Did you remember to… 1)Turn off your cell phone. Put it on the table up front. 2)Write your name on your Study Guide & hand it in 3)Write your name on your Sermon Summary & hand it in 4)Write on your exam whether you were: 1)At Church 2)At Sunday School 3)Able to go through the Bible Story of the Week

“Do you trust me?”

Who do you trust?

Our money says “in God we trust”

Does everyone who spends $ believe in God? Our money says “in God we trust”

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

lesson What is God like? aimaim

Key Question #1 What are the two basic ways in which God’s nature is different from ours?

M ATTHEW 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

D EUTERONOMY 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.

J OHN 4:24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”

S PIR IT Doesn ’t have a body

S PIR IT Is a perso nal being

S PIRI T Unique persona lity

S PIRI T Capable of doing things, like…

S PIRI T Speaking Loving Judgin g Saving

Key Question #1 What are the two basic ways in which God’s nature is different from ours?

Key Answer #1 The two basic ways in which God’s nature is different from ours are that he is triune and he is spirit.

Key Question #2 What characteristics of God are different from ours?

J OHN 21:17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”

God is Omniscient

He knows Everything

J EREMIAH 23:24 Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the LORD.

God is OmniPresent

He Is everywhere and sees everything

G ENESIS 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless.

God is Sanctified

He is completely holy

D EUTERONOMY 33:27 The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, ‘Destroy him!’

God is omnipotent

He is capable of anything

God is omnipotent He is all- powerful

God is Eternal

He has no beginning and no end

Key Question #2 What characteristics of God are different from ours?

Key Answer #2 God has characteristics that are different from ours because he is all-knowing (omniscient), present everywhere (omnipresent), all-powerful (omnipotent), and eternal.

Key Question #3 What characteristics does God have that he wants us to have also?

L EVITICUS 19:2 Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

E XODUS 34:6–7

6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.”

2 T IMOTHY 2:13 …if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.

E XODUS 34:6–7

Key Question #3 What characteristics does God have that he wants us to have also?

Key Answer #3 God’s characteristics that he wants me to have are being holy, compassionate, gracious, loving, forgiving, and faithful.

lesson What is God like? aimaim

lesson The Triune God is a spirit who is far greater than we are in power and glory. aimaim

lesson What does the Bible tell us about God’s creation of the universe? aimaim

Key Question #1 Where did the universe come from?

E XODUS 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

P SALM 33:6,9 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.

Key Question #1 Where did the universe come from?

Key Answer #1 God made the universe, the world, and everything in it, out of nothing in six days by his Word (simply speaking).

Key Question #2 Where did human beings come from?

G ENESIS 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Key Question #2 Where did human beings come from?

Key Answer #2 We call God the Father because he created us and because he is our Father through faith in Jesus Christ, his Son.

Key Question #3 Why don’t we accept the theory of evolution?

2 P ETER 3:3,5 First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water.

H EBREWS 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Key Question #3 Why don’t we accept the theory of evolution?

Key Answer #3 We don’t accept the theory of evolution because those who teach it are often unbelievers who don’t want to accept what we can know only by faith.

lesson What does the Bible tell us about God’s creation of the universe? aimaim

lesson God created the universe and everything in it (including me) by his almighty power. aimaim

To discuss on the drive home:ent for next time

Agree/Disagre e: God deserves credit for creating people, but at this point he sort of sits back and watches his creation.

Time to zoom home….but not before you get your assignment for next time

Complete Study Guide Essay Exam everyone does 1 st question answer 2 of next 3 questions Review Your Notes