Sentence One (God As Creator)

Sentence One (God as Creator)

-God is Ruler over everything

As creator He gets this right

-God exercises providence

How God does what He does
Miraculous not required
2 stages
Sustaining
Earth not recreated every minute
Governing
God not disconnected

-Theological Aside

Theodicy
Compound of—θέοςδικαιος
Problem of evil
Nature—disease—people
Is God responsible????

-God accomplishes His will

This is the biggie
Is the prayer answered?
Thy will be done

-Theological Aside

How do you see the universe?
Is God directing or dealing?
Is God controlling or allowing?
Am I free or enslaved?

Sentence Two (Attributes of God)

-God is great

Back to our omni’s
This we get

-God is good

This sets the omni’s in favor of humanity

-God knows best

This is outworking of understanding

Sentence Three (God as Father & Redeemer)

-God specially deals w/followers of Christ

This sets the omni’s in favor of Christians

-Not all people are God’s children

This is the logical inversion
Meaning those who are apart from Christ are not God’s children

Sentence Four (God as Sovereign)

-God occupies authority over all people

Understand what it is to be fatherly
Provider
Protector
Ruler

Sentence One (God as Creator)

-Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth

-Exodus 3:14

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you

-Deuteronomy 6:4

Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one

-Psalm 19:1 – 3

The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. 2Day to day pours forth speech,
And night to night reveals knowledge. 3There is no speech, nor are there words; Their voice is not heard

-1 Corinthians 8:6

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him

-Colossians 1:15

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation

-1 Timothy 1:17

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen

-Exodus 6:2 – 3

God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord;3and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them

-Acts 1:7

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority

-Exodus 15:1

Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and said

-Isaiah 43:3

For I am the Lord your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place

-Matthew 7:11

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him

Sentence Two (Attributes of God)

-Leviticus 22:2

Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the Lord

-Hebrews 11:6

And 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 seek Him

-Exodus 20:1

Then God spoke all these words, saying

-Matthew 28:19

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit

Sentence Three (God as Father & Redeemer)

-Deuteronomy 32:6

Do you thus repay the Lord, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has bought you? He has made you and established you

-1 Chronicles 29:10

So David blessed the Lord in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, “Blessed are You, O Lord God of Israel our father, forever and ever

-Isaiah 43:15

I am the Lord, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King

-Isaiah 64:8

But now, O Lord, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand

-Matthew 6:9

Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name

-Matthew 23:9

Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven

-Mark 1:9 – 11

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.10Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him;11and a voice came out of the heavens: “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased

-John 4:24

God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth

-John 5:26

For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself

-John 14:6 – 13

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. 7If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.” 8Philip *said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”9Jesus *said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?10Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.11Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.12Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.13Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

-John 17:1 – 8

Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,2even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.3This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.4I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.5Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. 6“I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.7Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You;8for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

-Galatians 4:6

Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Fa

-Jeremiah 10:10

But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, And the nations cannot endure His indignation

-Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You will be put to shame. Those who turn away on earth will be written down, Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord

-Romans 8:14 – 15

For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.15For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father

Sentence Four (God as Sovereign)

-Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being

-Ephesians 4:6

one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all

-Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live

-1 Peter 1:17

If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth