WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT GOD DETERMINES IF WE TRUST HIM AND THE KIND OF OBEDIENCE WE RENDER TO HIM

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WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT GOD DETERMINES IF WE TRUST
HIM AND THE KIND OF OBEDIENCE WE RENDER TO HIM

• But without faith it is impossible to please Him,
  for he who comes to God must believe that He is,
  and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently
  seek Him.
• (Hebrews 116)

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WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT GOD DETERMINES IF WE TRUST
HIM AND THE KIND OF OBEDIENCE WE RENDER TO HIM

• But without faith it is impossible to please Him,
  for he who comes to God must believe that He is,
  and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently
  seek Him.
• (Hebrews 116)

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WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT GOD DETERMINES IF WE TRUST
HIM AND THE KIND OF OBEDIENCE WE RENDER TO HIM

• But without faith it is impossible to please Him,
  for he who comes to God must believe that He is,
  and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently
  seek Him.
• (Hebrews 116)

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THE NAMES OF GOD

• GOD (ELOHIM)
• God is Creator
• The three-fold nature of God
• THE LORD (YAHWEH)
• Personal name of God
• Shows His personal relationship with His people.
• GOD ALMIGHTY (EL SHADDAI)
• Shows Gods power and ability to fulfill His
  promises to His people.

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GOD IS

• Spirit.
• Our relationship to Him is spiritual.
• The great I AM the cause of everything that
  exists.
• From everlasting to everlasting.
• Always has been always will be.

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GOD IS ONE

• (Deuteronomy 64-5) "Hear, O Israel The LORD our
  God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD
  your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
  and with all your strength.
• Jesus (Luke 1027 Matthew 2237).
• (1 Timothy 117) Now to the King eternal,
  immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be
  honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

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GOD IS ONE

• He is to be the one object of all of our love.
• You shall love the LORD your God with all your
  heart, with all your soul, and with all your
  strength.

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GOD IS ONE

• His plan and laws for humankind are one.
• (Ephesians 44-6) "There is one body and one
  Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of
  your calling one Lord, one faith, one baptism
  one God and Father of all, who is above all, and
  through all, and in you all.
• (Ephesians 43) endeavoring to keep the unity
  of the Spirit in the bond of peace."

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GOD IS A MORAL BEING

• (Leviticus 192) "Speak to all the congregation
  of the children of Israel, and say to them 'You
  shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
• (1 Peter 115-16) "but as He who called you is
  holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
  because it is written, Be holy, for I am holy."

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GOD IS A MORAL BEING

• God is a being of moral perfection.
• How unlike the gods of Greek mythology.
• Gentile proselytes (Acts 1315, 42, 43 171-4).

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GOD IS A MORAL BEING

• Since God is a moral being, and we are made in
  His image, He expects us to be moral beings.
• We will be judged.
• (1 Peter 117) And if you call on the Father,
  who without partiality judges according to each
  one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the
  time of your stay here in fear
• (Hebrews 1228-29) Therefore, since we are
  receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let
  us have grace, by which we may serve God
  acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our
  God is a consuming fire."

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GOD IS A MORAL BEING

• God is not indifferent to our morality or lack
  thereof.
• We will be judged.
• (Hebrews 927) "And as it is appointed for men
  to die once, but after this the judgment,
• (Romans 623) "For the wages of sin is death,
  but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ
  Jesus our Lord.
• (2 Corinthians 510) "For we must all appear
  before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one
  may receive the things done in the body,
  according to what he has done, whether good or
  bad."

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GOD IS ALMIGHTY ALL-KNOWING

• (Romans 120) "For since the creation of the
  world His invisible attributes are clearly seen,
  being understood by the things that are made,
  even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they
  are without excuse
• (Genesis 171) When Abram was ninety-nine years
  old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him,
  I am Almighty God walk before Me and be
  blameless.

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GOD IS ALMIGHTY ALL-KNOWING

• Acts 423-31.
• Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and
  the sea, and all that is in them

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GOD IS ALMIGHTY ALL-KNOWING

• Acts 423-31.
• Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and
  the sea, and all that is in them

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GOD IS ALMIGHTY ALL-KNOWING

• Acts 423-31.
• Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and
  the sea, and all that is in them
• Not the common word for Lord (Kurios)
• (Despota) Master one who possesses supreme
  authority, despot (The Complete Word Study
  Dictionary).
• Who by the mouth of your servant David have
  said
• Teaches that God is All-Knowing with
  foreknowledge of what would happen to Christ.

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GOD IS ALMIGHTY ALL-KNOWING

• (Ephesians 320) "Now to Him who is able to do
  exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or
  think, according to the power that works in us"

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GOD IS ALMIGHTY ALL-KNOWING

• (Ephesians 320) "Now to Him who is able to do
  exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or
  think, according to the power that works in us"

Has the power
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GOD IS LOVE

• 1 John 48, 16
• (1 John 49-10) "In this the love of God was
  manifested toward us, that God has sent His only
  begotten Son into the world, that we might live
  through Him. In this is love, not that we loved
  God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be
  the propitiation for our sins."

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GOD IS LOVE

• (Matthew 545) for He makes His sun rise on
  the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the
  just and on the unjust.
• (John 1513) "Greater love has no one than this,
  than to lay down one's life for his friends."

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GOD IS LOVE

• How do we respond to Gods love?
• (1 John 419) "We love Him because He first loved
  us.
• (John 1415) "If you love Me, keep My
  commandments.
• (John 1334-35) "A new commandment I give to you,
  that you love one another as I have loved you,
  that you also love one another. By this all will
  know that you are My disciples, if you have love
  for one another."

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GOD IS LOVE

• (1 John 420-21) "If someone says, I love God,
  and hates his brother, he is a liar for he who
  does not love his brother whom he has seen, how
  can he love God whom he has not seen? And this
  commandment we have from Him that he who loves
  God must love his brother also.

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GOD IS LOVE

• Manisfested in
• Forgiveness, kindness and deeds of benevolence.
• (Ephesians 431-51) "Let all bitterness, wrath,
  anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from
  you, with all malice. And be kind to one another,
  tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God
  in Christ forgave you. Therefore be imitators of
  God as dear children."

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GOD IS LOVE

• Manisfested in
• Forgiveness, kindness and deeds of benevolence.
• (1 John 317-18) "But whoever has this world's
  goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up
  his heart from him, how does the love of God
  abide in him? My little children, let us not love
  in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth."

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WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT GOD DETERMINES IF WE TRUST
HIM AND THE KIND OF OBEDIENCE WE RENDER TO HIM

• But without faith it is impossible to please Him,
  for he who comes to God must believe that He is,
  and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently
  seek Him.
• (Hebrews 116)