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“God – Who is He?”
Intro: It is of upmost importance that man come to know who God is.
Knowing Him will shape his life, direction and his eternal destiny. I. What do know about God from the scriptures?

A. God is the Creator – Evidenced by the creation (universe)
B. God is the One and True God

II. Infinite attributes of God:

A. God is Eternal
B. God is Spirit
C. God is All Powerful
D. God is Sovereign

III. Attributes God shares with Man

A. God is Holy
B. God is Just --

Psalm 97:2–3 — "Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

Fire goes before Him And burns up His adversaries round about.”

C. God is Love --

1 John 4:16 — "… God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”
IV. Relational qualities of God: (What allows man to have a relationship with God) A. God is a Personal being - He make Himself easy to know.

John 14:7 — "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.”

1. How can God display both justice and love towards me the sinner? >> He shows us (the sinner) love by taking on Himself  the penalty that God’s justice demands.

B. God has given us the gift of Adoption - This makes one a true
child of God.
Romans 8:14–15 — " 14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 … but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”

C. God is a Father to us
Matthew 23:9 — "Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.”
1. As our Father, He disciplines His children:
1 Peter 1:17 — "If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct
yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;”

2. As our Father, He cares for His Children.
Matthew 7:11 — “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!”

D. God requires faith to have a relationship with Him –
Hebrews 11:6 — "And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”
Also >>> John 12:44–45 — " 44 And Jesus cried out and said, “Hewho believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me. 45 “He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.”

1. Faith that He exists and is a good God.

2. Faith in God alone is not good enough, it must include trusting in Jesus as God’s

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