THE TEACHING OF MOSES AND THE PROPHETS

By
Gary Ray Branscome
 
 

CONCERNING THE ONE TRUE GOD

    There is but one true God, one Divine Being.  For it is written, "Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:", (Deuteronomy 6:4).

    The one true God is eternally existent in three distinct persons.  Therefore, even though the true God is an invisible Spirit, when He appeared to Abraham in the plains of Mamre, Abraham saw three men, bowed to them, and referred to them in the singular as his Lord (Genesis 18:1-3).

The Word of Moses and the Prophets tells us that:

    The Father is God. -(Jeremiah 3:14 & 19; Malachi 1:6; Jeremiah 31:9; Malachi 2:10; Isaiah 63:16).
    The Son is God. -(Psalm 27:11-12; Isaiah 9:6; Psalm 47:5; Hosea 1:7; Micah 5:2, Isaiah 7:14).
    The Holy Spirit is God. -(Psalm 51:11; Isaiah 63:10-11; 2 Samuel 23:2).

    Likewise that same Word tells us that these three are distinct from each other.  For Isaiah records He who is "the First" and" the Last", whose "hand also laid the foundation of the earth" as saying "I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord God and His Spirit hath sent me." (Isaiah 48:12,13,16)

   Yet God's Word makes it clear that there are not three God's, but One God. The three are One. -(Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 45:21-22; Isaiah 43:10-11).
 

THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD

God is All Knowing. -(Psalm 139:12,15 & 16; Proverbs 15:3; 1 Samuel 2:3).
God is All Powerful. -(Genesis 17:1; Exodus 6:3; Genesis 35:11).
God is Compassionate. -(1 Kings 13:23; Lamentations 3:22-23; Psalm 78:38).
God is Eternal. -(Genesis 21:33; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 90:2; Isaiah 9:6; Jeremiah 10:10; Daniel 4:3;
                            Micah 5:2).
God is Faithful and True. -(Joshua 21:45; 2 Samuel 7:28; Psalm 19:9; Isaiah 25:1).
God is Glorious. -(Exodus 15:11; Psalm 145:5; Deuteronomy 28:58).
God is Gracious. -(Nehemiah 9:31; Isaiah 30:18-19; Exodus 34:6).
God is Holy. -(Psalm 22:3; Psalm 30:4; Isaiah 6:3).
God is Immutable. -(Psalm 102:26-27; Numbers 23:19; Psalm 119:89).
God is Incomprehensible. -(Job 36:26; Job 37:5; Psalm 40:5, Psalm 139:6).
God is Incorruptible. -(Leviticus 11:44; Malachi 3:6).
God is Invisible. -(Job 23:8-9).
God is Jealous. -(Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 32:16).
God is Just. -(Deuteronomy 32:4-5; Isaiah 45:21).
God is Longsuffering. -(Numbers 14:18; Psalm 86:15).
God is Merciful. -(Exodus 34:6-7; Numbers 14:18; Psalm 36:5; Psalm 136; Psalm 106:1; Psalm 13:5).
God is Present Everywhere. -(Psalm 139:7-10; Proverbs 15:3; Jeremiah 23:23-24).
God is Righteous. -(Ezra 9:15; Psalm 145:7 & 17).
God is Truthful. -(Psalm 146:6; Numbers 23:19; 2 Samuel 7:28; Isaiah 65:16).
God is Unsearchable. -(Job 11:7; Psalm 145:3; Ecclesiastes 8:17).
God is Upright. -(Psalm 25:8; Psalm 92:15).
 

CREATION

    In just six days God created the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day. -(Genesis 1; Exodus 20:11)  On the sixth day God created man in His own image, pure and free from sin. -(Ecclesiastes 7:29; Genesis 5:1; Genesis 1:26,27 & 31)
 

THE FALL

    Although created without sin, through disobedience the first man and the first woman sinned and thus lost the image of God. -(Job 14:4; Genesis 3:2,3,6,11,12 & 19; Genesis 5:3)  Through sin they were brought under the power of sin, their very nature being corrupted by sin. -(Proverbs 5:22; Genesis 18:21; Psalm 76:6 & 8; Jeremiah 17:9; Genesis 6:5; Psalm 52:3)

