The Nature of God

 The Nature of God

Exodus 3:13

 

Theme:  Trying to fit the idea of an infinite God into a finite brain is like trying to pour a swimming pool into my childs sippy cup.  Obviously, it won’t fit.  

 

Statement of Truth:  

God is the uncreated creator

 

I.               God’s Attributes:

a.    God is an immaterial being, a Spirit

b.    God is eternally existent

c.     God is a personhood

d.    God is a transcendent God 

e.    God is an intimate God 

f.      God is self-sufficient

g.    God is self-existent

 

II.            Understanding God’s Eternality

a.    I AM is in the eternal present tense

                                               i.     God has no past {yesterday}

                                             ii.     God has no future {tomorrow}

 

III.           Understanding the Trinity

 

Note:  God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit are unique and separate and yet they are all the same deity.  God is one.  Yet the Bible declares there are three who are called God.  

 

Other Text Referenced Today:

·       Psalm 14:1 “The fool has said in his heart there is no God.”  

·       Psalm 119:1 “The heavens and the earth declare the glory of God.”

·       John 4: 23-24 “But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

·       Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”

·        Deuteronomy 6:4 “Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone is one.”

·        Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us.”