GOD
(See also Atheism; Gods [Goddesses]; Jehovah)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
accountability to: w85 12/1 3
Adhonai: Rbi8 1566-1568
‘all things possible’ (Mt 19:26): g77 1/22 27-28
“Ancient of Days” (Da 7:9): gh 51
appreciation for his creations: g83 1/22 20-21
atheism: g84 1/8 12-13; w82 8/1 23; g79 11/8 3-7; g74 10/8 4; g74 12/8 30; w73 452; g69 6/8 31; g66 7/8 5; g65 7/8 5; w64 389-391, 584-586
“practical atheist”: g79 11/8 3
attitude of National Council of Churches toward use of male references in Bible: w80 12/1 15
automobile signs: g69 7/8 31
“God Is My Copilot”: g80 8/8 28
belief in: g79 11/8 3-15; g78 5/8 30; w73 451-452
importance: g80 11/22 3-4
not enough: w85 9/1 3
objections to: ce 186-198; g85 7/8 9-11
surveys: w85 9/1 3; w81 8/1 30
universal: im 9; w61 614; nu 6
youths’ attitude in Germany: g81 9/8 16-19
cares about mankind: g85 11/8 20-21; w83 1/1 3-7; w78 2/1 22-26; w78 12/1 3-4; lp 17-24, 36-37; gc 3-12, 14-28, 30-31; g74 10/8 5-8, 17-22; w72 658-659; g72 10/22 4-16
as individuals: lp 108-119
women: g82 5/8 13-16
caring about God: g85 11/8 21
church objection to viewing God as male: w77 110
clergy rejection: g79 6/22 30; is 165-166; g69 4/22 15-16
comments on God’s existence:
book “Dieu existe? Oui” (Does God Exist? Yes): g80 5/22 24; g80 6/22 24
Edison, Thomas: g82 5/8 23
Gallup, George H., Jr.: g79 1/8 11
Grassé, Pierre-Paul: w81 11/15 6
Jastrow, Robert: hp 19
Kelvin, Lord: g79 1/8 11
Newton, Sir Isaac: w80 2/1 4; g75 8/22 26; w74 643
von Braun, Wernher: g80 12/8 4; g79 11/8 6; w77 228; w76 360
Weaver, Warren: w77 229
Wickramasinghe, Chandra: w81 12/1 15
consideration for animals: lp 152
Creator: lp 5-24; gh 53-54; te 15-18
creation of earth: ce 25-37
discussion: uw 12-19; sm 43-46; hp 30-32, 34-35, 37-40; ad 665-666
“draw close to God” (Jas 4:8): w84 8/1 3-7
Elohim: Rbi8 1567-1568; bi12-81 1446-1448; g78 11/22 27; w73 702; ad 513-514; bi8-71 1352; g68 2/8 6; w66 526, 532; im 260-263; g65 2/22 5; g65 3/22 7-8; bi8-63 17, 3567-3568, 3577; ns 14-17, 20, 89-90, 237; bi6 393-395, 419-421; w53 535-536; nh 35-36; rm 33-34; w47 294-295; w46 196; tf 30; w41 340-341
enemies: ad 518
faith in: g80 6/8 3-4
Father: sm 44-45; w74 447-448
fear of: w81 2/15 6-7; w78 4/15 31; g72 9/8 28; ad 571-572
fighters against: w77 748-764
foreknowledge: ad 594-600; w70 469-478
friendship with: w85 5/15 10-11, 13-18; w85 12/1 13-18; w79 4/15 17-18, 20; yy 183-186; w73 457-462
Gallup poll as to three questions people would ask: w84 4/1 9
‘God is dead’: w78 2/1 17; lp 41-44, 130, 133-134; tp73 58; is 165-166; g69 4/22 15-16
God of Israel: ad 672; w64 116-117
‘good name’ with (Ec 7:1): w81 2/15 20-30
gratitude to: w83 9/1 3-7; w78 4/1 22
Greek word: w77 477
“happy God” (1Ti 1:11): hp 37; g79 4/8 5; g78 5/22 12; w77 472; gh 51-53
heavens reflect glory of: w79 3/15 5-6
helping children draw close to God: w84 8/1 5-7
imitating: w74 146-156
Jehovah’s title: Rbi8 1567-1568; bi12-81 1446-1448; ad 885-886; bi8-71 1352; w66 532; g65 3/22 7; g63 1/22 27; w61 3-4; ns 14-16, 92; w54 613; w47 61; tf 32; w40 62; ch 140-141; w33 4, 30-31; dv 12
