Who is my God? Introduction to the Attributes of God

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Who is my God?Introduction to the Attributes of
God
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Our Goal this Summer

• Answer, Who is my God?
• Not What should I believe about God?
• But What do I really believe about God?
• Why bother?
• Its our greatest command (Mt 2237-38)
• Its our greatest privilege (Phil 38)
• Its the foundation of all else in life
• worldview, attitudes, behavior, relationships

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Isaiah 61-5 I saw the Lord sitting on a throne,
lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe
filling the temple. Seraphim stood above Him one
called out to another and said, Holy, Holy,
Holy, is the Lord of hosts, The whole earth is
full of His glory. And the foundations of the
thresholds trembled at the voice of him who
called out, while the temple was filling with
smoke. Then I said, Woe is me, for I am ruined!
Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live
among a people of unclean lips For my eyes have
seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
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Overview

• Attribute
• Definition a characteristic, quality or
  property which is intrinsic to its subject
• Objective
• Not an action or choice

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Overview

• Attribute
• Incommunicable does not share
• Self-existence, immutability, omnipotence, etc.
• Communicable shares in a limited sense
• Spirituality life, personality
• Intellectual Attributes - wisdom, truth
• Moral Attributes Goodness, love, grace,
  righteousness
• etc.

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Guiding Principles

1. God is ultimately unfathomable

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Guiding Principles

1. God is ultimately unfathomable

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Guiding Principles

• God is ultimately unfathomable
• Theological term Transcendent
• to exist outside, beyond the material universe
  and so not limited by it
• to be above or beyond all known categories of
  experience or language

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Guiding Principles

• God is ultimately unfathomable
• But He chose to reveal Himself to us
• Creation (Romans 120)
• His actions in history (Acts 1416-17)
• His Word (Hebrews 11)
• His Son (Hebrews 12-3a)

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Guiding Principles

• God is ultimately unfathomable
• But He chose to reveal Himself to us
• Theological term Immanent
• God condescends to be present in His creation
  and to experience relationships with His
  creatures.
• But to understand it 1 Cor 210-16

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Application

• Reflect on past times of struggle
• How did you respond?
• What does this reveal about your conception of
  God?
• Pray
• That God would unearth false conceptions about
  Him
• and correct them
• and transform you more fully into His image.

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