1. Basic Theology - Intro God Goes Large !

2. Theology…. What is it? Two Greek words….. Theos = God Logos=To Know The Study of Knowing God

3. Three Main Branches Natural….. How we know God through the natural world. Systematic….. How we know God through The Bible Biblical..... How we know God through His dealings with man

4. Systematic Theology The Doctrine of God The Doctrine of Jesus Christ The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit The Doctrine of Scripture

5. The Doctrine of God The Atheist…. Says there is no God The Agnostic... Says he can’t tell if there is a God or not The Materialist... Says he doesn’t need God The Worldly fool... Says he wishes there was no God The Christian... Says he can’t live without God

6. God IS…. He may be KNOWN.... Through Faith God may be EXPERIENCED

7. The Name of God YHWH is the Hebrew way of writing the real name of God In English this became YAHWEH In the middle ages this became JEHOVAH…. a man made name... Like this one...

8. The Octophant

9. Exodus 3:13-15 ERV 13. Then Moses said to God, "But if I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your ancestors sent me,' then the people will ask, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?” 14. Then God said to Moses, "Tell them, 'I AM WHO I AM.’ When you go to the Israelites, tell them, 'I AM' sent me to you. 15. And God said, "Tell the Israelites that you were sent by YAHWEH, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob. This will always be my name. It is how I want the people to remember me from now on.

10. His Name Reveals His NATURE

11. Jehovah-Jireh. The God who Provides Gen. 22:14. NLT Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means "the LORD will provide"). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

12. Jehovah-shalom… The God of Peace Judges 6:24. NLT And Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and named it Yahweh-Shalom (which means "the LORD is peace")…..

13. Jehovah-tsidkenu… God our righteousness. Pronounced….(Sid-Kaynoo) Jer. 23:6. NLT And this will be His name: 'The LORD Is Our Righteousness.' In that day Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety.

14. Jehovah-shammah… God who is Present Ezk. 48:35. ERV....From now on, the name of the city will be THE LORD IS THERE."

15. El Shaddai…. God Almighty Gen. 17:1. NLT When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am El-Shaddai—'God Almighty.' Serve Me faithfully and live a blameless life.

16. Jehovah-rapha…. The God who Heals Ex. 15:26.ERV He said to him, "I am the LORD your God. If you listen to me and do what I say is right, and if you obey all my commands and laws, then I will not give you any of the sicknesses that I gave the Egyptians. I am the LORD who heals you.” The Hebrew literally means ‘to stitch together’.

17. Jehovah-raah…. God our Shepherd Psalm 23:1. ESV The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

18. Ancient of Days Daniel 7:9,13,22 NIV In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.

19. Nature of God. John 4:24 ERV God is spirit. So the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

20. Deuteronomy 4:15 ERV "On the day the LORD spoke to you from the fire at Mount Horeb, you did not see him—there was no shape for God.

21. Psalm 147:5 ERV Our Lord is great and powerful. There is no limit to what he knows.

22. Isaiah 40:25-26 ERV The Holy One says, "Can you compare me to anyone? No one is equal to me."

23. John 4:24 ESV God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and Truth."

24. Heb. 12:9. ESV...we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

25. Heb. 10:12 NiRV Jesus our priest offered one sacrifice for sins for all time. Then he sat down at the right hand of God. 2 Cor. 5:19 KJV God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself.

26. No Limitations Heb. 1:3. ERV The Son shows the glory of God. He is a perfect copy of God's nature, and he holds everything together by his powerful command. The Son made people clean from their sins. Then he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.

27. Omnipotent Ps. 62:11. His name is El Shaddai...the ALMIGHTY GOD.

28. Omniscient Psalm 147:5 ERV Our Lord is great and powerful. There is no limit to what he knows.

29. Omnipresent Ps 139:7-12 ERV Your Spirit is everywhere I go. I cannot escape your presence. If I go up to heaven, you will be there. If I go down to the place of death, you will be there. If I go east where the sun rises or go to live in the west beyond the sea, even there you will take my hand and lead me. Your strong right hand will protect me. Suppose I wanted to hide from you and said, “Surely the darkness will hide me. The day will change to night and cover me.” Even the darkness is not dark to you. The night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are the same.

30. Gods Attributes Immensity 2 Chron 6:18. ERV But, God, will you really live here with us on the earth? The whole sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you. Certainly this house that I built cannot contain you either...

31. Eternity Gen. 21:33 NLT Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he worshiped the LORD, the Eternal God.

32. Immutability God does not change… Heb. 1:12. ESV Like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end."

33. Self-Sufficiency Ps. 50:12 NiRV If I were hungry, I wouldn't tell you. The world belongs to me… And so does everything in it.

34. Trinity Ps. 86:10 ERV You are great and do amazing things. You and you alone are God. 1 Tim. 2:5. ESV For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, Matt 28:19 ERV So go and make followers of all people in the world. Baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

35. Love John 3:16 MKJV For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

36. Holiness Ps 99:9 NIV Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.

37. Just Rom 3:25 BHV God gave Jesus as a sacrifice to pay for our sins. So he forgives the sins of those who have faith in his blood. God did all of that to prove that he is Just. Because of his mercy he did not punish people for the sins they had committed before Jesus died for them. This shows that God is fair when he accepts people who have faith in Jesus.

38. Righteous Ps 71:19 NIV Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, you who have done great things. Who is like you, God?

39. Creational Fatherhood Malachi 2:10 KJV “Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us?” Isaiah 64:8 KJV “But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

40. Theocratic Fatherhood Ex 19:5-6 BHV So now I tell you to obey my commands and keep my agreement. So if you do this, you will be my own special people. The whole world belongs to me, but I am choosing you to be my own special people. And you will be My kingdom of priests, My holy nation.' This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”

41. Generative Fatherhood John 1:14 ERV The Word became a man and lived among us. We saw his divine greatness—the greatness that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace and truth.

42. New-Birth Fatherhood John 1:13 BHV They became God's children, but not in the way babies are usually born. God himself was the one who made them his children. Galatians 3:26 CEV All of you are God's children because of your faith in Christ Jesus.

43. Go Large With God Isa 54:2 ERV Make your tent bigger. Open your doors wide. Don't think small! Make your tent large and strong, because you will grow in all directions. you will soon be bursting at the seams!