Seeing God

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The scripture says:</div> <bR> <div>  “ <I><U>No one has seen God</U></I><I> at any time. The </I><I><B>only begotten </B></I><I><B>Son</B></I>, <I>who is in the bosom of the Father. </I><I><B>He has declared Him.</B></I><I>" </I>(KJV John 1:18) </div> <bR> <div> “ <I><U>No one has ever seen God</U></I><I>. </I><I><B><U>But God the only Son</U></B></I>, <I>who is at the Fathers side. </I><I><B>He has made Him known</B></I><I>." </I>(NIV)</div> <bR> <div> and        <I>"who alone has immortality dwelling in unapproachable light, whom </I><I><U>no man has seen</U></I><I> or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power, Amen."  </I>(1 Tim. 6:16)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The scripture says no man<I> </I>has ever seen Him. But wait Did Moses see God? and Abraham? How about Isaiah?</div> <bR> <div> "<I>So</I> <I>the Lord spoke to Moses </I><I><U>Face to Face</U></I><I>, as a man speaks to his friend.”   (</I>Ex. 33:11)</div> <bR> <div> <I>"I speak with him face to face, Even plainly, and not in dark sayings and he </I><I><U>sees the</U></I><I><B><U> </U></B></I><I><U>form of </U></I><B><U> </U></B><I><U>the Lord..</U></I><I>" </I>(Num. 12:8)</div> <bR> <div> <I> “And they </I>(the 70 elders and Moses) <I><U>saw the God of Israel”</U></I><I>  </I>(Ex. 24:9-10)</div> <bR> <div> <I>"Then the Lord </I><I><U>appeared</U></I><I> to him </I>(Abraham) <I>by the terebinth trees of Mamre... So he lifted his eyes and </I><I><U>looked and behold three men</U></I><I> were standing by</I><I><B> </B></I><I>him" </I>(Gen 18:1-2)</div> <bR> <div> <I>"In the year King Uzziah died, I </I><I><U>saw the Lord</U></I><I> sitting on a throne...for my </I><I><U>eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts</U></I><I>" </I>(Isaiah 6:1 & 5)</div> <bR> <div> And there are more (Gen. 16:13;  Gen 17:1;  Gen 32:30;  Judges 13:22-23;  Dan. 7:9-10)</div> <bR> <div> If NO ONE can, or has, seen God, Then how do you account for these scriptures? Was the scripture wrong?</div> <bR> <div> Or maybe THIS is what Jesus was talking about when He said:</div> <bR> <div> <I>“He who sees Me </I><I><B><U>SEES Him</U></B></I><I><B> who sent Me</B></I><I>.”  </I>(John 12:45)</div> <bR> <div> And  <I>"Philip said to Him ` Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.' Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long, and yet you have </I><I><B>not known Me</B></I><I>, Philip? He who has </I><I><B><U>SEEN ME</U></B></I><I> has</I><I><B> </B></I><I><B><U>SEEN THE FATHER..</U></B></I><I><B>"  </B></I>(John 14:8-9)</div> <bR> <div> This explains why Jesus said:  <I>"I am the way, the truth, and the life. </I><I><U>No one</U></I><I> comes to the</I><I><B> </B></I><I>Father</I><I><B> </B></I><I><B><U>but by ME</U></B></I><I><U>.</U></I><I> If</I><I><B> </B></I><I>you had </I><I><B>known Me</B></I><I>, you would have </I><I><B>known My Father also</B></I><I>; and from now on you </I><I><U>KNOW HIM</U></I><I> and have </I><I><B><U>SEEN HIM</U></B></I><I><B>" </B></I>(John 14:6-7)</div> <bR> <div> In simple terminology, you <U>CAN SEE</U> the Father (God), but only through JESUS who has revealed Him! Without coming to Jesus, YOU cannot see God!</div> <bR> <div> <I>“Whoever </I><I><U>denies the Son does not have the Father</U></I><I> either; he who acknowledges the Son </I><I><U>HAS THE FATHER ALSO</U></I><I>"  </I>(I John 2:23)</div> <bR> <div> <I>"we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may </I><I><U>KNOW HIM WHO IS TRUE</U></I><I>, in His Son Jesus Christ </I><I><U>This is the true God and eternal Life</U></I><I>.”   </I>(1 John 5: 20)</div> <bR> <div> <I>And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and </I><I><B><U>this life is in his Son.</U></B></I><I> [12] He that </I><I><U>hath the Son hath life; and he that </U></I><I><B><U>hath not the Son of God hath not life</U></B></I><I><U>.   </U></I>1 John 5:11-12 </div> <bR> <bR> <div>  “ <I><U>No one has seen God</U></I><I> at any time. The </I><I><B>only begotten Son</B></I>, <I>who is in the bosom of the Father. </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>He has declared Him.