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GOD THE CREATOR
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  subtopics = [[Character of God]] - [[God is the creator]], [[God is love]], [[God is holy]], [[God is forgiving]]
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* [[Trinity]] - [[God the Father]], [[Jesus Christ]], [[Holy Spirit]]
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* Sermon: [[Luke 15 - What is God like? (G.G.)]]
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God is the central being of all existence. He is eternal in that he has no beginning and no end. In the [[Genesis 1|first chapter of the first book]] of [[Bible]] an account is given of God creating the universe and the earth and creating people in his own image. The Bible also reveals that God is full of [[God is forgiving|mercy]] and [[God is love|love]] (for example [[1 John 4:8]]. Millions of people in the world trust in God as their master and Lord and also their saviour. He is a personal being, who is three in one - [[God the Father|Father]], [[Jesus Christ|Son]] and [[Holy Spirit]]. The Bible also reveals that God stands ready to come into any person's life when that person acknowledges him and repents of having not lived his way.
  
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===[[Character of God]]===
  
GEN 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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Although the mere existence of God can be deduced by natural reason his nature is beyond our understanding. He gives life to all and he is the author of love and forgiveness. [[John 1:4]] describes this beautifully:
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God is also completely [[holy]] and without any evil. At the same time God is forgiving and merciful and full of love.
  
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===[[Trinity]]===
  
GEN 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the
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The Trinity is the Christian [[doctrine]] (or teaching) that describes the three-in-one (triune) nature of God. Although impossible to fully grasp, the Bible reveals that there is one and only one God, and also that the [[God the Father|Father]] is God, and yet [[Jesus]] the Son is God, and also the [[Holy Spirit]] is God. That is, there is one God who eternally exists in three distinct persons.
  
face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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==Quotes==
  
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Sri Aurobindo, in ''Thoughts and Aphorisms''
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: A God who cannot smile could not have created this humorous universe.
  
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Robertson Davies in ''Conversations''
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: A man who recognizes no God is probably placing an inordinate value on himself.
  
GEN 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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Albert Einstein
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: Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish
  
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Benjamin Franklin
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: God heals, and the doctor takes the fee.
  
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[[C.S. Lewis]]
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: God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
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: God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love.
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: If God thinks this state of war in the universe a price worth paying for free will...then we may take it it is worth paying.
  
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Galileo Galilei (1564 ~ 1642)
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: I do not think it is necessary to believe that the same God who has given us our senses, reason, and intelligence wished us to abandon their use, giving us by some other means the information that we could gain through them.
  
GEN 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from
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Yiddish proverb,
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: If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
  
the darkness.
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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: If you do not believe in a personal God the question: `What is the purpose of life?' is unaskable and unanswerable.
  
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Thomas Jefferson
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: It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
  
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Immanuel Kant
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: Reason can never prove the existence of God.
  
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Emily Dickinson
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: They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
  
GEN 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the
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Catherine Doherty
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: With God, every moment is the moment of beginning again.  
  
evening and the morning were the first day.
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Unknown source
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: You can live without God, but you better not die without him.  
  
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[[Romans 5]]:7-8
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: {{Bible verse|Romans|5|7|lang=WEB}} {{Bible verse|Romans|5|8|lang=WEB}}
  
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[[1 John 4:16]]
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: God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
  
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[[1 John 1:5]]
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: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
  
GEN 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and
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[[Exodus 3:14]] (King James Version)
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: God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
  
let it divide the waters from the waters.
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[[Isaiah 45]]:5-7 (King James Version)
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: I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.  
  
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Spike Milligan
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: And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but the Electricity Board said he would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.
  
