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2013. EMMANUEL VILLAGE SUNDAY WORSHIP. May 5, 2013 7 p.m. WELCOME TO EVERYBODY!!. EMMANUEL VILLAGE SUNDAY WORSHIP. Pastor Dow, why do you believe in God?". DOES GOD EXIST?. ALL OF US WOULD SAY, “OF COURSE GOD EXISTS. WE BELIEVE IN GOD!”. "Without faith it is impossible to please God,

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  1. 2013

  2. EMMANUEL VILLAGESUNDAY WORSHIP May 5, 2013 7 p.m. WELCOME TO EVERYBODY!!

  3. EMMANUEL VILLAGESUNDAY WORSHIP Pastor Dow, why do you believe in God?"

  4. DOES GOD EXIST? ALL OF US WOULD SAY, “OF COURSE GOD EXISTS. WE BELIEVE IN GOD!”

  5. "Without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would approach Him must believe that He exists, and that He rewards those who seek Him." Heb. 11:6

  6. WHY DO SOME NOT BELIEVE IN GOD? • just a projection of human thinking (Feuerbach) • opium of the people (Marx) • the illusion of those who are infantile (Freud) • Besides -all religions are the same aren’t they? They are all right and none is wrong. G O D I S

  7. WHY DO SOME NOT BELIEVE IN GOD? • Science is sufficient - no need for God • Religion is naïve and unsophisticated • Evolution renders God obsolete • Why not just believe in humanity, society, the world - liberty, fraternity, love, brotherhood -besides, “God” limits freedom • “God” is invisible and silent

  8. WHY DO SOME NOT BELIEVE IN GOD? • How can I believe in God in this cold wicked world? Religion is part of the evil! • Circumstances: I stopped believing in God when my mother died... when I learned of the Holocaust…in university…when Jimmy Swaggart fell…after Jonestown…etc….

  9. Is Belief In God Reasonable? • Through the centuries, great thinkers have demonstrated that it is highly reasonable to believe in God - and the God they describe in their theories is, of course, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

  10. from one of the keenest minds ever to think... • “Thou hast made us for thyself, and our heart is restless til it finds rest in Thee…” - St. Augustine, Confessions, I, 1.

  11. Can God Be Known? • John 17:3 - “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” • John 4:23 - “They who worship the Father must worship Him in spirit and in truth; the Father seeks such to worship Him.” • He is the seeking subject, we are the object of His search!

  12. HOW DO WE KNOW GOD? • Experience • Reason • Nature • Scripture • Christ • History • Community Why I Believe In God

  13. 2013

  14. EMMANUEL VILLAGESUNDAY WORSHIP May 5, 2013 7 p.m. WELCOME TO EVERYBODY!!

  15. Pastor Tom Dow, Chaplain Lois Dow, Flute Solos Ellis Lageer, Organist Nancy Lageer, Service Leader Helen Fields, Harvey Fretz, Assistants

  16. Emmanuel Village THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD What is God like?

  17. ABSOLUTE ATTRIBUTES A - A living, Personal, Spirit • God Is spirit- Jn. 4:24 incorporeal, invisible, not limited materially or geographically • He is aliving spirit - Jn. 5:26 He has life underived - absolute independence • He Possesses Personality- intellect, emotions, will, interrelates with persons - Ex. 3:14; Gen.12:18; Ps. 20:7,8.

  18. ABSOLUTE ATTRIBUTES…B - The Infinite GodI Kings 8:27 • Self Existence - Ex. 6:3; Ex. 3:14; Jn. 5:26 • Immutability- the unchanging One - Mal. 3:6; Js. 1:17 Ps. 102:26,27 • Unity - there is only one perfect and infinite God - Dt. 6:4 • God is unlimited, unlimitable, no limits, no bounds. Not confined to or bound by universe.His resources never run out!

  19. ABSOLUTE ATTRIBUTES..C- Perfection. • Qualitative completeness and excellence, free from all limitation or defect Mt. 5:48 • Perfect Truth- He is absolute Truth. He is Ultimate Reality Jn. 17:3 • Perfect LoveI Jn. 4:8, 16. God Is Love! • Perfect Holiness- source and standard of moral purity and excellence. Is. 6:1-4; Rev. 4:8 I Pet. 1:15

  20. 2. RELATIVE ATTRIBUTES A) Related to Time and Space B) Related to Creation C) Related to Moral Beings

  21. ATTRIBUTES RELATED TO TIME AND SPACE • Eternity - without beginning or end. God always was, is now and evermore shall be! God transcends time and is the cause of time. Is. 57:15; Ps. 90:2 • Immensity- not subject to limitations of space. God is the cause of space, above space, Acts 7:48, 49.

  22. ATTRIBUTES RELATED TO CREATION • Omnipresence- There is no place where God cannot be found; Ps. 139:7-10; Matt. 18:20; Matt. 28:20 • Omniscience- perfect eternal knowledge of all things. He knows what is best ! Is. 46:10; Rom. 11:33; Heb. 4:13 • Omnipotence - can do what He wills to do Eph. 1:19, 20; Mk. 10:27; Is. 43:13

  23. WHAT DOES GOD KNOW? • Creation ~ Ps. 147:4,5 • Animal creation ~ Matt. 10:29 • people and their works ~ Ps. 33:13-15 • people’s hearts and thoughts ~ Ps. 139:1-4, 8 • Insignificant things ~ Matt. 10:30 • Past, present and future ~ Is. 46:10 • Incomprehensible knowledge ~ Rom. 11:33 • Summary: Heb. 4:13

  24. ATTRIBUTES RELATED TO MORAL BEINGS • Veracity & Faithfulness (Truth in action) -utter dependability of His words, character and actions. Jn. 14:6 Jn. 17:17 God can be trusted! He keeps all His promises! I Jn 1:9 • Mercy and Goodness(Love In Action) - God deals generously and kindly with all His creatures Ex. 34:6; Neh. 9:17; Titus 3:5 • Justice & Righteousness (Holiness in action) II Peter 1:1

  25. Righteousness, holiness, purity, justice Love, grace, mercy, generosity, kindness, goodness As Christians, we ought to possess and reflect God's communicable attributes LIKE FATHER, LIKE CHILD! Truth, faithfulness, dependability, honesty, reliability

  26. SEE YOU WEDNESDAY FOR BIBLE STUDY & PRAYER! 7 P.M. RIGHT HERE… LOIS TEACHES ABOUT THE GOSPEL OF JOHN. SEE YOU NEXT SUNDAY AT SEVEN! RIGHT HERE… next Sunday is Mothers’ Day! GOODNIGHT FOR NOW!

  27. My first Sunday as Chaplain of EVH was Mothers Day, 2003. Ten years Ago next Sunday! -Tom Dow

  28. “Dr. Dow, what is love…?” • Many levels to this discussion. Love for things, animals, jobs, places, people…God • agape love - a love that can be commanded, and chosen, willed. God chooses to love, wills to love, love flows from His being. • Love is caring, desiring the highest and the best for the loved one, giving oneself to bring this about at whatever cost, so that the loved one may become the best they can be.

  29. Psalm 8:4... What are mortals that you should think of us…? Mere humans that you should care for us?

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