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Mad Dawg asks "What's the difference between God and God Almighty."

Here are some passages to meditate on those Names of God and the Trinity:

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. - Revelation 1:8

I am [which is] Alpha [which was] and Omega, [which is to come] the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God [El Shaddai]; walk before me, and be thou perfect. - Genesis 17:1

And 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. – Exodus 3:14

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. - John 8:58

As soon then as he had said unto them, I am [he], they went backward, and fell to the ground. – John 18:6

More specifically revealing the Trinity:

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. - Romans 8:9

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: - Matthew 28:19

To God be the glory, not man, never man.

6,260 posted on Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:03:43 PM by Alamo-Girl

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THANKS FOR YOUR EXCELLENT POST and kind reply.

Great Scriptures. I don't know that they greatly clarify Mad Dawg's question, however! LOL.

I believe . . . that

we see in the OT, GOD THE FATHER with what can be reasonably extrapolated to be some OT appearances of Christ.

I AM; ALMIGHTY GOD; EL SHADAI; PROVIDER; ETC.

And, in the OT, we read of God's Spirit doing various things . . . resident within the great prophets, in David, . . . active in this time/space dimension in dramatic ways.

In the NT we SEE CHRIST . . . AND CHRIST SAYS, HE AND THE FATHER ARE ONE--YET HE PRAYS TO THE FATHER AND TEACHES US TO PRAY "OUR FATHER, IN HEAVEN, MAGNIFIED, HALLOWED, GLORIFIED BE YOUR NAME . . .

HE SPEAKS FREQUENTLY of doing only what He sees and hears THE FATHER doing/telling Him to do. Yet, clearly, there's some distinction . . . Christ on The Cross. Father in Heaven.

And then after The Ascension, Holy Spirit comes to reside within believers.

There's plenty mystery to urge humility on all who would pontificate in any presumed comprehensiveness about the GodHead and particularly about clear definitive distinctions.

However, Scripture does record distinctions. We may not know exhaustively what they mean. Yet, they are there and they mean far more than nothing.

It seem clear that THE FATHER WALKED WITH ADAM IN THE GARDEN.

It is clear that THE FATHER, THE IAM talked with Moses as though face to face.

To muddle THE CLEAR BIBLICAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE FATHER, THE IAM AND THE SON

With the "MOTHER OF GOD"

IS SIMPLY UNBIBLICAL.

It is also deceptive, seductive, disingenuous, false advertising, dishonest

BECAUSE for the greatest number of people, THEY KNOW THAT MARY WAS NOT THE MOTHER OF GOD ALMIGHTY. YET THE TERM IMPLIES THAT SHE WAS.

That either testifies of a brazen disconnect or a snow job or a used car salesman trying to foist off a new theology on the unthinking. It just plain stinks.

My two cents, of course.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for sharing your insights and encouragements, dear brother in Christ!

Truly, I love meditating on the Names of God and sharing some of those meditations was my intent. I was not trying to answer the question directly.

Obviously, Mary is a creature. She is not the mother of the Creator, though the Creator became enfleshed in her body and physically entered the world with the Name Jesus.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. – John 1:1-4

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.

For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say], whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven.– Colossians 1:15-20

Calling her "Mother of the Creator" would be just as confusing as "Mother of God" for the same reason.

If she must have a title, I prefer "Mother of the Incarnate Word" because it requires no footnotes.

God's Name is I AM.