Jehovah unlike any other god: g64 4/8 6-7; mg63 27-28
Jesus a god: w83 12/1 14; w75 63; w74 730; g72 5/22 28; ad 919-920; int69 1158-1160; w64 115; bi8-63 3587-3589; w55 543; lg 33; g46 2/27 16; tf 47; w39 285
judgments: w75 664-666
justice: g79 1/8 13, 15
knowing: w84 8/1 4-5, 16-17; w76 227-228; w75 113-119; w72 37-40, 197, 469; g72 4/22 28; w71 265-267; w71 392; w71 539; w70 5-8, 26; g70 10/8 17-18; w69 662; g69 10/8 29; g68 3/8 3-8; w67 357-360
laughs at nations: w69 232-246
life story of a person searching for: g80 12/8 16-19
listening to God when he speaks: w81 9/15 5-7
love and goodness: g79 1/8 11-13
not violated by Armageddon: w85 2/1 3-7
love for: g79 4/22 14-15
man must not forget: te 91-94; w70 670-671; w69 6-7, 10-15, 430; yb69 7-9, 14-21; g64 2/22 5-7; g63 2/22 8
man not forgotten by: g72 10/22 9-12
man’s dependence on: w72 425-430; w69 611
man’s desire to worship: g75 5/8 3-4; g75 6/22 4
man’s need of: ce 189-193; g81 7/8 3-4; g72 10/22 3-16
man’s obligation to: g69 4/8 11
man’s rage lauds (Ps 76:10): g68 12/22 27-28
meaning of term: w75 269; w67 14; yb67 21; w61 614; ns 14; nu 6; w55 543; w47 61; w45 196; tf 47; w40 62, 167; ch 140; su34 7; g32 2/3 279
misconceptions: g83 4/22 22-24; g79 4/8 3-4, 8; g74 1/22 17; w73 131-133; w72 508; w69 626; g68 7/8 19
Christendom: w71 408; w71 676; w70 80; w69 419-420; w68 40; w67 37; g67 4/8 27; w66 644; g66 4/8 5-6; g66 9/8 27; im 8-9; w64 114-115; w62 554-555; wr 5-7; g62 2/8 6-7; w60 93-94; g60 11/8 5; w59 54-55; w58 741; w54 308; w53 21; lg 102
heathendom: g69 7/8 28; w60 39-40, 93; w58 716, 741-744; g55 6/8 21-24; rm 108-109, 193-194, 279
Judaism: g73 5/22 27-28; g67 4/8 30; g66 11/22 31
moral standards of: ad 890-893; g68 3/8 7
motto “In God We Trust”: w65 591; w60 40; g59 1/22 3-4
nations collide with: w72 31; w71 612-631; nc 3-29
nearness of: g79 4/8 7; w72 521-529, 531-532; g68 3/8 5-6
not all religions lead to: w81 3/15 3-7
not a man: w65 228
peace with: w79 12/1 4-8
permission of suffering: ce 188-198
permission of wickedness: uw 55-61; kc 44; g81 4/22 3-11; hp 131-139; g80 1/22 3-4
Person: w80 2/1 3-5; w74 220
personality:
no difference between Hebrew and Christian Scriptures: w85 3/15 4-5; w85 6/15 3-4
poem written by a literature class student: g68 4/8 12
proof of existence: g84 9/22 8-10; w83 9/15 30; w83 11/15 19; sc 10, 12-22; g83 4/8 12-13; g82 10/8 3-13; g82 12/22 19; w81 2/15 3-5; w81 4/15 31; w81 6/15 4-6; w81 11/15 6; g81 1/8 25; g81 2/22 12-13; g81 5/8 3-4; g81 9/22 4-7, 12-17; w80 2/1 3-5; hp 10-12, 14-16, 18-20; g80 4/8 16; g80 5/22 24; g80 9/22 5-8; g80 10/22 9-10; g80 12/22 20; w79 3/15 3-8; g79 1/8 4-15; g79 1/22 29-30; g79 3/8 16-22; g79 4/8 4-5; g79 11/8 7-15; w78 5/15 15; w78 7/15 5-18; g78 4/8 3-19; g78 6/22 18-20; w77 227-231; w77 419-420; lp 6-24, 79; w76 579-582; gh 53-55; hs 10-11; yy 16-17; g76 1/22 25; w75 113-114; gc 8; ml 6-7; g75 4/8 8-9; g75 6/22 18; w74 643; g74 5/22 22; g74 10/8 7-8; w73 35-38; w72 388; pm 147; g72 