'God' in the Bible

In the same way, when you see these things taking place, you will know that the kingdom of God is near.

because I tell all of you, I will never eat it again until it finds its fulfillment in the kingdom of God."

because I tell you, from now on I will never drink the product of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God."

Then they all asked, "Are you, then, the Son of God?" He answered them, "You said it I AM."

Meanwhile, the people stood looking on. The leaders were mocking him by saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if he is the Messiah of God, the chosen one!"

But the other criminal rebuked him, "Aren't you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty?

When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, "This man certainly was righteous!"

he had not voted for their plan and action from the Jewish town of Arimathea; and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.

They answered him, "The events involving Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in what he said and did before God and all the people, and how our high priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and had him crucified.

They were continually in the Temple, blessing God.

In the beginning, the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He existed in the beginning with God.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

who were born, not merely in a genetic sense, nor from lust, nor from man's desire, but from the will of God.

No one has ever seen God. The unique God, who is close to the Father's side, has revealed him.

The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

I have seen this and have testified that this is the Son of God."

As he watched Jesus walk by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"

Nathaniel replied to him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"

Then he told him, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you will see heaven standing open and the angels of God going up and coming down to the Son of Man."

He came to Jesus at night and told him, "Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher, because no one can perform these signs that you are doing unless God is with him."

Jesus replied to him, "Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God."

Jesus answered, "Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.

Because God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world would be saved through him.

The person who has accepted his testimony has acknowledged that God is truthful.

The one whom God sent speaks the words of God, because God does not give the Spirit in limited measure to him.

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, "Please give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask him, and he would have given you living water."

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

So the Jewish leaders were trying all the harder to kill him, because he was not only breaking the Sabbath but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the time approaches, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.

I know that you do not have the love of God in you.

How can you believe when you accept each other's praise and do not look for the praise that comes from the only God?

Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."

The bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

It is written in the Prophets, "And all of them will be taught by God.' Everyone who has listened to the Father and has learned anything comes to me.

Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who comes from God. This one has seen the Father.

Besides, we have believed and remain convinced that you are the Holy One of God."

If anyone wants to do his will, he'll know whether this teaching is from God or whether I'm speaking on my own.

Jesus told them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing what Abraham did. But now you're trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would'nt have done that.

You are doing your father's actions." They told him, "We're not illegitimate children. We have one Father, God himself."

Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would've loved me, because I came from God and am here. I haven't come on my own accord, but he sent me.

The one who belongs to God listens to the words of God. The reason you don't listen is because you don't belong to God."

Jesus answered, "If I were trying to glorify myself, my glory would mean nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, "He is our God.'

Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

The Jewish leaders summoned the man who had been blind a second time and told him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner."

We know that God has spoken to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from."

We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does his will.

If this man were not from God, he couldn't do anything like that."

The Jewish leaders answered him, "We are not going to stone you for a good action, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God!"

If he called those to whom a message from God came "gods' (and the Scripture cannot be disregarded),

how can you say to the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world, "You're blaspheming,' because I said, "I'm the Son of God'?

But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness isn't meant to end in death. It's for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, he will give it to you."

"Yes, Lord," she told him. "I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who was to come into the world."

and not only for the nation, but that he would also gather into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

For they loved the praise of human beings more than the praise of God.

Because Jesus knew that the Father had given everything into his control, that he had come from God, and that he was returning to God,

After Judas had gone out, Jesus said, "The Son of Man is now glorified, and God has been glorified by him.

If God has been glorified by him, God himself also will glorify the Son of Man, and he will do so quickly.

"Don't let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.

You'll be thrown out of the synagogues. Yes, a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he's serving God.

because the Father himself loves you, and because you have loved me and believed that I came from God.

Now we know that you know everything and don't need to have anyone ask you any questions. Because of this, we believe that you have come from God."

And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent Jesus the Messiah.

The Jewish leaders answered Pilate, "We have a law, and according to that Law he must die because he made himself out to be the Son of God."

Jesus told her, "Don't hold on to me, because I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I'm ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and so that through believing you may have life in his name.

Now he said this to show by what kind of death he would glorify God. After saying this, Jesus told him, "Keep following me."

After he had suffered, he had shown himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during a period of 40 days and telling them about the kingdom of God.

Cretans, and Arabs, listening to them talk in our own languages about the great deeds of God?"

"In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

"Fellow Israelis, listen to these words: Jesus from Nazareth was a man authenticated to you by God through miracles, wonders, and signs that God performed through him among you, as you yourselves know.

After he was arrested according to the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified this very man and killed him using the hands of lawless men.

But God raised him up and put an end to suffering of death, since it was impossible for him to be held by it,

Therefore, since he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him with an oath to put one of his descendants on his throne,

"It was this very Jesus whom God raised and we're all witnesses of that.

He has been exalted to the right hand of God, has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, and has caused you to experience what you are seeing and hearing.

"Therefore, let all the people of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah!"

For this promise belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those who are distant, whom the Lord our God may call to himself."

They were praising God and enjoying the good will of all the people. Every day the Lord was adding to their number those who were being saved.

and he sprang to his feet, stood up, and began to walk. Then he went with them into the Temple, walking, jumping, and praising God.

When all the people saw him walking and praising God,

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and rejected in the presence of Pilate, even though he had decided to let him go.

and you killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses to that.

This is how God fulfilled what he had predicted through the voice of all the prophets that his Messiah would suffer.

He must remain in heaven until the time of universal restitution, which God announced long ago through the voice of his holy prophets.

"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you. Any person who will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he told Abraham, "Through your descendant all the families of the earth will be blessed.'

When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning every one of you from your evil ways."

you and all the people of Israel must understand that this man stands healthy before you because of the name of Jesus from Nazareth, whom you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead.

But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than God,

So they threatened Peter and John even more and then let them go. They couldn't find any way to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened,

When they heard this, they all raised their voices to God and said, "Master, you made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.

When they had prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken, and all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak messages from God boldly.

As long as it remained unsold, wasn't it your own? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? So how could you have thought of doing what you did? You didn't lie only to men, but also to God!"

But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men!