God the Father
There is one God, eternally existing in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, each fully God. Moses heard "The LORD our God, the LORD is one" (Deuteronomy 6:4, ESV), and Jesus sent His disciples to baptize "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19, ESV). This site gives the three persons three sections side by side: this one, Jesus, God the Son, and The Holy Spirit.
This section studies the Father, "from whom are all things and for whom we exist" (1 Corinthians 8:6, ESV), together with what is true of the one God: His names, His nature, creation, and the ways He makes Himself known. The Statement of Faith sets out what this site believes about the Trinity.
Drawn in these studies
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Ehyeh asher Ehyeh: I AM WHO I AM · The Names of God
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YHWH, read Adonai: the LORD, God's own name · The Names of God
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El Shaddai: God Almighty · The Names of God
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Adonai: Lord, my Lord · The Names of God
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El Elyon: God Most High · The Names of God
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El Roi: the God who sees · The Names of God
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YHWH Yireh: the LORD will see to it, will provide · The Names of God
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YHWH Rofekha: the LORD your healer · The Names of God
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YHWH Nissi: the LORD is my banner · The Names of God
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YHWH Shalom: the LORD is peace · The Names of God
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YHWH Tsevaot: the LORD of hosts · The Names of God
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Immanuel: God with us · The Names of God
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El Gibbor: Mighty God · The Names of God
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YHWH Tsidkenu: the LORD is our righteousness · The Names of God
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Yeshua, Jesus: the LORD saves: the name of Jesus · The Names of God
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The stones in three lists · Precious Stones in Scripture
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What a stone does with light · Precious Stones in Scripture
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How the stones were worn · Precious Stones in Scripture
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Twelve names, twice · Precious Stones in Scripture
The studies
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Behemoth and Leviathan: The Lord's Two Exhibits in Job 40-41
An exegetical study of Job 40:15-41:34 — two real, mighty animals God parades before Job, neither of which matches anything alive today. What the Hebrew says about their habitat and their fire, why the hippopotamus and crocodile identifications fail, and where the creatures may be attested outside Scripture.
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What Creation Declares: General Revelation in Romans 1:19-23
An exegetical study of Romans 1:19-23 on what creation alone reveals about God, with a look at young-earth arguments from design, the fossil record, and the early universe.
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The Names of God
A study of the names God gave Himself in the Old Testament, from "I AM WHO I AM" at the burning bush to the LORD our righteousness: where each was spoken, to whom, what it promised, and how all of them meet in the name of Jesus.
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Precious Stones in Scripture
Why Ezekiel and John describe God's throne and the New Jerusalem in gemstones: what each stone was, how the breastpiece, Ezekiel 28 and Revelation 21 share one list, and what a stone's light (lustre, dispersion, asterism, pleochroism) shows about the glory of God.