Is God "the Universe"?

People who praise "the Universe" or "Divine" are not praising the Almighty God.

• The universe is something that God created! It's NOT God Himself.

• Divine means "supernatural;" the word is used to describe the qualities that belong to God.

Imagine your neighbor, whose name is Tom; is a clever guy.

Do you still call him Tom or do you call him Clever? The Universe Hebrews 1:2 "And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe." Hebrews 11:3 "By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen." Ephesians 4:4-10 "For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, in all, and living through all. However, he has given each one of us a special gift through the generosity of Christ. That is why the Scriptures say, “When he ascended to the heights, he led a crowd of captives and gave gifts to his people.” Notice that it says “he ascended.” This clearly means that Christ also descended to our lowly world. And the same one who descended is the one who ascended higher than all the heavens, so that he might fill the entire universe with himself." Colossians 1:13-22 "For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of HIS DEAR SON, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins. Christ Is Supreme Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.Everything was created through him and for him.He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead.So he is first in everything. For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault."

• How? Through Faith and REPENTANCE (not meditation or imaginary "ascensions")

Romans 1:3-7 "The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line, and he was shown to be the Son of God when he was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit. HE IS JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority as apostles to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name. And you are included among those gentiles WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED TO BELONG TO JESUS CHRIST. I am writing to all of you in Rome who are loved by God and are called to be his own holy people. May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace." Romans 1:16-32 "For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile. This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.” God’s Anger at Sin But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and DIVINE NATURE. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. They traded the truth about God for a lie. SO THEY WORSHIPED AND SERVED THE THINGS GOD CREATED INSTEAD OF THE CREATOR HIMSELF, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved. Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too." God's Divine (Supernatural) Nature Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, so he does not lie.He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?" 2 Peter 1:3 "By HIS DIVINE POWER, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence." Joshua 9:20 "This is what we must do. We must let them live, for DIVINE ANGER would come upon us if we broke our oath." Joshua 22:20 "Didn’t DIVINE ANGER fall on the entire community of Israel when Achan, a member of the clan of Zerah, sinned by stealing the things set apart for the Lord? He was not the only one who died because of his sin.” Proverbs 16:10 "The king speaks with DIVINE WISDOM; he must never judge unfairly."

Proverbs 29:18 "When people do not accept DIVINE GUIDANCE, they run wild. But whoever obeys the law is joyful." Isaiah 59:17-19 "He put on righteousness as his body armor and placed the helmet of salvation on his head. He clothed himself with a robe of vengeance and wrapped himself in a cloak of DIVINE PASSION. He will repay his enemies for their evil deeds. His fury will fall on his foes. He will pay them back even to the ends of the earth.In the west, people will respect the name of the Lord; in the east, they will glorify him. For he will come like a raging flood tide driven by the breath of the Lord." Daniel 5:12 "This man Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar, has exceptional ability and is filled with DIVINE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. He can interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means.” Philippians 2:7-11 "Instead, HE GAVE UP HIS DIVINE PRIVILEGES; he took the humble position of a slave AND WAS BORN AS A HUMAN BEING. When he appeared in human form he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Hebrews 12:7 "As you endure this DIVINE DISCIPLINE, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father?" 2 Peter 1:4 "And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share HIS DIVINE NATURE and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires."