Praise Jehovah the Creator and Sustainer of all things (Psa. 100). The one true God is revealed in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We can know God’s character and purpose.
The Godhead is a challenge for finite minds to comprehend. This lesson helps us better grasp the nature of God and who possesses deity.
4. 1. Ps. 100 Praise Jehovah God:
Creator & Sustainer of all things!
1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness:
come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the LORD he is God:
it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise:
be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to all generations. 4
5. Introduction:
2. The One True God Revealed Himself:
The Father
Jesus Christ, the Son
The Holy Spirit
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6. Introduction:
3. We can know God’s character & purpose:
God revealed Himself in nature & Scripture
God revealed Himself as one true God
The one true God is three persons
God rules so we can seek & find Him
The Father prepared salvation in Christ
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7. I. God Revealed Himself in Nature & Scripture
A. Ps. 19:1-6 The Heavens Declare His Glory
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8. A. Ps. 19:1-6 The Heavens Declare His Glory
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2 Day unto day uttereth speech,
and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language,
where their voice is not heard.
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9. A. Ps. 19:1-6 The Heavens Declare His Glory
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom
coming out of his chamber,
and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven,
and his circuit unto the ends of it:
and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
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11. I. God Revealed Himself in Nature & Scripture
A. Ps. 19:1-6 The Heavens Declare
God’s Glory
God’s Glory: Wisdom, Power, & Love
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12. I. God Revealed Himself in Nature & Scripture
B. Ps. 19:7-11 Scripture Declares God’s Glory
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13. B. Ps. 19:7-11 Scripture Declares God’s Glory
7 The law of the LORD is perfect,
converting the soul:
the testimony of the LORD is sure,
making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart:
the commandment of the LORD is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean,
enduring for ever:
the judgments of the LORD
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are true and righteous altogether.
14. B. Ps. 19:7-11 Scripture Declares God’s Glory
10 More to be desired are they than gold,
yea, than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned:
and in keeping of them there is great reward.
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15. I. God Revealed Himself in Nature & Scripture
B. Ps. 19:7-11 Scripture Declares God’s Glory
God’s Glory: Wisdom, Power, & Love
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16. II. God Revealed Himself As One True God
A. Ex. 3:14; 6:2-3 God Is Jehovah
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17. A. Ex. 3:14; 6:2-3 God Is Jehovah
14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM:
and he said,
Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel,
I AM hath sent me unto you.
2 And God spake unto Moses,
and said unto him, I am the LORD:
3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac,
and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty,
but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known
to them.
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18. II. God Revealed Himself As One True God
A. Ex. 3:14; 6:2-3 God Is Jehovah
Jehovah (yahweh) from “I am” (hayah,
“to be”) & “I am that I am”:
"I will be what I will be,“
a Semitic idiom meaning,
"I will be all that is necessary
as the occasion will arise”
(“God” in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia,
PowerBible CD)
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19. II. God Revealed Himself As One True God
B. Isa. 43:9-10 All Other Gods Are False
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20. B. Isa. 43:9-10 All Other Gods Are False
9 Let all the nations be gathered together,
and let the people be assembled:
who among them can declare this,
and shew us former things?
let them bring forth their witnesses,
that they may be justified:
or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD,
and my servant whom I have chosen:
that ye may know and believe me,
and understand that I am he:
before me there was no God formed,
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neither shall there be after me.
21. III. The One True God Is Three Persons
A. God Has All the Qualities of Personhood
He is not part of the creation
He is not a philosophical concept
He is not an impersonal power, force, fate
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22. III. The One True God Is Three Persons
B. One God, Deity, or Divine Nature Shared
by the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit
Gen. 1:26 “Let us make man in our image”
Matt. 28:19 “baptizing them in the name
of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost”
Eph. 4:4-6 One Spirit, One Lord,
One God and Father
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23. III. The One True God Is Three Persons
B. One God, Deity, or Divine Nature Shared
by the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit
As plural persons share one human nature
UNITY IN NATURE PLURAL PERSONS
ONE GOD: Father, Son, Holy Spirit
Deity, Divine Nature
ONE MAN: Many Persons
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24. III. The One True God Is Three Persons
B. One God, Deity, or Divine Nature Shared
by the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit
Eph. 4:4-6 Each person of the Godhead
is a separate & distinct person
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25. Eph. 4:4-6 Each person of the Godhead
is a separate & distinct person
4 There is one body,
7 and one Spirit, 3
even as ye are called
U in one hope of your calling;
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N 5 One Lord, one faith,
one baptism,
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I I
6 One God and Father
T of all, who is above all, T
S and through all, S
and in you all.
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27. IV. God Rules So We Can Seek & Find Him
A. Acts 17:22-31 Paul Introduced
One True God to Idolaters in Athens
Vv. 22-23 They worshiped many gods,
but did not know the one true God
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28. Vv. 22-23 They worshiped many gods,
but did not know the one true God
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill,
and said, Ye men of Athens,
I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions,
I found an altar with this inscription,
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship,
him declare I unto you.
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29. IV. God Rules So We Can Seek & Find Him
A. Acts 17:22-31 Paul Introduced
One True God to Idolaters in Athens
Vs. 24 The true God made the universe
24 God that made the world and all things therein,
seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth,
dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
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30. IV. God Rules So We Can Seek & Find Him
A. Acts 17:22-31 Paul Introduced
One True God to Idolaters in Athens
Vs. 25 The true God sustains us
25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands,
as though he needed any thing,
seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
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31. IV. God Rules So We Can Seek & Find Him
A. Acts 17:22-31 Paul Introduced
One True God to Idolaters in Athens
Vs. 26 The true God made, rules all nations
26 And hath made of one blood all nations
of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth,
and hath determined the times before
appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
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32. IV. God Rules So We Can Seek & Find Him
A. Acts 17:22-31 Paul Introduced
One True God to Idolaters in Athens
Vv. 27-28 God wants us to seek Him
27 That they should seek the Lord,
if haply they might feel after him, and find him,
though he be not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being;
as certain also of your own poets have said,
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For we are also his offspring.
33. IV. God Rules So We Can Seek & Find Him
A. Acts 17:22-31 Paul Introduced
One True God to Idolaters in Athens
Vs. 29 The one true God is not an idol
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God,
we ought not to think that the Godhead
is like unto gold, or silver, or stone,
graven by art and man's device.
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34. IV. God Rules So We Can Seek & Find Him
A. Acts 17:22-31 Paul Introduced
One True God to Idolaters in Athens
Vv. 30-31 The one true God saves us
from false gods & religions by Christ
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35. Vv. 30-31 The one true God saves us
from false gods & religions by Christ
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at;
but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31 Because he hath appointed a day,
in the which he will judge the world in righteousness
by that man whom he hath ordained;
whereof he hath given assurance unto all men,
in that he hath raised him from the dead.
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36. V. The Father Prepared Salvation in Christ
A. Eph. 1:3-7 Praise God for This Salvation
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37. A. Eph. 1:3-7 Praise God for This Salvation
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings
in heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation of the world, that
we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children
by Jesus Christ to himself,
according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood,
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the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
38. V. The Father Prepared Salvation in Christ
B. Rom. 11:33-36 Only the one true God
is able to prepare this glorious plan!
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39. B. Rom. 11:33-36 Only the one true God
is able to prepare this glorious plan!
33 O the depth of the riches
both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
how unsearchable are his judgments,
and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord?
or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him,
and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him,
are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
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41. 1. Ps. 100 Praise Jehovah God:
Creator & Sustainer of all things!
1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness:
come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the LORD he is God:
it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise:
be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to all generations. 41
42. Invitation:
2. The One True God Revealed Himself:
The Father
Jesus Christ, the Son
The Holy Spirit
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43. Invitation:
3. We can know God’s character & purpose:
God revealed Himself in nature & Scripture
God revealed Himself as one true God
The one true God is three persons
God rules so we can seek & find Him
The Father prepared salvation in Christ
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44. Invitation:
4. Turn from Satan & sin to the one true God:
Gal. 3:26-27 Become a child of God
26 For ye are all the children of God
by faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as have been baptized
into Christ have put on Christ.
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45. Invitation:
4. Turn from Satan & sin to the one true God:
1 Jn. 1:9 Be restored from backsliding
9 If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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