Who Is God?
*Let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity…
Hebrews 6:1a
• The journey of
*“…I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”
Mark 9:24b
Who is the God of the scriptures?
• He is the one
“And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.”
John 17:3
“Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
Joshua 24:23
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 (NIV)
John 14:6
• He is the
21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
Luke 3:21,22
This does not mean:
• God is three
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Deuteronomy 6:4
• God is one God who manifests himself in three different
“…Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.”
John 14:9b
• “God is a
6 Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. 7 Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form,”
Philippians2:6,7
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness… 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
Genesis 1:26a,27
Key Idea: We believe that the God of the Bible is the One True God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
• He is the God you can
14 “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
Joshua 24:14,15
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matthew 6:24 (NIV)
Matthew 6:24
Key Verse: “May the grace shown by the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. May the love that God has given us be with you. And may the sharing of life brought about by the Holy Spirit be with you all.”
2 Corinthians 13:14