</U></B></I><I><U>"</U></I></FONT><I> </I>(KJV John 1:18) </div> <bR> <div> “ <I><U>No one has ever seen God</U></I><I>. </I><I><B><U>But God the only Son</U></B></I>, <I>who is at the Fathers side. </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>He has made Him known</U></B></I><I><U>.</U></I></FONT><I>" </I>(NIV)</div> <bR> <div> Although No one has ever seen God the Father, Multitudes throughout history have seen God the Son, and Jesus said whomever has seen God the Son, has seen the Father!  <I><B><U>But God the only Son</U></B></I>, <I>who is at the Fathers side. </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>He has made Him known</U></B></I><I><U>.</U></I></FONT><I>"</I></div> <bR> <div> Without seeing and knowing Jesus, we are children of the devil, and CANNOT cease from sin! When one is 'born of God", they see Jesus, and have the power of God living within them to help them to cease from sin! </div> <bR> <div> <I>"Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth </I><I><B><U>hath not </U></B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>seen him</U></B></I></FONT><I><B><U>, neither known him</U></B></I><I>.  Whosoever is </I><I><B><U>born of God</U></B></I><I> doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is </I><I><B><U>born of God</U></B></I><I>. [10] In this the </I><I><B><U>children of God are manifest</U></B></I><I>, and the </I><I><B>children of the devil</B></I><I>: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother."   </I>1 John 3:6,9-10 </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>"He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and </I><I><B><U>will </U></B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>manifest </U></B></I></FONT><I><B><U>(appear, show) myself to him</U></B></I><I>."   </I>John 14:21 </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Every "born again" believer in Jesus Christ, has had a one on one encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ when they bowed their knee to Jesus, confessed him as Lord with a heart of repentance from sin, and worshipped him as God, and have become "born again"! (Phil. 2:6-11) Have YOU? If you haven't, then you are not a child of God! If you continue to turn your back on Jesus as <U>God the Son</U>, making him into a created angel, you will die in your sins and perish as a child of the devil, even as you trust in the Watchtower to save you!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> John 8:24 </div> <div>   <I>  I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>that I am he</U></B></I></FONT><I>, </I><I><B><U>ye shall die in your sins</U></B></I><I>.</I> </div> <bR> <bR> <div> John 20:28-29 </div> <div>     <I>And Thomas answered and said unto him, </I><I><U>My Lord and </U></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>my God</U></B></I></FONT><I>. [29] Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, </I><I><B><U>because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.</U></B></I><I> </I></div> <bR> <div>     </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> John 11:25-26 </div> <div>     <I>Jesus said unto her, </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>I am</U></B></I></FONT><I><B><U> the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth </U></B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>in me</U></B></I><I><B><U>,</U></B></I></FONT><I><B><U> though he were dead, yet shall he live</U></B></I><I>: [26] And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. </I><I><B><U>Believest thou this</U></B></I><I>? </I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Return to study on <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id215.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jesus"><U>Jesus</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Return to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id255.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Refuting SDA web page on Michael being J"><U>Refuting SDA web page on Michael being Jesus</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>