Lesson 2
Who Is God?
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Who is the true God, and what is his name? (1, 2) |
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What sort of body does he have? (3) |
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What are his outstanding qualities? (4) |
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Should we use images and symbols in our worship of him? (5) |
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What are two ways we can learn about God? (6) |
1. People worship many things. But the Bible tells us that there
is only one TRUE God. He created everything in heaven and on earth.
Because he gave us life, he is the only One we should worship.—1 Corinthians 8:5, 6;
Revelation 4:11.
2. God has many titles but has only one name. That name is JEHOVAH.
In most Bibles, God's name has been removed and has been replaced
with the titles LORD or GOD. But when the Bible was written, the
name Jehovah appeared in it some 7,000 times!—Exodus 3:15; Psalm
83:18.
3. Jehovah has a body, but it is not like ours. "God is a
Spirit," says the Bible. (John 4:24) A spirit is a form of
life that is much higher than ours. No human has ever seen God.
Jehovah lives in heaven, but he can see all things. (Psalm 11:4,
5; John 1:18) What, though, is the holy spirit? It is not a person
like God. Rather, it is God's active force.—Psalm 104:30.
We learn about God from creation and from the Bible
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4. The Bible reveals Jehovah's personality to us. It shows that
his outstanding qualities are love, justice, wisdom, and power.
(Deuteronomy 32:4; Job 12:13; Isaiah 40:26; 1 John 4:8) The Bible
tells us that he is also merciful, kind, forgiving, generous,
and patient. We, like obedient children, should try to imitate
him.—Ephesians 5:1, 2.
5. Should we bow down or pray to images, pictures, or symbols
in our worship? No! (Exodus 20:4, 5) Jehovah says that we must
worship only him. He will not share his glory with anyone or anything
else. Images have no power to help us.—Psalm 115:4-8; Isaiah 42:8.
6. How can we get to know God better? One way is by observing
the things he has created and thinking deeply about what they
tell us. God's creations show us that he has great power and wisdom.
We see his love in all that he has made. (Psalm 19:1-6; Romans
1:20) Another way we can learn about God is by studying the Bible.
In it he tells us much more about the kind of God he is. He also
tells us about his purpose and what he wants us to do.—Amos 3:7;
2 Timothy 3:16, 17.
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