Torah that he is Elohim—the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Elohim is plural, and that is the reason for me explaining him as the Trinity and that we are made in his image; body, soul, and spirit.

As time progressed the generations of Adam became iniquitous and soon it was found that Noah and his family of 7 were the only ones who had pure DNA. So, the world was destroyed by water because of man’s iniquities and failure to listen to Enoch and Noah of the goodness and the salvation of God.

Later, God presents himself to Abraham as the Almighty God, shadday, or as we have accustomed ourselves in later times as El Shaddai. Then to Moses, he presents himself as Yahweh, the I AM, that I AM. Yes, the God of Israel, the only true God is almighty. He is the creator and can do anything. He creates life, and that is something Satan and his fallen angels, the pagan gods, cannot do because they are created beings by the same God that created man. Even Solomon proclaimed God in this manner:

And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
1 Kings 8:23 KJV

He is mighty, loving, pure, and is all knowing, and the God that can be anywhere, anytime, and know every bit of our hearts and thoughts simultaneously. That’s power! How can I further describe the God I serve, whose son is Jesus, and has sent his Holy Ghost to earth after Jesus ascension so that we can have salvation, deliverance, and healing? I describe him with this verse:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
²Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 KJV

God is powerful and he is the only one that we should worship because he is the only God who can deliver and bring salvation and life. Any other god that is worshiped by man is God’s enemy. Man for centuries have followed pagan gods of many names, and some of those same gods are worshiped in what we know as the New Age movement. The pagan gods no matter what name they go by in any region of the world, their influence will only bring man to his eternal death and should not be followed.

There is only one way, and that is the road to God through Jesus the Messiah because there is no other God.

Notes: All scriptures used is taken from the King James Version Public Domain Biblegateway.

The Power in a Name

Names have meaning. Oftentimes I have wondered if the meaning of our names impact our lives. I do know a name that has impacted every life who have received the name, and brought it into the hearts and minds. I have seen the fruits of this name in the works of salvation, redemption, deliverance and healing’s. With this name, it has impacted my life greatly by the aforementioned fruits. The name that has so much power, actually all power, is from the word in Hebrew yesha. The meaning of this name is in salvation, redemption, deliverance, and healing. The name I speak of is the name of Yeshua, and in the English is Jesus.

The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:3 KJV

Believe on his name. In the scriptures it tells us if we receive his name, namely believe upon Jesus, then he will give power to those who receive his name. How do we receive power by his name? It is through the act of repentance asking Jesus to forgive us of all our sins. When we pray for forgiveness then the power to use his name will come upon and within us. What are we to do after we are forgiven of our sins. We have been given the power to go into all the world and preach the gospel, to work miracles, and pray for people to be healed. All of this is done in the name of Jesus.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 1:12 KJV

Declare his name. His name is to be declared upon and throughout all the earth. Everyone will know his name, and hopefully everyone that will shall come to repentance and not only know his name, but know the Son of God Jesus. There is a prophecy in a prayer that Hannah prayed in 1 Samuel 2 where she is praying for thanksgiving of a male child and declares that every person, nation, and generation will declare that God is the only One that is God, that he is all power, and has the power over life and death.

By our ministry to minister Jesus to the world we will be declaring his name in the teaching of his ministry, miracles, and healing’s to the people who don’t know him and that are in bondage to the devil in the many diverse types of sins.

For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Romans 9:17 KJV

The Power in the name. Those of us who have been forgiven has been given the authority to use the name of Jesus from him to minister to the needs of the people. With his name we are give the power to bind and loose. We can bind evil spirits and evil deeds, and we can loose positive things throughout the earth. If one would read the first three gospels we see Jesus going about Galilee healing the sick, lame, blind, raising the dead, and setting the captives free through deliverance. He is no longer here on earth, but we who believe upon him have the authority in his name to perform the same good works. These works are helped to come to fruition by the Holy Ghost who came as a Comforter when Jesus ascended to the Father in Heaven.

