God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the
gods (Psalms lxxxii, 1?).
In What Form Does God Exist?
"There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body,
parts, or passions."--Thirty-nine Articles.
Compare the above conception of Deity with the anthropomorphic
character of God portrayed in the following one hundred passages:
God created man in his own image (Gen. i, 27).
The hair of his [God's] head (Dan. vii, 9).
Thou canst not see my [God's] face (Ex. xxxiii, 20).
The eyes of the Lord run to and fro (2 Ch. xvi, 9).
And his [God's] ears are open (1 Pet. iii, 12).
These are a smoke in my [God's] nose (Is. lxv, 5).
There went up a smoke out of his [God's] nostrils (2 Sam. xxii, 9).
That proceedeth out of the mouth of God (Matt. iv, 4).
His [God's] lips are full of indignation (Is. xxx, 27).
And his [God's] tongue as a devouring fire (Ibid).
He shall dwell between his [God's] shoulders (Deut. xxxiii, 12).
Thou [God] hast a mighty arm (Ps. lxxxix, 13).
The right hand of the Lord (Ps. cxviii, 16).
This is the finger of God (Ex. viii, 19).
I [God] will show them the back (Jer. xviii, 17).
Out of thy [God's] bosom (Ps. lxxiv, 11).
My [God's] heart maketh a noise in me (Jer. iv, 19).
My [God's] bowels are troubled (Jer. xxxi, 20).
The appearance of his [God's] loins (Ezek. i, 27).
Darkness was under his [God's] feet (Ps. xviii, 9).
The mind of the Lord (Lev. xxiv, 12).
The breath of his [God's] nostrils (2 Sam. xxii, 16).
In the light of thy [God's] countenance (Ps. lxxxix, 15).
Thou God seest me (Gen. xvi, 13).
My God will hear me (Micah vii, 7).
The Lord smelled a sweet savour (Gen. viii, 21).
Will I [God] eat the flesh of bulls? (Ps. 1, 13.).
Will I [God] drink the blood of goats? (Ibid.)
The hand of God hath touched me (Job xix, 21).
We have heard his [God's] voice (Deut. v, 24).
God doth talk with man (Ibid).
The Lord shall laugh at him (Ps. xxxvii, 13).
Now will I [God] cry (Is. xlii, 14).
He [God] shall give a shout (Jer. xxv, 30).
Why sleepest thou, O Lord? (Ps. xliv, 23.)
Then the Lord awaked (Ps. lxxviii, 65).
God sitteth upon the throne (Ps. xlvii, 8).
God riseth up (Job xxxi, 14).
The Lord stood by him (Acts xxiii, 11).
I [God] will walk among you (Lev. xxvi, 12).
Thou [God] didst ride upon thine horses (Hab. iii, 8).
He [God] wrestled with him (Gen. xxxii, 25).
The Lord will work (1 Sam. xiv, 6).
I [God] am weary (Is. i, 14).
He [God] rested on the seventh day (Gen. ii, 2).
The Lord God planted a garden (Gen. ii, 8).
God is able to graft (Rom. xi, 23).
The Father is a husbandman (John xv, 1).
He [God] hath fenced up my way (Job xix, 8).
The Lord is my shepherd (Ps. xxiii, 1).
The Lord build the house (Ps. cxxvii, 1).
The tables were the work of God (Ex. xxxii, 16).
Thou [God] our potter (Is. lxiv, 8).
The Lord God made coats of skin (Gen. iii, 21).
And [I God] shod thee with badger's skin (Ezek. xvi, 10).
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