iMpIoDez;2990626 said:
For the record, I've believed in God my whole life and I was (forced) to go to church since I was a child...I was even baptized at 5 so it isn't as though religion is new to me, I have just always had trouble believing that God walked the Earth as a man in the flesh. And yes I have heard of Moses and the burning bush, in fact my dad tried to explain that to me not too long ago. Still, I had a hard time believing the burning bush was talking to him. Spiritually maybe, but then what was the point of the burning bush in the first place??
That's great my friend. The seeds that were planted in you at a early age are springing forth today. You have a godly heritage and that is a blessing in itself.
As for the burning bush, nothing is too hard for God. God can communicate in an infinite number of ways. And beside, the bush wasn't talking to Moses. God was speaking to Moses out of the midst of the burning bush.
"And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I." Exodus 3:4
So I don't see how hard it is to believe that the God we serve is super-natural. The miraculous power of God is what makes Him God. It validates His deity. He has total power over all forces. That's why He can consume a bush and it wont burn up.
Also, God revealed Himself to Moses as "I Am" at the burning bush.
"13And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14And 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. 15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations." Exodus 3:13-15
The same name that God used to reveal Himself to Moses is the same name that Jesus Christ used when He rebuked the religious leaders of His day.
"Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM." John 8:58
So we see here that Jesus Christ is claiming to be God because He uses the same title that God used when He revealed Himself to Moses at the burning bush, something that the Jews would have known immediately.
You see God is not just all talk and no show. So Jesus Christ displayed His deity for the world to see while He was on earth. He not only spoke like no man ever did before, He did things no man ever did before.
"The officers answered, Never man spake like this man." John 7:46
"But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!" Matthew 8:27
Jesus Christ showed and proved that He was the Al-Mighty. He demonstrated His power over nature when He stilled the waves and winds, He demonstrated His power over food when He multiplied the fishes and the loaves twice, He demonstrated His power over the natural world when He healed all manner of sickness and disease, He demonstrated His power over the spirit world when He cast out demons, and last but not least He demonstrated His power over the enemy of ALL mankind when He raised Himself up from the dead. Death no longer has any dominion over Him for it was not possible that death could even keep Him. So you see my friend, with many infallible proofs, Jesus Christ showed that He was God.
I pray that the Holy Spirit will take the things of Jesus Christ and make them real unto you. Because God is not the author of confusion, but rather peace. Let us have peace and fellowship one with another my friend. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
