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Jesus is Lord! creation's voice proclaims it, For by His power each tree and flower Was planned and made. Jesus is Lord! the universe declares it, Sun, moon and stars in heaven Cry, 'Jesus is Lord!'

Jesus is Lord! Jesus is Lord! Praise Him with Hallelujahs For Jesus is Lord!

Jesus is Lord! yet from His throne eternal In flesh He came to die in pain On Calvary's tree. Jesus is Lord! from Him all life proceeding, Yet gave His life a ransom Thus setting us free.

Jesus is Lord! Jesus is Lord! Praise Him with Hallelujahs For Jesus is Lord!

Jesus is Lord! o'er sin the mighty conqueror, From death He rose, and all His foes Shall own His Name. Jesus is Lord! God sent His Holy Spirit To show by works of power That Jesus is Lord.

Jesus is Lord! Jesus is Lord! Praise Him with Hallelujahs For Jesus is Lord!

Clearing Away the Clutter

Who would you rather evangelise? Theo The Theist Alan The Atheist

Clearing Away the Clutter Which God??

Clearing Away the Clutter Believers in some kind of god Disbelievers in any kind of god Theists Atheists

Clearing Away the Clutter Theists Atheists Agnostics Just don’t know

Clearing Away the Clutter Theists Atheists Agnostics Just don’t know Christians Muslims Jews Hindus Higher power “We believe in nothing! We go by evidence! ”

1 And God spoke all these words: 2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself an idol... Exodus 20:1-4

What does it mean to have a god? or, what is God? Answer: A god means that from which we are to expect all good and to which we are to take refuge in all distress, so that to have a God is nothing else than to trust and believe Him from the whole heart… That now, I say, upon which you set your heart and put your trust is properly your god. Martin Luther

Jesus Im- personal forces I believe in... Allah Grandpa in the sky Lots of gods Karma

Clearing Away the Clutter Christ is the Image of the Invisible God. Colossians 1:15

GOD Known Unknown Clearing Away the Clutter

Known God Unknown Clearing Away the Clutter

Known John 14 Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Clearing Away the Clutter

Known John Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? Clearing Away the Clutter

Which God?? Christ is the Image of the Invisible God. Colossians 1:15 No-one has ever seen God, but the Only Son has made Him known. Jn1:18

Clearing Away the Clutter Which God?? Jesus is God-Sized God is Jesus-Shaped

Clearing Away the Clutter Which God??

Clearing Away the Clutter Glory?

Lordship

Majesty

Strength

Wisdom

Holiness

Clearing Away the Clutter The Surprising God

Clearing Away the Clutter Without knowing Jesus, are there other ways that people use to know God?

Clearing Away the Clutter Reason Religion Old Testament Creation

Clearing Away the Clutter Matthew 11:25-30

Clearing Away the Clutter Proverbs 3:5-7: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding… Do not be wise in your own eyes.”

Clearing Away the Clutter Romans 8:7: the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.

1 Corinthians 1:18-25: For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” 20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22 Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

2 Corinthians 4:4: The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Colossians 1:21: Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behaviour. Colossians 2:8: See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.

Clearing Away the Clutter Religion

Deuteronomy 32:15-21: Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; filled with food, he became heavy and sleek. He abandoned the God who made him and rejected the Rock his Savior. 16 They made him jealous with their foreign gods and angered him with their detestable idols. 17 They sacrificed to demons, which are not God—gods they had not known, gods that recently appeared, gods your fathers did not fear.

18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth. 19 The LORD saw this and rejected them because he was angered by his sons and daughters. 20 “I will hide my face from them,” he said, “and see what their end will be; for they are a perverse generation, children who are unfaithful. 21 They made me jealous by what is no god and angered me with their worthless idols.

Psalm 96:4-5: 4 For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

1 Corinthians 8:4-6: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one. For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"), yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

Clearing Away the Clutter Reason Religion Old Testament Creation

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Clearing Away the Clutter Reason Religion Old Testament Creation

Clearing Away the Clutter Old Testament John 1:1 John 1:18 John 8:56-58 John 12:38-41 John 5:37-46

Clearing Away the Clutter Reason Religion Old Testament Creation

Clearing Away the Clutter Creation Psalm 19:1-6 Romans 1:16-20 Colossians 1:23 John 12:24

Clearing Away the Clutter Reason Religion Old Testament Creation

Jesus is God-Sized God is Jesus-Shaped

The Surprising God

Jesus Im- personal forces I believe in... Allah Grandpa in the sky Lots of gods Karma

Isn’t it a bit narrow to say that Jesus is the only way?

From heaven you came helpless babe Entered our world, your glory veiled Not to be served, but to serve And give your life, that we might live

This is our God, the Servant King He calls us now to follow him To bring our lives as daily offering Of worship to the Servant King

There in the garden of tears My heavy load, he chose to bear His heart with sorrow was torn Yet not my will but yours he said

This is our God, the Servant King He calls us now to follow him To bring our lives as daily offering Of worship to the Servant King

Come see his hands and his feet The scars that speak of sacrifice Hands that flung stars into space To cruel nails surrendered

This is our God, the Servant King He calls us now to follow him To bring our lives as daily offering Of worship to the Servant King

So let us learn how to serve And in our lives enthrone him Each others needs to prefer For it is Christ we're serving

This is our God, the Servant King He calls us now to follow him To bring our lives as daily offering Of worship to the Servant King

Recommended Reading: John How are the Three Persons of the Trinity described? How do they relate to each other?

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