1. Know What You Believe by Paul E. Little September 9, 2012

2. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session A

3. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session A

4. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session A

5. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little “What we believe about God is the most important thing about us.” A.W. Tozer Chapter 2, Session A

6. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session A

7. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session A

8. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is! Hebrews 11:7 Chapter 2, Session A Hebrews 11:17-19 Hebrews 11:29

9. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session A

10. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session A

11. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session A

12. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session B

13. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session B

14. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little God’s Natural Attributes  “Attributes” are the terms that describe the nature of someone or something  God has two types of attributes  Natural  Moral Chapter 2, Session B

15. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little God’s Natural Attributes Chapter 2, Session B  Transcendent  Excels above all  Immanent  Near  Omnipotent  All-powerful  Omnipresent  Present everywhere  Omniscient  All-knowing  Eternal  Timeless  Infinite  Unlimited  Immutable  Does not change  Personal

16. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little God is Omnipotent  God is all-powerful  God has the power to do all that He wills to do  The universe reminds us of God’s eternal power  Romans 1:19-20  Jeremiah 32:17 Chapter 2, Session B

17. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little God is Omnipresent  God is fully present everywhere  Psalm 139:7-10 Chapter 2, Session B

18. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little God is Omniscient  God knows everything—including our thoughts and actions  Psalm 139:1-4 Chapter 2, Session B

19. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little God is Immanent  God is near to us  Isaiah 57:15  Psalm 34:18 Chapter 2, Session B

20. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little God is Personal  God is a person  He is spirit but has all the elements of personality—intellect, feelings, and will  We know that God is a person because He created people after His own likeness  Genesis 1:26-27  Since we are persons, God cannot be something less than a person Chapter 2, Session B

21. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little God is Personal  Because God is a person…  I can communicate with Him  I know that there is a meaning behind all He does or allows Chapter 2, Session B

22. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session C

23. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little God’s Moral Attributes  Holy  Loving Chapter 2, Session C

24. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little God is Holy  God is 100% pure and good  See Habakkuk 1:13a  God is the only one who is holy  I Samuel 2:2  God is the standard of purity  This means that God gets to decide what’s good, bad, right, and wrong—NOT US! Chapter 2, Session C

25. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little God is Loving  God’s love is divine and perfect  How long has God loved us?  Jeremiah 31:3  How did God show His love for us?  I John 4:9-10  How did Jesus show love while on Earth?  Mark 1:40-42  Luke 15:1-2  Mark 10:13-16 Chapter 2, Session C

26. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session C God’s Holiness God’s Love

27. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session C Work Together Love Holiness and

28. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little Chapter 2, Session D

29. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little The Trinity  The word “trinity” is not in the Bible, but the fact of the trinity is found throughout the Bible.  The Trinity is hard for us to understand, but it is still a reality. Chapter 2, Session D

30. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little The Trinity Chapter 2, Session D

31. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little The Trinity  God is one  Deuteronomy 6:4  Matthew 28:19  Jesus taught the disciples to baptize in the name (singular) of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit  If these three persons were not one—Jesus would have told them to baptize in the “names” Chapter 2, Session D

32. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little The Trinity  Three persons are identified as God  God the Father  Genesis 1:1a  God the Son (Jesus Christ)  John 1:1, 14  God the Holy Spirit  Acts 5:3-4 Chapter 2, Session D

33. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little “Then Peter said, ‘Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? […] You have not lied to men but to God.’” The Trinity Chapter 2, Session D “Then Peter said, ‘Ananias…you have lied to the Holy Spirit…. […] You have not lied to men but to God.’”  Acts 5:3-4  Peter equated lying to the Holy Spirit with lying to God—meaning that the Holy Spirit is God

34. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little The Trinity  The three persons in the Trinity are distinct  All three present at creation  Genesis 1:1-2  John 1:1-3, 14  All three present at Christ’s baptism  Mark 1:9-11  All three are spoken of separately  John 14:1  John 14:26  John 15:26 Chapter 2, Session D

35. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little A Word Problem  We call the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit “persons,” but they are not three individuals acting on their own.  No part of the Trinity ever acts independently or in opposition to the others. Chapter 2, Session D

36. Know What You Believe By Paul E. Little A Word Problem  The Son and the Spirit are said to be “subordinate” to the Father, but that does not mean they are inferior  Their subordination is a matter of relationship—not of nature Chapter 2, Session D