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Believe In God

Believe In God. Believing in God. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . No attempt is made to prove God exists, it is presupposed. Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts ,… Genesis 1:26-27.

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Believe In God

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  1. Believe In God

  2. Believing in God • Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. • No attempt is made to prove God exists, it is presupposed. • Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts,… • Genesis 1:26-27

  3. How has God revealed Himself? • In the creation

  4. God in creation • Psalm 19:1-6 • Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 

  5. The Earth • Orbit • Rotation on axis • Composition of the atmosphere • Elements

  6. Life Psalm 8:3-8 Psalm 139:13-14 13 For You formed my inward parts;         You covered me in my mother’s womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;         Marvelous are Your works,          And that my soul knows very well.

  7. A single-celled organism

  8. God in creation The Human Body • The circulatory system • Respiratory system • Digestive system • Reproductive system • Our senses

  9. How has God revealed Himself? • In the creation • In His word

  10. God in His word • Psalm 19:7-11 • 1 Corinthians 2:11-13 • God’s word reveals to us His character and will. • His word will transform and save us. • Hebrews 4:12, Romans 12:2, Ephesians 4:23, Colossians 3:10, Romans 1:16,

  11. The Bible is God’s word. • Predictive prophecy, Isaiah 45:1-7 • Scientific foreknowledge, Leviticus 17:11 • Preservation of the Scriptures

  12. Preservation of the Scriptures Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. • In A.D. 303, the Emperor Diocletian issued an official command to kill Christians and burn their sacred books. An imperial letter was everywhere promulgated, ordering the razing of the churches to the ground and the destruction by fire of the Scriptures, and proclaiming that those in households, if they persisted in their profession of Christianity, would be deprived of their liberty. [Prof. Stanley L. Greenslade, Cambridge History of the Bible (Cambridge University Press, 1963)]

  13. How has God revealed Himself? • In the creation • In His word • In His Son

  14. God revealed in His Son • Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-3, 14-18 • John 14:6-11, John 20:30-31 • Romans 1:3-4 concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, 4 and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

  15. God revealed in His Son • Not the Jesus of Catholicism, denominationalism or the community church movement. • He will • Enlighten you • Fill you with love, grace and truth • Give you a longing for God and Heaven • No one ever • Lived like Him • Taught like Him • Demanded what He demanded • Had the impact He has had

  16. Why believe in God? • Look around you • Look in His word • Look at His Son

  17. Be Saved Today! • Believe – John 8:24 • Confess – Romans 10:10 • Repent – Acts 17:30 • Be Baptized – 1 Peter 3:21 • Be Faithful – Revelation 2:10

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