Sunday, January 8, 2017
Pantheism
Bible Questions Answered:
“...witnessed to him, and he said he
did believe in God, and that God was everywhere around him. Well I
thought that was good, so I tried to reach out to him again, but
turned out what he believed was that everything was God. A tree, the
river, the sky, anything and everything. I told him, God says to
repent, turn from sin, and turn to him, but he said God doesn't say
that...?”
Tracy/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Pantheism:
Pantheism is the belief that all of
reality is identical with divinity, or that everything composes an
all-encompassing, immanent god.
Pantheists thus do not believe in a
distinct personal or anthropomorphic god.
(Wikipedia.Com)
God is a person, three united, and
acting as one, God The Father, God The Son, and God
The Holy Spirit.
Genesis 1:26 KJV
And God said, Let us make
man in our image..."
Genesis 11:7 KJV
Go to, let us go down,
and there confound their language, that they may not understand one
another's speech.
Isaiah 42:1 NLT
Look at My (God
The Father) Servant (God's
Son, Jesus Christ), whom I strengthen. He is My Chosen One,
who pleases Me. I have put My Spirit (God
The Holy Spirit) upon Him. He will bring justice to the
nations.
Isaiah 48:16,17 KJV
16 Come ye near unto Me, hear ye
this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time
that it was, there am I: and now The Lord God (God
The Father), and His Spirit (Holy
Spirit), hath sent Me (God's
Son).
17 Thus saith The Lord, thy
Redeemer, The Holy One Of Israel; I am The Lord thy God which
teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou
shouldest go.
Matthew 3:16,17 KJV
16 And Jesus, when He was baptized,
went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were
opened unto Him, and He saw The Spirit Of God (God
The Holy Spirit) descending like a dove, and lighting upon
Him:
17 And lo a voice (God
The Father) from heaven, saying, This is My Beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased.
Matthew 28:19 KJV
Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost:
John 4:23 KJV
But the hour cometh, and now is,
when the true worshipers shall worship The Father in Spirit (God The
Holy Spirit) and in Truth (Jesus
Christ, The Way, The Truth, and The Life.): for the Father
seeketh such to worship Him.
John 15:26 KJV
But when The Comforter (God
The Holy Spirit) is come, whom I (The
Lord Jesus) will send unto you from The Father, even The
Spirit Of Truth, which proceedeth from The Father, He shall testify
of Me:
II Corinthians
13:14 KJV
The grace of The Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God (The
Father), and the communion of
The Holy Ghost, be with you all.
Amen.
I John 5:7 KJV
For there are three that bear record
in heaven, The Father, The Word (Jesus
Christ), and
The Holy Ghost: and these three are
one.
God is all powerful, and His presence
is everywhere and knowing all things.
God's
Character:
Omniscient (All
Knowing):
Psalm 139:1-18 KJV
1 O lord, thou hast searched
me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my down
sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar
off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my
lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my
tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and
before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful
for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy
spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou
art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the
morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead
me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness
shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from
thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light
are both alike to thee.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins:
thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my
soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from
thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest
parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my
substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were
written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was
none of them.
17 How precious also are thy
thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are
more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Psalm 147:4,5
KJV
4 He telleth the number of the
stars; He calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of great
power: His understanding is infinite.
Isaiah 55:8,9
KJV
8 For My thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith The Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than
the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than
your thoughts.
Romans 11:33-35
NLT
33 Oh, how great are God’s riches
and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand
His decisions and His ways!
34 For who can know The Lord’s
thoughts? Who knows enough to give Him advice?
35 And who has given Him so much
that He needs to pay it back?
Omnipotent (All
Powerful):
Job 26:12 KJV
He divideth the
sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through the
proud.
Psalm 62:11 KJV
God hath spoken
once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
Psalm 65:6 KJV
Which by His
strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
Omnipresence
(Everywhere Present):
Deuteronomy 4:39
KJV
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.
Proverbs 15:3
KJV
The eyes of The
Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
Jeremiah 23:24
KJV
Can any hide
himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith The Lord. Do
not I fill heaven and earth? saith The Lord.
The false belief of Pantheism, takes away the personality of God, and
why would anyone want to do that? They would want to do that, so that
they would not have to repent to The Living God, and change their
ways, living for Him.
Mark 1:14,15 NLT
14 Later
on...Jesus went into Galilee, where He preached God’s Good News.
15 “The time
promised by God has come at last!” He announced. “The Kingdom of
God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!”
Acts 3:19 KJV
Repent, then,
and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of
refreshing may come from The Lord,
II Corinthians
7:10 KJV
Godly sorrow
brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but
worldly sorrow brings death.
II Peter 3:9 KJV
The Lord is not
slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. Instead He
is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to
come to repentance.