“For my determined purpose is that I may know Him; that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving, and recognizing, and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly” (Phil. 3:8).
Paul says, “I want to understand the wonders of the Person of God!” There is such a thing as the “wonders of the Person of God.” In other words, no matter how deeply we may already know Him, there are wonders of His Person that we have yet to know.
Now we’re familiar with the fact that Elohim is the Name of God. We know that in the Old Testament, God is revealed to us in names. The very first revealed Name of God is Elohim. Elohim refers to God in the creation. It reveals God as the Creator, the Possessor of all things.
When you read the Book of Beginnings, the Book of Genesis, Chapter 1, tells you, “And God said….” It says that repeatedly. It says, for example, “And God said, and light was” and “God said, and the waters were divided.” God said, and all these things happened.
The Hebrew word for God in these verses is Elohim. So what people said was, “The Creator did these things. It was the Creator who caused light to be. It was the Creator who separated dry land from wet water.” The Creator, Elohim, did these things.
Now if you’re an individual who believes in Elohim – in the creation of God – then that belief has a certain impact upon your way of thinking. That means you can’t be an evolutionist if you believe that Elohim created all things.
Now God reveals Himself in another one of His names. That name is El Shaddai. He created the earth as Elohim. But He is revealed as El Shaddai as He provided everything in the earth for man and woman to enjoy.
Elohim, the Possessor of all things, the Creator, is the One who created the earth as we know it. He is Elohim the Creator of the earth. And He is El Shaddai, the one who amply supplies more than enough for you to live abundantly in the earth.
Scripture References: Genesis 15:1; 1 Timothy 6:17
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Keith Butler has been an ordained minister since 1974. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds diplomas from Canada Christian College and Rhema Bible Training Center.
He serves in ministry with the support of his lovely wife, Pastor Deborah L. Butler, and their children: Pastor Andre Butler (granddaughters Alexis, Angela, and April), Pastor MiChelle Ferguson and husband Pastor Lee (grandson Lucas), and Minister Kristina Jenkins and husband Pastor Joel (grandsons Andrew and Austin, and granddaughter Alyssa).