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Woody Allen
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: If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
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: How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
  
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==Links==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God Wikipedia - God]
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* [http://www.theopedia.com/God Theopedia - God]
  
GEN 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the
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firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
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GEN 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning
 
 
 
were the second day.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto
 
 
 
one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the
 
 
 
waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,
 
 
 
and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon
 
 
 
the earth: and it was so.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his
 
 
 
kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and
 
 
 
God saw that it was good.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to
 
 
 
divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and
 
 
 
for days, and years:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give
 
 
 
light upon the earth: and it was so.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and
 
 
 
the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the
 
 
 
earth,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light
 
 
 
from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving
 
 
 
creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open
 
 
 
firmament of heaven.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth,
 
 
 
which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged
 
 
 
fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the
 
 
 
waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his
 
 
 
kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it
 
 
 
was so.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after
 
 
 
their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God
 
 
 
saw that it was good.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
 
 
 
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,
 
 
 
and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
 
 
 
creepeth upon the earth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
 
 
 
him; male and female created he them.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and
 
 
 
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the
 
 
 
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that
 
 
 
moveth upon the earth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which
 
 
 
is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of
 
 
 
a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to
 
 
 
every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given
 
 
 
every green herb for meat: and it was so.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very
 
 
 
good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he
 
 
 
rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it
 
 
 
he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they
 
 
 
were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
 
 
 
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God
 
 
 
created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their
 
 
 
name Adam, in the day when they were created.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GEN 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the
 
 
 
image of God made he man.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXO 4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh
 
 
 
the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXO 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that
 
 
 
in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath
 
 
 
day, and hallowed it.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DEU 4:32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since
 
 
 
the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven
 
 
 
unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is,
 
 
 
or hath been heard like it?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DEU 32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he
 
 
 
thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DEU 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art
 
 
 
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him,
 
 
 
and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DEU 32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten
 
 
 
God that formed thee.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1SA 2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from
 
 
 
the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of
 
 
 
glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world
 
 
 
upon them.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2KI 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel,
 
 
 
which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all
 
 
 
the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1CH 16:26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the
 
 
 
heavens.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NEH 9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of
 
 
 
heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the
 
 
 
seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of
 
 
 
heaven worshippeth thee.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of
 
 
 
the sea.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the
 
 
 
south.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest
 
 
 
despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet
 
 
 
thou dost destroy me.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt
 
 
 
thou bring me into dust again?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 10:10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 10:11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with
 
 
 
bones and sinews.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath
 
 
 
preserved my spirit.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of
 
 
 
all mankind.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the
 
 
 
earth upon nothing.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the
 
 
 
crooked serpent.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my
 
 
 
nostrils;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of
 
 
 
the thunder:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched
 
 
 
it out.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion
 
 
 
us in the womb?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath
 
 
 
given me life.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 34:19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor
 
 
 
regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of
 
 
 
him which is perfect in knowledge?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a
 
 
 
molten looking glass?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if
 
 
 
thou hast understanding.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted
 
 
 
for joy?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 38:8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had
 
 
 
issued out of the womb?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 38:9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a
 
 
 
swaddlingband for it,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 38:10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JOB 38:36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given
 
 
 
understanding to the heart?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the
 
 
 
stars, which thou hast ordained;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his
 
 
 
handywork.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 24:1 The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they
 
 
 
that dwell therein.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the
 
 
 
floods.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of
 
 
 
them by the breath of his mouth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up
 
 
 
the depth in storehouses.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 33:9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 33:15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 65:6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with
 
 
 
power:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 74:16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the
 
 
 
light and the sun.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and
 
 
 
winter.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 78:69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he
 
 
 
hath established for ever.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O
 
 
 
Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and
 
 
 
the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon
 
 
 
shall rejoice in thy name.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in
 
 
 
vain?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the
 
 
 
earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye,
 
 
 
shall he not see?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the
 
 
 
hills is his also.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 95:5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our
 
 
 
maker.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not
 
 
 
we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens
 
 
 
are the work of thy hands.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 103:22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless
 
 
 
the LORD, O my soul.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out
 
 
 
the heavens like a curtain:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the
 
 
 
clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed
 
 
 
for ever.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood
 
 
 
above the mountains.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 104:24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them
 
