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GOD WANTS TO BE KNOWN

Text: Genesis 1;1-3  "...darkness was on the face of the deep..."(Gen 1:2). Darkness means absence of light or knowledge. God is the Deep (Job 41:32). Nothing was known about Him.  He wanted to be known. The Self-Existent wanted His personality to be expressed in His creation. He wanted an expression of His Greatness, His Mighty Powers, His Glory, His Wisdom, His Beauty, His Riches, His Strength and His Majesty. "Then God  said ..." (Gen 1:3) The easiest way to expressi one's self is by speaking. Nothing was known about God until he spoke. The gospel according to John throws more light on the beginning. Here, we read that the Word was there in the beginning, unspoken. The Word was there with God, but amazingly, that same Word was God.(John1:1)  JESUS  is the "brightness of His (God's) glory and the express image of His person." Jesus is the Invisible God's expression of Himself to humanki...