Truth – James G. Owen, Author

Being a Pentecostal all my life, I have come to understand how God interacts with man within man by his Holy Spirit. Man is the temple of God in which he comes to dwell, and there is no other temple that he desires. This interaction of the Holy Spirit within the temple man is an intimate relationship enabling man to hear God’s voice and to use man’s five senses to know God’s presence. It was about two weeks ago before the churches and other public places was shut down that I was at an eldership meeting when the presence of the Holy Spirit came into the building. The fire of God was present, and people could feel the heat from the fire that an angel was dispersing through the people. I went to get in line to be prayed for and I could sense and smell the presence of the Lord. This is not a first-time experience for me as I have encountered the fragrance of God on other occasions by prayer in my own home.

Within the works of the Holy Spirit there is pleasure as God gives joy, peace, and strength to the people, and may express himself through man in the form of laughter, dancing, or just by praise from the person receiving a blessing, or a need met. Listed below are some thoughts I had while reading Psalm 111 during my studies of last fall.

“For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” Habakkuk 2:14 KJV

^“His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion.” Psalm 111:3-4 KJV

“God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.” Psalm 89:7 KJV

Praising God opens door to his work and his glory. His glory is pleasurable, honorable and righteous.
His works are eternal.
His works set as a memorial (altar). Man will remember the work or the miracle. His works are a witness of himself.
As God works, man can see the works of God.
His works are founded in truth.
His judgement is a result of the truth.
His word is assured, set, and never changes.
His word sent redemption, salvation, deliverance, and healing by his work on the cross.
Reverence. The fear of God knowing he has all power to do as he wishes with his creation. Reverence creates wisdom and understanding resulting from innate knowledge.
The door is opened to the fullness of understanding his word.
God never forgets his covenant to man.

In Conclusion, God also interacts with man through covenants. His interaction of man we can see as we study those covenants of the Adamic, Noahic, Abrahamic, Davidic, and the New Covenant. All of these covenants show the glory of God in his promise of a messiah to Eve, his promise of never destroying the earth again by a global flood as we see his rainbow in the sky after a rain, the promise of a blessing to all nations through Abraham’s seed, and that seed that will bless all nations is Jesus. The interaction with man through the Davidic is the promise of a king to rule over a new Earth and Universe that is an everlasting kingdom where sin is not even known, no evil, no danger, and that the Earth is another Eden. This is the messianic era that is future after all things are set under Jesus’s feet. God’s glory is to interact with man in man by saving men, women, and children who want to be with the Lord eternally, obeying him, interacting with him through his Spirit knowing he is a good, loving, and gracious God.

Notes:

All scripture used was taken from the King James Version, Public Domain, Biblegateway.

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

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