What do you see? a lesson in perception.

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What do you see? a lesson in perception

What do you see?

What do you see?

How many legs does the elephant have?

Aspects of God. What do we see? God is patient. 2 Peter 3:9 What is patience? Waiting without complaint Long suffering Forbearing We see all of these aspects in this passage

Aspects of God. What do we see? God is love. 1 John 4:7-8 Greek words for love Storge – natural love as between family Rom. 1:31 or 2 Tim. 3:3 Phileo – brotherly love. Rom. 12:10 Agape – sacrificial love. 1 Cor 13

Aspects of God. What do we see? Agape – Heb. 12:6, Luke 11:43 Phileo – Rev. 3:19, Luke 20:46

Aspects of God. What do we see? God is love. 1 John 4:7-8 Greek words for love Storge – natural love as between family Rom. 1:31 or 2 Tim. 3:3 Phileo – brotherly love. Rom. 12:10 Agape – sacrificial love. 1 Cor 13 Doesn’t God show all of these toward us?

Aspects of God. What do we see? Fear of God. Prov. 1:7 What is fear? Respect, reverence Being afraid, terror Aren’t both the beginning of knowledge?