 
 
all: the earth is full of thy riches.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest
 
 
 
the face of the earth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 119:90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the
 
 
 
earth, and it abideth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 124:8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 136:5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for
 
 
 
ever.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 136:6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy
 
 
 
endureth for ever.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 136:7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 136:8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 136:9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my
 
 
 
mother's womb.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 146:6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which
 
 
 
keepeth truth for ever:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were
 
 
 
created.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 148:6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree
 
 
 
which shall not pass.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be
 
 
 
joyful in their King.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRO 3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he
 
 
 
established the heavens.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRO 8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the
 
 
 
highest part of the dust of the world.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRO 8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon
 
 
 
the face of the depth:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRO 8:28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the
 
 
 
fountains of the deep:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRO 8:29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass
 
 
 
his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRO 16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for
 
 
 
the day of evil.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRO 20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of
 
 
 
them.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRO 22:2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRO 26:10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and
 
 
 
rewardeth transgressors.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRO 30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the
 
 
 
wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established
 
 
 
all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou
 
 
 
canst tell?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ECC 3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the
 
 
 
world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from
 
 
 
the beginning to the end.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ECC 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they
 
 
 
have sought out many inventions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ECC 11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones
 
 
 
do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the
 
 
 
works of God who maketh all.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ECC 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days
 
 
 
come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in
 
 
 
them;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 17:7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have
 
 
 
respect to the Holy One of Israel.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 37:16 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims,
 
 
 
thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast
 
 
 
made heaven and earth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out
 
 
 
heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and
 
 
 
weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things,
 
 
 
that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the
 
 
 
greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God,
 
 
 
the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?
 
 
 
there is no searching of his understanding.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched
 
 
 
them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he
 
 
 
that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk
 
 
 
therein:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 43:1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that
 
 
 
formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by
 
 
 
thy name; thou art mine.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 43:7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for
 
 
 
my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 44:2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb,
 
 
 
which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I
 
 
 
have chosen.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 44:24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the
 
 
 
womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens
 
 
 
alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil:
 
 
 
I the LORD do all these things.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 45:12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands,
 
 
 
have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that
 
 
 
formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain,
 
 
 
he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 48:13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right
 
 
 
hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 51:13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the
 
 
 
heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually
 
 
 
every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy?
 
 
 
and where is the fury of the oppressor?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 51:16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the
 
 
 
shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of
 
 
 
the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our
 
 
 
potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISA 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have
 
 
 
been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and
 
 
 
of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JER 5:22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence,
 
 
 
which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that
 
 
 
it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they
 
 
 
not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JER 10:12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by
 
 
 
his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JER 10:16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all
 
 
 
things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JER 27:5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground,
 
 
 
by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it
 
 
 
seemed meet unto me.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JER 31:35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the
 
 
 
ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the
 
 
 
sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JER 32:17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy
 
 
 
great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JER 33:2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to
 
 
 
establish it; the LORD is his name;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JER 51:15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by
 
 
 
his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JER 51:16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the
 
 
 
heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he
 
 
 
maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DAN 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have
 
 
 
brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy
 
 
 
wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the
 
 
 
gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor
 
 
 
hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy
 
 
 
ways, hast thou not glorified:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AMO 4:13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and
 
 
 
declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and
 
 
 
treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his
 
 
 
name.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AMO 5:8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow
 
 
 
of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for
 
 
 
the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD
 
 
 
is his name:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AMO 9:6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his
 
 
 
troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them
 
 
 
out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JON 1:9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of
 
 
 
heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ZEC 12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which
 
 
 
stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and
 
 
 
formeth the spirit of man within him.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MAL 2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we
 
 
 
deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of
 
 
 
our fathers?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MAR 10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MAR 13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the
 
 
 
beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ACT 4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one
 
 
 
accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the
 
 
 
sea, and all that in them is:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ACT 7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ACT 14:15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like
 
