SUMMER WILDFIRES: Who Is God?
2 Corinthians 13:14
“May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” —2 Corinthians 13:14
“Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is
.” —Deuteronomy 6:4
“(The early followers of Jesus) experienced God in ‘
persons’: the Father of Jesus who had also adopted them; the Son whom the Father ‘sent’ into the world to reveal God and to redeem human beings; and the Spirit whom the Father also “sent” into the world to give human beings a new birth into God’s family and to give them assurance of this new birth and power for this new life.” —David DeSilva
“I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but
.” —Isaiah 44:6b
“As the early church’s mission pushed out into Gentile territory, the starting point of the gospel for most Gentiles was to learn the truth about who was God and who was not. Paul recalls this as an essential facet of coming to Christ for the Gentiles to whom Paul preached the good news: ‘you turned to God from idols, to serve a
and God.’” —David DeSilva
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.” —Genesis 1:1-2
“In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created
through him, and nothing was created except through him.” —John 1:1-3
The Father desires a divine relationship
The Father is the source of authority and power.
Doing the Father’s will is the mission.
God is the Father of all believers.