Lesson 4: God

WHO IS

GOD?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkH9cbk0R4o

LOVING?

OR…

ANGRY?

WHICH IS

IT?

GOD IS A

LOVING GOD,

BUT HE IS

ALSO A JUST

GOD.Jeremiah 17:10 I the Lord search the heart and examine the

mind, to reward each person according to their

conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.

THERE IS ONLY ONE

GOD, BUT THE

WORLD (SATAN) TELLS

US THERE IS MORE

THAN ONE. HOW DO

WE KNOW WHO TO

LISTEN TO?

SIMPLE.

GOD, WHO WROTE THE BIBLE

SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW

HOW TO WORSHIP HIM AND GET

TO HEAVEN, OFFERS A WAY TO

SAVE ANYONE WHO CHOOSES

TO FOLLOW HIM.

THE PLAN OF SALVATION!

SATAN TRIES TO CONFUSE US

BY SAYING THERE ARE MANY

GODS. WE KNOW THAT THERE

IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEftDn-OOUY

ELIJAH AND THE PROPHETS OF

BAAL.

1 kings 18:36-39

GOD LOVES

WHEN WE

FOLLOW

HIM!Micah 6:8

He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD

require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with

your God.

GOD

DESERVES

RESPECT.Proverbs 28:14 Happy is the man who is always reverent, But

he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

WHAT MOST HUMANS THINK…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M6UYwaYRqw

MOST HUMANS ALSO THINK…

WHAT IF “WHAT YOU ARE” IS

NOT GOOD ? IS IT STILL OK TO

THINK THAT YOU ARE FINE AND

NOTHING ABOUT YOU NEEDS

TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER?

WHAT DO

WE

DESERVE?

THE TRUTH ABOUT

HUMANS?

WE ARE NOT

PERFECT. WE

REPEATEDLY

SIN AND FALL

AWAY. Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and

fallen short of the glory of God

WE ARE

DESERVING

OF

NOTHING!

WHAT DOES

GOD GIVE

US

INSTEAD?

GOD GIVES US

THE PROMISE

OF ETERNAL

LIFE, IF WE

FOLLOW HIM!John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only

Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

GOD LOVES US!

Romans 8:37-39 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him

who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor

demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor

depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of

God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

GOD IS:

LOVING, GENEROUS, FORGIVING,

JUST, MERCIFUL, RIGHTEOUS, MI

GHTY, LIGHT, PURE, ETERNAL, UNC

HANGING, ALL-POWERFUL, ALL-

KNOWING, EVERYWHERE, SOVEREIGN,

FREEDOM, WAS,

IS, ALWAYS WILL

BE, FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT

IF GOD IS ONLY

GOOD AND CAN

ONLY BE GOOD

CAN HE EVER BE

EVIL IN ANY

WAY, SHAPE, OR

FORM?

NO!

HOW ARE WE LIKE

GOD?

WE HAVE SPIRITS, WE CAN

BE CREATIVE, WE CAN

CHOOSE, WE CAN REASON,

WE CAN HAVE

RELATIONSHIPS, WE CAN

LOVE, WE CAN FORGIVE

HOW ARE WE NOT

LIKE GOD?

WE SIN, WE CAN NOT MAKE

SOMETHING OUT OF

NOTHING, WE ARE NOT

PURE, WE ARE NOT ALL-

KNOWING, WE ARE NOT ALL-

POWERFUL, WE DO NOT

DESERVE WORSHIP

QUESTION:

CAN WE LEARN TO NEVER SIN

AGAIN?

ANSWER:

JESUS WAS AND IS THE ONLY

HUMAN WHO WILL EVER BE

“SINLESS”. WE MUST ALWAYS

TRY NOT TO SIN, WHICH MEANS

NEVER GIVE UP!

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN:

TRYING FOR PERFECTION

Franklin was an extremely smart man.

He thought he could teach himself not

to sin. He made a list of 13 “virtues”.

Every week he tried to perfect one of

the virtues on his list. However, he

Failed, concluding that it is is impossible to

be morally perfect as a human being.

WHICH SOUNDS BETTER?

IN A WORLD WITHOUT GOD

THERE IS NO POINT TO

BEING ALIVE AND PEOPLE

COULD DO ANY WRONG OR

HORRIBLE THING THEY

WANT WITH NO

CONSEQUENCE. THIS IS

TERRIFYING!

GOD WANTS US TO LOVE

AND FOLLOW HIM SO THAT

WE CAN HAVE THE

PROMISES HE MADE FOR US!

HE ALONE KNOWS THE TRUE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

RIGHT AND WRONG AT ALL

TIMES!

I was certain that I knew you at the tender age

of twelve

You'd so often been described by those who

said they knew you well

Dark and rugged in your thirties with a smile as

bright as your robe

Every teacher, every preacher with the very best

intent

Found new ways to hide the mystery replaced

by common sense

And to know you was to keep you in my pocket

so easy to hold

I know I can't explain you, I would not even try to

And yet it's clear that you are here beside me

I marvel and I wonder so near and somehow still

so far

What makes you who you are? Who you are?

“WHO YOU ARE”

Nicole Nordeman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWWNLJPzQFQ

It is easy to insist on what is packaged

and precise

And dismiss the clear suspicion that

you're bigger than we'd like

It is tempting to regard you as familiar in

so many ways

I know I can't explain you, I would not

even try to

And still it's clear that you are here

beside me

I marvel and I wonder so near and

somehow still so far

What makes you who you are?

I've tried to draw these lines around you

A definition or an absolute

But I could not be satisfied with black or

white

There is so much more there is so much

you

I know I can't explain you, I would not

even try to. And still it's clear that you

are here beside me

I marvel and I wonder so near and

somehow still so far

What makes you who you are?

I marvel and I wonder so near and

somehow still so far

What makes you who you are?

It's a mystery

It's a mystery

LET GOD OUT

OF THE BOX!

GOD CAN TAKE

CARE OF AND

WATCH ALL OF

THIS…

About 7 Billion People on Earth

People who aren’t born yet

GermsNature

He holds the whole world in his hands!

GOD CAN GIVE YOU

ALONE HIS WHOLE

ATTENTION AT THE

SAME TIME.

HOW?

BECAUSE HE IS GOD

AND HE LOVES US!

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