10/22 4-9; w71 152; w71 325-327; w71 613; nc 4-5; g71 7/22 17-18; g71 8/8 3-7; g71 8/22 11-12; g71 9/8 7; w70 242; w69 43-44; g69 8/8 3; w67 37-40, 101-104, 549-550, 715; ev 37-39; g67 1/22 18; g67 6/8 30; g67 12/8 7; g67 12/22 10; w66 457; g66 4/8 6-7; g66 9/22 7; w65 227; im 10-16; ms 215; g65 7/8 6; g65 11/22 7-8; w64 284; w63 689; w62 425-426, 447; w61 119, 341, 390-392; g61 11/22 5-7; g61 12/8 21-22; w60 181; g60 10/22 26; g60 11/22 20-23; w59 328, 509, 584-587; mn 8-10; g59 2/22 3; g59 4/22 5-8; g58 2/22 3-4; g58 8/8 5-8; g57 9/22 3-4; w56 99-104, 229-232, 658; g56 3/22 19; g56 4/22 4-8; g56 5/8 12-16; nh 13-14; rm 22-24
design of living things: ce 142-147, 150-159
earth: ce 129-141
eye: ce 18
human brain: ce 168-170, 172-178; g85 7/8 10-11
instinct: ce 160-163, 166-167
not unrealistic to believe in: g82 9/8 5
odds against life starting spontaneously: w81 12/1 15
orderliness of creation: ce 118, 120-125; g85 7/8 10-11
symbiosis: ce 145-146
universe: ce 115-118, 120-127
proof of Godship: go 18-21; g73 1/22 7; w67 681; w65 231, 671; w64 106-107, 110-112
qualities: uw 12-15; g79 4/8 5-8
relationship with: w79 4/15 12-21
requirements for pleasing: w85 7/15 4-7; tr 182-185, 187-189; w73 63-64; g73 5/22 27-28; w72 250-251, 454-455, 475; or 14-18; pm 251; w71 37; ad 890-891, 1280; g71 4/22 29; w70 276-277; w69 412-415, 477-478, 490-491; g69 10/8 29; w68 303-309, 376-377; g68 3/8 27-28; g68 10/8 27-29; w66 458-460, 489-491; g66 10/8 26-27; w64 165-167
reservoir of energy: hs 8-12
revelation to mankind:
reasons to expect: w85 7/1 5-6
why through a book: w85 7/1 6
Ruskin’s (John) comment on those who offer God a second place: g80 8/8 28
school students ignore: g66 2/22 29
seeing: w83 4/1 30; w78 3/1 4-5; lp 16; ad 919; g71 8/22 28; w66 710-711
seeking: w73 429-442
Source of life: lp 77-87
Source of spirit: hs 11-12
sovereignty: su 14-18; kc 30-31; w78 7/15 20-24; gh 142
Spirit: ad 1542
supremacy: w75 713; g67 12/22 6-7
surveys regarding belief in: w85 9/1 3; w81 8/1 30; g79 11/8 4; g78 8/8 31; w77 229; g69 3/22 30-31; g69 4/22 16; g69 11/8 30-31; g65 7/8 6; g62 2/8 7; w61 389
Germany, Federal Republic of (West): w80 10/15 22-23
youths: g83 11/22 11
Theos: ns 14-15, 24; w60 318-319; g57 1/8 25-26; nh 36; bi7-50 11, 18-19
time: po 7-8; w73 579-583
titles and descriptive terms applying to Jehovah: Rbi8 1566-1568
translating the title “God”: w77 477-478
trust in: w79 5/15 3-6
unchangeable: ad 892-893; g68 6/22 27-28
universal laws of: kc 31-33; lp 98-107
view taken by The Inclusive Language Lectionary: g84 3/22 19
walking with: w85 9/1 3-7
way to approach: g74 1/22 18; g73 5/22 28; ad 96-98; w69 648; w68 332-338
wisdom of, in dealing with mankind: g71 6/8 12-14
without beginning: hp 38; go 21-23; lp 81; w76 432; hs 8; w74 375-376; ad 889; g69 8/8 27-28
world’s attitude of indifference: g64 3/8 3-4
worshiping in his way: w85 7/15 4-7; hp 176-183
Quotations
God is making a comeback: g80 7/8 29
God is the only key to understanding the world: g80 5/22 24
men have forgotten God: w83 12/15 14