From the previous Lessons we've learned the following teachings from the Prophets Moses and Isaiah to the Lord Jesus and His Apostles about the "only true God".

• The Lord our God is absolutely and perfectly One (Lesson-2I)
• The Only True God is the Father in heaven (Lesson-2J)
• God is a Spirit; God is Almighty; God is the Creator of all things; God is Eternal, Immortal and Invisible; . . . .  (Lesson-2K)

Let us continue our study of the scriptures so we may come to know if the God and Father of Christ Jesus and His Apostles is the same God and Father of the Ancient Israelites from the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob to the Prophets Moses, Isaiah and Malachi.
 

2L.1   How can we be sure that Jesus indeed taught what Moses and the prophets taught during their time?

In the Mathew 5:17-18, Jesus made the following declaration, so He cannot be misunderstood;

17. "Don't misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to fulfill them.
18. I assure you, until heaven and earth disappear, even the smallest detail of God's law will remain until its purpose is achieved. (NLT)

Jesus did not came to abolish or to do away with the laws and teachings of Moses and the prophets, but He came to reassure and fulfill God's laws and teachings until its purpose is achieved. 

For this reason, Jesus even issued a warning to those who may break or change the smallest commandment.  In verse 19, this is written:

19. So if you break the smallest commandment and teach others to do the same, you will be the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But anyone who obeys God's laws and teaches them will be great in the Kingdom of Heaven. (Mathew 5:19, NLT)

Thus, we can be certain, that when Christ came to earth for the first time, He also taught what Moses and the prophets taught about God's laws and teachings.

2L.2   What is the scriptural proof that the Lord Jesus Christ indeed taught what Moses taught about God during the ancient times?

The Prophet Moses, was commanded by the Lord God to teach His foremost commandment to the people of Israel in ancient times;

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5,NKJV)

And Moses also said this to the people of Israel:

Is this the way you repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn't he your Father who created you? Has he not made you and established you? (Deuteronomy 32:6, NLT)

The Lord Jesus Christ, also said these things to the people in answer to the question, "Which is the first commandment of all?''

29. Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is: `Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
30. `And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. (Mark 12:29-30, NKJV)

And Jesus also said these things when He prayed to the Father in heaven:

1 After Jesus finished saying this, he looked up to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you.  3 And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent. (John 17:1 & 3, Today's English Version)

It is indeed proven by the Holy Scriptures that first and foremost of God's commandment taught by the Prophet Moses is exactly the same as the "first commandment of all" as taught by the Lord Jesus Christ. And this is, "The Lord our God, the Lord is one!" "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might."

And who is the Lord our God, who is one? , according to Moses and Jesus?

• According to the Prophet Moses, "Isn't he your Father who created you"?
• According to the Lord Jesus Christ, "Father, and eternal life means to know you, the only true God"

Clearly, as written in the Holy Scriptures, and as taught by the Prophet Moses and the Lord Jesus Christ, "The only true God is the Father in heaven"
 

2L.3   What is the scriptural proof that the Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles, also indeed taught what the Prophets Isaiah and Malachi taught about God during the ancient times?

The Prophet Isaiah and Prophet Malachi declared and wrote these things about "God, the Father" during the time of the Prophets in ancient Israel;

4.For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him. 8. But now, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our potter; and all we are the work of Your hand. (Isaiah 64:4&8, NKJV)

Have we not all one Father? Has not one God create us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another by profaning the covenant of the fathers (Malachi 2:10, NKJV)

The Apostles Paul, John and Peter, wrote these things about "God, the Father" during the first century of the Christian Era;

But we know that there is only one God, the Father, who created everything, and we exist for him. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom God made everything and through whom we have been given life. (1 Corinthians 8:6, NLT)

4. We are all one body, we have the same Spirit, and we have all been called to the same glorious future.
5. There is only one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6. and there is only one God and Father, who is over us all and in us all and living through us all. (Ephesians 4:4-6, NLT)

Undoubtedly, the God and Father of the Prophets Isaiah and Malachi during the time of the prophets in ancient Israel is the same God and Father of the Apostles during the first century of the Christian Era.
 

2L.4    What are the scriptural proofs that the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the God of the Israeli ancestors is indeed the same God as that of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles?

In Acts 3:13, this is written:

For it is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of all our ancestors who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate's decision to release him. (NLT)

Apostle Peter and John said these things to the people, "For it is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of all our ancestors who has brought glory to his servant Jesus". Please take note that Jesus is mentioned in the verse as a "servant of God" not "God the Son". Thus, it is very clear that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is also the God of the Lord Jesus and His Apostles.

Is Jesus indeed a servant of God?

In the following verses these are written:

But I have testimony greater than John's. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.  Moreover, the Father who sent me has testified on my behalf. But you have never heard his voice nor seen his form, (John 5:36-37, NAB)

"Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. (John 13:16, NKJV)

Yes indeed, the Apostles are right in saying that Jesus is a servant of God because Jesus was sent by God to do the works that the Father gave Him to accomplish. Another proof that Jesus is indeed a servant of God is because God who sent Him is greater than Him.

As a servant of the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob and the God of the Israeli ancestors, did the Lord Jesus Christ Himself recognize the Father in heaven as His Father and His God?

In John 20:17, Jesus Himself said this to Mary Magdalene after He was just resurrected from the dead:

Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, `I am ascending  to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.' '' (NKJV)

From the foregoing verses, it is scripturally proven that the God of Abraham, God of Isaac, the God of Jacob and the God of the Israeli ancestors is indeed the same God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles.

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The Trinity doctrine states that God is the Triune God, existing as three persons, but one being. Members of the Trinity are said to be co-equal and co-eternal, one in essence, nature, power, action, and will. (Lesson-2C.1) If Jesus is indeed "God the Son" who is said to be co-equal and one in power, action and will with "God the Father" in the Trinity, then . . . . . . Why did the Apostles called Jesus a servant of the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the Israeli ancestors? How could God the Son be a servant of God the Father if they are one Triune God. Why did Jesus recognize the Father in heaven as His Father and His God? How can they be one Triune God if God the Father is greater than God the Son?

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The belief that the "Only True God is the Father in heaven, the Almighty, the creator of all things", is the belief of "the people of God" since the ancient time of Abraham, and the prophets, is the same belief that continued to the time of Jesus and His Apostles in the first century of the Christian era. This belief is proven by the clear verses of the Old and New Testament of the Holy Bible as shown in the above lesson. THEREFORE, the God of the Patriarch Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob; and the God of the Prophets Moses, Isaiah, Malachi and the God of the  Israeli ancestors is the absolutely the same God, as the God of the Lord Jesus Christ, His Apostles and His disciples.

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