 
 
passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities
 
 
 
unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things
 
 
 
that are therein:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ACT 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is
 
 
 
Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ACT 17:25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any
 
 
 
thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ACT 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the
 
 
 
face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the
 
 
 
bounds of their habitation;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ACT 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of
 
 
 
your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ROM 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are
 
 
 
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal
 
 
 
power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ROM 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be
 
 
 
glory for ever. Amen.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1CO 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and
 
 
 
we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1CO 12:18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it
 
 
 
hath pleased him.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1CO 12:24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body
 
 
 
together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1CO 12:25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members
 
 
 
should have the same care one for another.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1CO 15:38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed
 
 
 
his own body.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2CO 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined
 
 
 
in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
 
 
 
face of Jesus Christ.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2CO 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also
 
 
 
hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2CO 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus
 
 
 
Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EPH 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which
 
 
 
from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by
 
 
 
Jesus Christ:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1TI 6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and
 
 
 
before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HEB 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto
 
 
 
the fathers by the prophets,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HEB 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath
 
 
 
appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HEB 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all
 
 
 
things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation
 
 
 
perfect through sufferings.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HEB 3:4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is
 
 
 
God.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HEB 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of
 
 
 
God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HEB 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and
 
 
 
maker is God.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HEB 12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and
 
 
 
we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the
 
 
 
Father of spirits, and live?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1PE 4:19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the
 
 
 
keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REV 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for
 
 
 
thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REV 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven,
 
 
 
and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are,
 
 
 
and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no
 
 
 
longer:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REV 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the
 
 
 
hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and
 
 
 
the sea, and the fountains of waters.
 
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God is the central being of all existence. He is eternal in that he has no beginning and no end. In the first chapter of the first book of Bible an account is given of God creating the universe and the earth and creating people in his own image. The Bible also reveals that God is full of mercy and love (for example 1 John 4:8. Millions of people in the world trust in God as their master and Lord and also their saviour. He is a personal being, who is three in one - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Bible also reveals that God stands ready to come into any person's life when that person acknowledges him and repents of having not lived his way.

Character of God

Although the mere existence of God can be deduced by natural reason his nature is beyond our understanding. He gives life to all and he is the author of love and forgiveness. John 1:4 describes this beautifully:

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

God is also completely holy and without any evil. At the same time God is forgiving and merciful and full of love.

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Trinity

The Trinity is the Christian doctrine (or teaching) that describes the three-in-one (triune) nature of God. Although impossible to fully grasp, the Bible reveals that there is one and only one God, and also that the Father is God, and yet Jesus the Son is God, and also the Holy Spirit is God. That is, there is one God who eternally exists in three distinct persons.

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Quotes

Sri Aurobindo, in Thoughts and Aphorisms

A God who cannot smile could not have created this humorous universe.

Robertson Davies in Conversations

A man who recognizes no God is probably placing an inordinate value on himself.

Albert Einstein

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish

Benjamin Franklin

God heals, and the doctor takes the fee.

C.S. Lewis

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love.
If God thinks this state of war in the universe a price worth paying for free will...then we may take it it is worth paying.

Galileo Galilei (1564 ~ 1642)

I do not think it is necessary to believe that the same God who has given us our senses, reason, and intelligence wished us to abandon their use, giving us by some other means the information that we could gain through them.

Yiddish proverb,

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.

J.R.R. Tolkien

If you do not believe in a personal God the question: `What is the purpose of life?' is unaskable and unanswerable.

Thomas Jefferson

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.

Immanuel Kant

Reason can never prove the existence of God.

Emily Dickinson

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

Catherine Doherty

With God, every moment is the moment of beginning again.

Unknown source

You can live without God, but you better not die without him.

Romans 5:7-8

For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die. But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

1 John 4:16

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

1 John 1:5

God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

Exodus 3:14 (King James Version)

God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Isaiah 45:5-7 (King James Version)

I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

Spike Milligan

And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but the Electricity Board said he would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.

Woody Allen

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?

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