DOES GOD EXIST?  WHAT IS GOD LIKE? I AM A CHILD OF GOD!

The Nature of God

The Book of Abraham Teaches Us About the Nature of God.

One of the most important questions any person can ask is not only 'Does God exist,' but  'What is God like.' Our understanding of God shapes how we worship, how we pray, how we live and experience life, and ultimately how people feel about and experience us. 

The Book of Abraham—especially chapter 1—offers profound insight into the true nature of God by contrasting Him with the false idyllic Gods of Abraham’s day. In doing so, it teaches us who God is and isn't; how He works; and how He relates to His children. Let us consider Abraham’s World of idols and false gods. Abraham lived in a society dominated by false worship.

“My fathers… were wholly turned to the worship of the gods of the heathen.” Abraham 1:5

These gods were man-made and powerless. Their worship was marked by fear, control, and even human sacrifice.

“They offered up children unto these dumb idols.” Abraham 1:7

False gods always demand much but give nothing. They cannot save. They cannot speak truth. They do not love. False Gods reflect human ambition—not divine character.

By contrast, in Isaiah 45:5, the Lord declares:
“I am the Lord, and there is none else.”

Abraham Sought the True God. Abraham refused to accept the gods of his fathers. Instead, he actively sought the Lord.

In Abraham 1:2, Abraham 

“I sought for the blessings of the father… desiring also to be one who possessed great knowledge.”

This verse reveals an essential truth about God’s nature: Heavenly Father invites sincere seeking of Him. Our God is not threatened by questions that originate in our heart. He responds to THE righteous desires and contemplations of our heart.

In Jeremiah 29:13, God is quoted,

“Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”

Our God Is a Deliverer, Not a Destroyer! Abraham’s devotion to God placed him in mortal danger. He was bound and laid upon an altar to be sacrificed.

But at the critical moment, as we are told in Abraham 1:15,

“The angel of the Lord… loosed my bands.”

This scripture reveals the heart of Our God. False gods demanded Abraham’s life, while Heavenly Father intervened to save it. Our God does not delight in suffering or death.

Moses 1:39

“This is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”

The nature of our loving Heavenly Farher is to preserve, renew, redeem, and lift us up—not to destroy us or leave us broken and hurt. God’s Authority Is Rooted in Truth and Love. The false gods claimed authority through fear. God’s authority is different.

In Abraham 1:16, the Lord declares

“I am more intelligent than they all.”

God’s power flows from eternal truth and intelligence—not coercion and deception.

In Doctrine & Covenants 121:36 we are taught, “The rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven,”which operate only through righteousness: “Persuasion, long-suffering, gentleness, meekness, and love unfeigned.”asdefi ed in D&C 121:41.

This teaches us that God governs through love, not compulsion. God Is Personal and seeks a relationship with each of us. This relationship is founded on making and keeping Covenants with Him.

After delivering Abraham, God made a covenant with him. In Abraham 1:19, the Lord covenants with Abraham: “I will take thee… and make of thee a great nation.”

God knows each of His children individually. He works through covenants to strengthen individuals, their families, and their generations.

In Doctrine & Covenants 130:22, we are told, “The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s.”

God is not distant or abstract. He is our Father. He invites us into relationship with Him, but He is patient and waits until we are ready. The Nature of God is revealed in His son, Jesus Christ. That is, everything Abraham learned about God is fully revealed through the love and earthly ministry of His son, Jesus Christ.

In John 14:9, Jesus enlightens us

“He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.”

Jesus Christ redeems and delivers us rather than leaving us to condemnation. Heavenly Father sent us His son Jesus who offering Him for our Atoning Sacrifice.

“He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world.” 

2 Nephi 26:24.

The God who saved Abraham is the same God who saves us today through His Son.

My take home message is to ask ourslves, "Whom Do We Worship?"

Abraham 1 invites us to examine our own lives. Modern idols may not be carved images, but anything that replaces God—pride, wealth, control, or fear.

“Choose you this day whom ye will serve.” Joshua 24:15

The true God frees us, teaches us, and invites us to become more than we are.

I testify that the God revealed in the Book of Abraham is our living, loving Heavenly Father. He is the One God revealed throughout all Judeo-Christian Scripture. He is a God of truth, Redemption, Deliverance, and Covenant. I testify that He responds to our needs in times of sincere seeking, just as He did for Abraham. I believe that Jesus Christ perfectly reveals the nature of our Heavenly Father and that through Him we are delivered from bondage—both spiritual and temporal. As we choose to worship the Our Lord God and seek Him with our whole mind, might and being, we will find Him where He has always been- patiently waiting for us at home in our souls.

In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.