And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
Acts 9:14 KJV

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
John 2:23 KJV

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
John 14:13-14 KJV

When we ask in the name of Jesus for needs he will answer because we have simply asked. If you have a need ask Jesus and the need will be met.

This name of Jesus is above every name. For no name has such authority. This name is the name of God. It’s root is in the Hebrew word yah which means I AM, and God says he is the I AM, that I AM in the Old Testament. This name is great and declares that Jesus is the Resurrection and the life, the bread of life, the truth and the life. What other name would have such power? I cannot think of any other name.

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Phillipians 2:9

The power in the name is Jesus. He is God, the Creator.

Notes: All Scripture given is taken from the King James Version Public Domain Biblegateway.

Who is God?

Many people through the ages have asked this question. Many have found the answer by reading the bible given to them, heard many preachers, teachers, and disciples of the Lord Jesus tell of him. So, I asked myself the question and how I would explain the God of Israel, the God that Christians also call Jesus. Here are my thoughts.

God is Elohim. Elohim, a Hebrew word that is plural. Throughout scripture we see the definition of Elohim taught as the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost. In the Old Testament we do see the trichotomy mostly in symbolism involving the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is direct in the Torah and the Tanach. The Son is spoken of, for instance, as the Captain of the Hosts and also as messiah types like Moses. The Holy Spirit is seen as water, wine, and oil in these scriptures. As we move along to the New Testament, which is a renewed covenant we see all three working through these writings being directly spoken of in context. God is made up of three persons, yet he is One. We are made in his image as body, soul, and spirit—three, yet one.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:1 KJV

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 14:26 KJV

God is Light. In the beginning of creation, God presents himself as light. He is the light of creation until he creates the sun to provide a light through the seasons. In the new earth to come God returns as the eternal light where his people dwell forever. We also see in his person that God is light, in which there is no darkness, meaning God is perfect, life is in himself, and in his being sin is not found. He is holy. With his light and knowledge he reveals the deep and hidden things, which he has written into his word, the bible for man to find. When we need strength, encouragement, wisdom and knowledge we can go to the scriptures and find light for the soul which quenches the thirst we have for our spiritual needs. Within him is light. He is made up of light, and light dwells within him. He is bright, and so bright that no man can physically look upon him and live. This he tells Elijah so that he can go into the creft of the rock and God can show his back to him because God’s glory—his light, the shekinah would strike him dead. Why? Because we do not live in glorified bodies. Our bodies are corrupted by sin that came through the sin of Adam and Eve.

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5 KJV

He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
Daniel 2:22 KJV

God is Light and Salvation. When I need light I go to Jesus to ask for strength and his light to light my paths so that I may stay and live in righteousness, for God is my strength that I need daily to ward off evil. He is life, and life on earth depends upon light to continue, and we must need light to continue living within our spirit man, the spirit that God breathed into us. When we are living righteously, we have his light and his light is sensed by all in the world, both those who live for Jesus, and by those who don’t. When we read his word, listen for his voice to guide us, with these paths we see his light and his goodness and love.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lordis the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1 KJV

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Psalm 36:9 KJV

This is how I would describe God to anyone in the world. There is only one path to eternal life, and that is through Jesus the Son of God, the logos—the Word.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1 KJV

The Power of Light

God is light. He is powerful and mighty. He creates light, but he is the ultimate source for light and enlightenment. There is no other god before Him, for he is One, and the Master of all.

In creation, he created a light to be in the sky of earth and all the planets. This light was to mark the length of the day, seasons, and the year in order to keep time. God did not need the light to shine on the earth, but in his plan he wanted us to know the dimension of time and space of light versus darkness. The natural ability of the two gives us a 3D effect in our natural world, so this is the reason for the God of Israel to give the command, “Let there be light. We also know that the light he created gives photosynthetic food to the plants on earth, and for energy to be stored for mankind to use. This is one of the powers of light.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1:3 KJV

Since God is the light that illuminates everything, he is a light for protection. When the Israelites were making their trek out of Egypt he had a pillar by day and night around the Israelites. There was a light, an angel in the rear to keep God’s children from being attacked from the rear before crossing over the Red Sea, and there was a light at night so that the people would feel safe while in the wilderness. God walks before us, and also behind us to protect us from harm. All those who know him will be protected in this manner. He actually protects us 360 degrees. Scripture tells us he is one step ahead of us.

