Gospel Journey

Who was God Talking to?

Welcome to the GOSPEL Journey discussion. These posts are to help you engage with the central message of the Bible. This week, we will be dealing with the statement: God created us to be with Him. Comment. Question. Agree. Disagree. Either way, let us know what you think.

Who was God talking to?

According to Genesis 1:26a, God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…” (emphasis added). Why would God be speaking of the plural? The next verse makes it clear that male and female were created in the image of God. Therefore, whoever God was talking to, must be God too.

Take a look at John 1:1-5, 14 and then answer the following questions:

1. According to verse one, how long has the Word been with God?
2. The verse says more than that the Word was with God. What else does it claim?
3. According to verse three, what did the Word create? What didn’t the Word create?
4. When did God take on flesh? What does this establish about Jesus?

So Jesus was present at the creation. Was the Holy Spirit there? Genesis 1:2 says that “the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.” We also know that the Holy Spirit must have been there, because He too, is God. Take a look at Acts 5:1-11 to establish that the Holy Spirit is God.

1. What was Ananias and Sapphira’s sin?
2. Obviously they lied to men, but in verse three, Peter says they also lied to Whom?
3. Who does Peter say they lied to in verse 4?
4. Who does this passage say the Holy Spirit is?

The Trinity is a difficult concept to grasp. (There should be some things about God that are mysterious.) In a nutshell, the Bible teaches that God is God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. However, Scripture also teaches that God the Father is not Jesus or the Holy Spirit and neither is Jesus the Holy Spirit. They are distinct.

It can be difficult to grasp. But when the Bible says that God created, we need to realize that means God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit were all present and active during creation.

posted by danny2 @ 12:02 AM