    Because of their sin all men are conceived in sin and are sinners from the womb. -(Genesis 5:3; Job 14:4; Job 15:4; Job 25:4-5; Psalm 51:5; Psalm 58:3)  Being sinners no one is able to keep God's law. -(Isaiah 64:6; Psalm 14:3; 1 Kings 8:46; Psalm 53:3; Ecclesiastes 7:20)  We have all sinned (Ecclesiastes 7:20; Psalm 14:3; Isaiah 53:8; Psalm 53:3; Leviticus 11:44) and are through sin under the curse of the law and therefore are worthy only of death. -(Deuteronomy 27:26; Psalm 119:21; Jeremiah 11:3; Deuteronomy 28:15 & 45; Ezekiel 18:20; Genesis 6:11-13)
 

THE MESSIAH

    Although we have all sinned and are worthy only of death, God loves us and desires that all should be saved. -(Job 33:32; Ezekiel 33:11)  Therefore, God promised to raise up a seed of the woman, a descendant of Abraham, who would crush the head of the serpent and through whom all the nations of the earth will be blessed. -(Genesis 3:14-15; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 21:12; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 28:14; Jeremiah 23:5-6)
      The Messiah is true God, Jehovah incarnate. -(Jeremiah 23:5-6; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 25:9; Psalm 89:27; Isaiah 49:26; Hosea 11:1; Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 43:3 & 14)

    He is also true man, the Son of God, the righteous servant of Jehovah. -(Zechariah 3:8; Isaiah 53:11; Psalm 2:7,11-12; Isaiah 52:13; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 7:14; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Isaiah 42:1)
 

GOD'S SALVATION

    The Messiah, who was without sin (Isaiah 53:9-11), took our sins upon Himself. -(Isaiah 53:4-6)  He offered Himself once for the sins of the world. -(Isaiah 53:9-10; Isaiah 54:5)  And through His death He has triumphed over sin, death and the power of the Devil. -(Isaiah 25:8; 1 Chronicles 29:11; Isaiah 59:16; Isaiah 26:19)

    His sacrifice was the price of our redemption. -(Isaiah 52:3; Isaiah 60:16; Job 19:25; Psalm 78:35; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 63:16; Ezekiel 18:4 & 20; Proverbs 5:22; Isaiah 54:5)  Through His death we receive forgiveness and are delivered from the bondage of sin death and the power of the Devil. -(Psalm 78:35; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 63:16; Proverbs 5:22; Job 19:25; Jeremiah 31:34; Psalm 32:1; Jeremiah 33:8; Leviticus 17:11)

    The forgiveness which He won for us by His death on the cross is freely extended to all who turn from their sin and trust in Him and His sacrifice alone, not works, to make them righteous before God. -(Isaiah 53:11; Proverbs 11:9; Hosea 4:6; Jeremiah 17:5; Psalm 78:22 & 32; Job 33:27-28; Joel 2:32; Proverbs 3:34; Psalm 10:4; Isaiah 64:6; Psalm 34:18; Psalm 26:1; Psalm 37:40; Habakkuk 2:4; Psalm 52:8; Psalm 37:5 & 40; Psalm 71:15,16 & 19; Psalm 84:12; Psalm 2:12; Psalm 32:10; Psalm 34:8)

    No sin is imputed to those who trust in Him. -(Psalm 32:1,2,5, & 10; Joel 2:32; Psalm 78:22; Psalm 13:5; Psalm 2:12; Hosea 1:7)  God sees them only as righteous for their faith is counted as righteousness. -(Genesis 15:6; Habakkuk 2:4; Psalm 147:11; Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Jeremiah 33:15-16; Isaiah 54:17; Job 33:26)
 

THE FINAL JUDGEMENT

    When He returns in glory, the graves will open and the dead shall arise. -(Isaiah 66:15; Daniel 7:22; Isaiah 26:19; Psalm 49:15; Job 19:26; Hosea 13:14; Psalm 17:15)  Then He shall judge all men according to their works. -(Daniel 12:2; Ecclesiastes 3:17; Psalm 98:9; Ecclesiastes 11:9; 1 Samuel 2:10; Ecclesiastes 12:14)  Those who have done wickedly shall awake to shame, contempt, and the everlasting torment of fire. -(Daniel 12:2; Isaiah 33:14; Proverbs 14:12; Isaiah 66:24; Psalm 9:17; Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 9:18; Job 21:30; Psalm 60:12)  Those whose sins are forgiven shall rise in God's image, without sin, and shall enter into the everlasting life, joy, pleasure and glory of God's presence. -(Daniel 12:2-3; Psalm 89:29; Isaiah 33:15-17; Psalm 16:11; Psalm 21:4; Psalm 13:3-5; Psalm 32:1-5; Psalm 136:24)