And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Exodus 13:21 KJV

We are to make sure that the light in the tabernacle does not go out, meaning in a spiritual sense that we should enact in prayer daily being prayerful in spirit all day, but stopping along the day to pray at least three times. We are to keep ourselves in his word which stirs the heart and helps build a fire within us, teaching us and blessing us with spiritual provision to keep the tabernacle, our souls from thirst. We are responsible for the tabernacle, our bodies both externally and internally, meaning we are not to do anything that will defile our physical bodies with sin. For example, the committing of a sin that will bring disease like sexually transmitted diseases. We are responsible for the upkeep of our tabernacle internally as well, meaning listening to the Holy Spirit for direction, for words of knowledge or prophesies. To listen for God’s counsel when we are to meet certain people in our time during the day. We are to be instant in season so that we are able to give light to others, who may not know where to find the light. We are to be the light to the world that is searching and needing light and truth.

Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Leviticus 24:2 KJV

And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
Numbers 4:16 KJV

The truth is there is no light other than the God of Israel. He is a triune God. His embodiment is in the form of the Father, the Son Jesus, and the Holy Ghost. So, if you are needing light to feed your hungry soul look at the four powers of light I have given you. There is no other god that can give light and truth that will give you love, real love, and hope. There is no other god that will protect you, or give you provision. God and his son Jesus is about life, and there is light in life which empowers our lives to give light to others. This is the power of light.

Notes: All scripture given is taken from the King James Version Public Domain Biblegateway.

The December Chanukah

It is called the feast of the dedication in the New Testament in the book of John. Chanukah is about the celebration of the victory of the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire and its leader Antiochus IV Epiphanes. A seven year revolt because the Jewish people refused to worship the Greek pagan gods. It is also called the Feast of Lights.

And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
John 10:22-23 KJV

The December Chanukah is a time that is honored by nine lights on the Chanukah menorah. Each light being lit for each of the 9 days celebrated. This is the celebration of the Jewish people. However, how can Chanukah relate to the Christians who believe the Light of the World is the Messiah Jesus? Jesus came to the world for all people of all ethnic groups, that is Jew and Gentile to bring salvation to all. He brought light into the world when he was born, as the angels sang of his birth, and the stars declared. The message of his birth written in the stars and the shepherds watching could read this part of the gospel story. Jesus brought light into the world by turning water into wine and began his ministry, and continued to bring light and hope to all the people of Israel, and to the Gentiles as well. He brought the light in teaching of the law, healing the sick, lame, deaf, and the blind. He also delivered people from darkness and brought them into the light by casting demons out of them. He brought light into the families when their loved ones died and he raised them from the dead. He brings us light because he has authority over all, even death.

Light into the world can be viewed as victory over death, and Jesus brought us this victory by being the final sacrifice, a perfect sacrifice in that he never sinned, was a man but was not born of man’s seed. He was born of the Holy Ghost, and his father is the God of Israel. Only God can deliver man because mankind has been defiled by sin. Jesus declared that he is the Light of the World, by beginning the phrase I AM. The two words I AM in Hebrew is yah and that is one of the many names for God—the God of Israel, of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the God of all of us who believe in his son Jesus.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 KJV

Christians and Messianic Jews celebrate Jesus’s birth at this time of year and honor him as the light. The Chanukah menorah has nine lights. The number nine has a biblical significance in gematria. That is, the nine fruits of the Spirit, and the completeness of the Lord. God laid his plan out in the Old Testament by establishing the law so that all of mankind, and the Hebrews would know how to live moral lives in righteousness, govern themselves, and also how to worship the Lord through sacrifices, psalms, dancing, and praise. The burnt offerings of the animals, and the grains were just a covering, especially the blood that was presented before God. To finalize God’s plan of salvation he had to send his son Jesus to be the sacrifice for mankind, and undefiled sacrifice. His character can be seen in the fruits of the spirit in which the nine candles can represent, and these fruits Jesus displays to man in his time on earth, and in our current eras. For Jesus is the December Chanukah.

