God – He Is!
A. IN SPEAKING OF GOD, WE MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO BE WISE
ABOVE THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN (Matt. 11:27).
B. IS THERE A GOD?
C. WE RELY ON THE BIBLE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT GOD (Job 11:7-12).
A. Genesis 1:1. “CREATED” SINGULAR, “GOD” PLURAL. (Pulpit Commentary)
B. Gen. 1:26. “LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE.”
C. Matt. 28:19. CO-EQUAL IN AUTHORITY.
D. THREE PERSONALITIES REFERRED TO AS GOD.
1. Jehovah (1 Cor. 8:6).
2. Jesus (John 1:1).
3. The Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3-4).
E. THOUGH IT IS DIFFICULT FOR SOME TO COMPREHEND THE
DIVINE UNITY AND RECONCILE THAT WITH THE DIVINE
PLURALITY, FOR THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE THE SCRIPTURES
AN UNDERSTANDING IS EASY AND NOT AT ALL OBNOXIOUS.
A. HIS WORKS – THE PERFECTION OF HIS CREATION (Psa. 19:1; 139:14).
B. PROPHECY – MUCH IN HISTORY IS FORETOLD BY GOD (Isa. 42:9; 44:6-8).
C. HE KNOWS US – IN AND OUT (Psa. 139:1-2; Heb. 4:12-13).
D. HE IS ALL-WISE (Isa. 55:8-9; Rom. 11:33-37).
A. GOD CAN DO EVERYTHING (Matt. 19:26; Luke 1:37).
B. MAN CANNOT STOP HIM (Job 42:2).
C. THE POWER OF EVEN HIS WORD (Heb. 11:3; Psa. 33:6-9).
A. IMMENSITY OF HIS MAJESTY (1 Kings 8:27).
B. YOU CAN’T HIDE FROM GOD (Jer. 23:23-24).
C. GOD WON’T LOSE YOU (Psa. 139:7-10).
A. THE CHARACTER OF GOD (Psa. 45:6-7). AS OPPOSED TO HIS NATURE.
B. DEMANDS AN ANSWER FOR SIN (Rom. 3:23-26).
A. HARD TO DESCRIBE ETERNITY (Psa. 90:2; 1 Tim. 1:17).
B. HIS NAME (Ex. 3:13-14).
A. NO MISTAKES OR SIN (Num. 23:19).
B. TRUSTWORTHY – INTEGRITY (Mal. 3:6).
C. CONSTANT IN HIS CARE (James 1:17).
A. THOUGH THEY DON’T KNOW HIM (Prov. 16:4).
B. IN WHOM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING (Acts 17:24-28).
A. GOD MAKES NO EXPERIMENTS.
B. HIS OWN NATURE IS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNIVERSE.
C. HIS WILL IS THE ONLY STANDARD OF RIGHT AND WRONG,
GOOD AND BAD.
1. Our relationship is summed up (Ecc. 12:13).
2. We will be judged by him (Ecc. 12:14).
D. HE IS ON OUR SIDE!!!!! (John 3:16).