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2. Lies Against God’s Infinity Selected Scriptures
Satan & demons are real & can cause a wide variety of physical, mental and emotional problems.
Some people incorrectly blame demons for all their troubles & ills
Man is quite capable of sin and causing problems without demonic assistance

3. Lies Against God’s Infinity Selected Scriptures
2 Peter 1:3; Ephesians 6:10f
The belt held his tunic in place & gave a place to hang other equipment
Truth ties everything together & holds the sword of the Spirit

4. Lies Against God’s Infinity Selected Scriptures
The devil is a liar and ultimately those lies are against the nature & character of God
Satan has many lies against God being an infinite eternal, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent & sovereign

5. God is Eternal
God is infinite in relationship to time
Psalms 90:2; Isaiah 46:10; 57:15 Genesis 1:1; 1 Corinthians 15:28; Revelation 21 & 22;
Though God is external to time He can also enter into it - Isaiah 65:24; 1 John 5:14-15; Gal. 4:4; Heb. 1:5

6. God is Eternal
Various false religions and cults lie against God’s eternity by saying He is a created being
A non-eternal god cannot be God, but that is just the point of the lie

7. God is Omniscient
God is infinite in relationship to knowledge
God knows everything perfectly in breadth & depth – Ps. 147:5; Isa. 20:28; 46:9,10
Human knowledge does not compare to that of the Lord - Psalm 139:1-6

8. God is Omniscient
God’s omniscience brings fear to those who do evil - Luke 12:2; Rev. 20:12
The unrighteous think they can get away with their evil deeds & thoughts.
God searches the heart and tests the mind - Prov. 15:11; Jer. 17:9-10.
They are bare before Him - Heb. 4:13

9. God is Omniscient
The righteous find comfort in God’s omniscience - Isaiah 65:24; Matthew 6:8
The God that knows us perfectly still loves us and will never abandon or forsake us.

10. God is Omnipresent
God is infinite in relationship to space
God is a spirit whose divine essence is everywhere present - Psalm 139:7-12 ; Jeremiah 23:23,24
People believe these lies in hope that they can somehow escape being held accountable by God
Jonah tried to escape God by fleeing

11. God is Omnipresent
Pagan religions commonly believed their gods were limited to certain places or objects.
The New Age Movement is just a modern version of pantheism
1 Samuel 4 & 5 is an example of Israelites and Philistines thinking God was confined to the Ark

12. God is Omnipresent
Whenever someone attributes special power to some object or location they have believed the devil’s lies
God’s omnipresence brings fear to those who do evil and comfort to those who are righteous

13. God is Omnipotent
God is infinite in relationship to power
God can do anything that is in harmony with His attributes - Job 42:2; Jer. 32:17, 27; Matt. 19:26
Lies against this attribute are inherent in macro evolution, denial of Biblical miracles and God’s faithfulness to His promises

14. God is Omnipotent
False religions & philosophies in which good and evil continually compete deny God’s omnipotence
The god of some false religions and the cults must be assisted by outside forces to accomplish his will

15. God is Omnipotent
Christians believe this lie when they doubt God’s ability to keep His promises to them.
God’s omnipotence brings
Fear to those who do evil (2 Thess. 1:8)
Comfort to believers (Romans 8:38f)

16. God is Sovereign
God is infinite in relationship to His rule over all things
Sovereignty arises out of God being infinite in His attributes related to time, space, power and knowledge
There is no actual rival to God - Deuteronomy 4:39; Job 9:12; Psalm 135:6; Daniel 4:35; Psalm 83:18

17. God is Sovereign
False religions and philosophies deny God’s sovereignty or claim a rival to Him
Cults attack God’s sovereignty by developing systems in which God becomes obligated to man

18. God is Sovereign
Christians deny God’s sovereignty with theologies which limit it and by living in practical denial of it.
Philosophers and theologians use logical constructs to deny it.
God is not the author of sin for He is holy and incapable of evil Himself (Habakkuk 1:13; Psalm 5:4)

19. God is Sovereign
Man is not a robot, but is made in the image of God with the attribute of volition – to make choices
Man is commanded to repent (Acts 17:30) and will be judged for his disobedience (2 Thess. 1:7)
There is a universal offer of salvation to all men - Romans 10:11-13

20. God is Sovereign
Man is utterly lost and incapable of being saved without God’s direct intervention
None seek God - Rom. 3:10-12.
Our righteousness is filthy - Isa. 64:6.
The Father must draw - John 6:44
Salvation is a gift from God – Ephesians 2:1-10; Titus 3:3-7

21. God is Sovereign
We are to believe what God reveals, not resolve antinomies to fit our system
Lies against God’s sovereignty have changed salvation from a work of God into a free will belief of man
Those who are Jesus’ sheep cannot be removed from His hand - John 10:27-30

22. Conclusions
Lies against God’s infinite attributes seek to offer the possibility of escaping His judgement
In the hope of gaining freedom people believe Satan’s lies
They get bondage, fear and damnation instead

23. Conclusions
Satan & his followers will be punished as prisoners in Hell forever (Rev. 20)
Those in cults will find they believed in a false Jesus. The true one will send them away (Matthew 7:23)
Those with aberrant theology will be saved, but suffer the loss of reward (1 Corinthians 3:12-15)

24. Conclusions
The true Christian has no need to fear and gains peace and comfort in the promises of an infinite God

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