Notes: All scripture used is from the King James Version Public Domain Biblegateway.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maccabean_Revolt

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah

Biblical Mathematics: Keys to Scripture Numerics, Evangelist Ed. F. Vallowe, page 88.

The Sovereignty: The Absolute Power of God

Hannah was praying. She was acknowledging God, the God of Israel, who is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. In her prayer she worships and praises God, and in my imagination she is thanking him for giving her a male child whom she names Shemuel, or Samuel because she asked of him from the Lord, which is what his name means in Hebrew.

And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
²There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
1 Samuel 2:1-2

She begins to acknowledge him by telling God that he is like no other, there is none beside him, and that he is her rock. A rock that she can depend on, and also was prophesying the rock is the Messiah. She is praying in thanksgiving, but she is prophesying that all nations and generations that have lived on this earth will acknowledge him as the One True God, the only God, who is supreme and holds all sovereignty, all authority, and power!

He takes those who are poor and they become rich because these people have obeyed his commandments. He takes the low and he makes high, and Hannah is an example of the low. She was distressed because Peninnah persecuted her for being barren, and this made Hannah feel low in her spirit and of low worth, but she was made high because she made a vow with God that she would lend her new born to him in service all his life, and made a partial nazarite vow that he would not have a razor come to his head. She was made high because of the keeping of her promise as well, and was favored by God with a total of 5 children in her life.

God shows and uses the story of Hannah, though brief to make a powerful statement, and that is he is declaring that he is the Great I AM, and that all will acknowledge and kneel before him. He is telling us that he will break his enemies in pieces, which means his enemies are defeated. All of us will see this prophesy come true at the day of judgement when all those who lived on earth will be before him.

The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
1 Samuel 2:10

This is the essence of Hannah’s prayer in scripture, two-fold, but declares the sovereignty and the absolute authority of God.

God’s Infinite Love

God’s love is infinite. His love is measureless and boundless, like the stars in space, and his love is directed to mankind because he has made special provision for us because we were created innocent, and not having seen the third heaven in which he resides, and where his eternal temple and courtroom are located. The special provision was existence at the thought of man, earth, and the universe because God knew that man would fall into sin having been given a free will. The angels were given a free will and one third of them rebelled and had to be cast out of heaven.

How great is God’s love? His love can be measured, but is demonstrated by his Son Jesus who died on the cross. This was to bring back the creation into line after the fall of man in the Garden of Eden. I know God’s love is great because he has forgiven me of many mistakes and stupid things I have done in my life. His love can be described as grace and mercy because his patience is long with us. None of us deserve to be loved because of the sin state we were born in relating backward to the first sin of Eve and Adam, but God chose to love every one of us, even those we consider the worst of the worst in history.

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Jeremiah 31:3

God’s love is perfect. His love is not tainted with sin because there is no sin with him. Sin taints, defiles, and destroys everything. The love we are to express with each other gets tainted with emotions like fear and hate, while originally we were to created to love one another, yet God has to command and remind of to love one another in his word. God’s love drives out all fear when his love comes into our heart’s and life because God’s love is light and fear is darkness, and darkness has to flee when light comes into its presence.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
1 John 4:18

If we do have fear in our hearts then our hearts are not perfect in love, and we do not know the father because we have not asked for his forgiveness to walk in his love. So, to know what love really is, and to understand God’s infinite love we need to create a relationship with him, to come to him, and lay all of our sins at his feet. When we do he will produce a light within you that others will recognize, and that light that shines in the darkness you walk through here on earth is the light of God and his infinite love.

Notes: All scripture used is from the King James Version Public Domain Biblegateway