1. The Father is called God (John 6:27; 20:17; 1 Cor. 8:6; Gal. 1:1; Eph. 4:6; Phil. 2:11; 1 Pet. 1:2). 2. Jesus Christ, the Son is declared to be God. His deity is proven by the divine names given to Him, by His works that only God could do (upholding all things, Col. 1:17; creation, Col. 1:16, John 1:3; and future judgment, John 5:27), by His divine attributes (eternality, John 17:5; omnipresence, Matt. 28:20; omnipotence, Heb. 1:3; omniscience, Matt. 9:4), and by explicit statements declaring His deity (John 1:1; 20:28; Titus 2:13; Heb. 1:8). 3. The Holy Spirit is recognized as God. By comparing Peter’s comments in Acts 5:3 and 4, we see that in lying to the Holy Spirit (vs. 3), Ananias was lying to God (vs. 4). He has the attributes which only God can possess like omniscience (1 Cor. 2:10) and omnipresence (1 Cor. 6:19), and He regenerates people to new life (John 3:5-6, 8; Tit. 3:5), which must of necessity be a work of God for only God has the power of life. Finally, His deity is evident by the divine names used for the Spirit as “the Spirit of our God,” (1 Cor. 6:11), which should be understood as “the Spirit, who is our God.”
J. Hampton Keathley

How you can known the Messiah

How you can known the Messiah

How You Can Know the Messiah

by Dr. Michael Schiffman

  1. Recognize G-d loves you and wants you to have peace.

“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness” (Jeremiah 31:3). “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the L-rd, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:11-13).

2. Recognize that it is our own sins that separate us from G-d. “Surely the arm of the L-rd is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your G-d; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear” (Isaiah 59:1-2).

3. Recognize the need for atonement through sacrifice. “For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; IT IS THE BLOOD THAT MAKES ATONEMENT FOR ONE’S LIFE” (Leviticus 17:11). Without the Beit HaMikdash, the Temple, there can be no

sacrifice. G-d commanded that once the temple mount was designated as the place of worship, all our sacrifices were to be brought there. Yet G-d in His mercy has not left us without atonement.

4. Recognize that Yeshua (Jesus) became our atonement according

to the plan of G-d. “Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered Him stricken by G-d, smitten by Him and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the L-rd has laid on Him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:4-6). “He sacrificed for their sins once for all when He offered Himself” (Hebrews 7:27).

5. Receive Yeshua into your life through prayer.

(sample prayer) L-rd G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, I acknowledge your love for me. I confess that I have sinned. Forgive me for my sins. Help me to turn from my sins and live as you want me to. L-rd Yeshua, please come into my life and be my Messiah and L-rd, and help me to walk with you. Amen.N81N ……………………. … …-….1200 N81N ………………..