1. Session 2: Our God And Who He Is

2. DOCTRINE CORRELATION

3. What is . . . Worse than Satan Dead men eat it
RIDDLE FROM RUSSIA:
What is . . .
Better than God
Worse than Satan
Dead men eat it
If you eat it, you’ll die

4. ANSWER:
NOTHING

5. KEY: If you begin with the right view of God,
everything else begins to make sense!

6. He is the God Who is There
We cannot prove that God exists, but:
Belief in God is the rule, not the exception

7. There is no God - Cartoon

8. There are rational arguments for His existence:
Cosmological
Teleological
Ontological
Moral
Experience

9. The Cru Statement of Faith
“There is one true God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - each of whom possesses equally all the attributes of Deity and the characteristics of personality.”

10. Old Testament Hints Genesis 1:26, 11:7. "Let Us. . . ."
Genesis 16:7-13 – Angel of YAHWEH
Isaiah 48:16.
The Lord, your Redeemer
Isaiah 6:3. "Holy, Holy, Holy."

11. New Testament Clarity
There is a clear distinction made between the Persons
Each Person is identified as divine
There is still only one God.

12. We must avoid the common errors regarding the tri-unity
Demoting the Holy Spirit to a mere influence (a “force”)
Demoting Jesus to inferior or unequal status with the Father
Believing there is a God who appears in three forms or modes

13. We Categorize God's Nature Into 'Attributes' To Help Us Understand
Gods of pagan mythology - personal but far from infinite
God of Greek philosophy & “god” of Eastern mysticism - infinite but ultimately impersonal
Only the God of the Bible is both awesomely infinite and intimately personal

15. His Infinite Attributes (incommunicable, non-moral, etc.)
Self-existence. Who and what God is, are not derived from some other being or source.
Other 'infinite' attributes include the 'omnis' (omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence), immutability and eternality.

16. His Personal Attributes (communicable, moral, etc.)
Wisdom
Mercy
Other personal attributes include holiness, justice, and love.

17. Why are the attributes important?
Only the God of the Bible is both infinite and personal.
Only the God of the Bible is infinite in majesty, knowledge and power and personal in beauty, mercy and love.

18. Who is the God we worship?
Three Answers:
He is the God who is there
He is "God in three persons,
blessed Trinity."
He is infinite and personal