Reasons for Faith

The Dance of God

The Divine Dance

John 1:18 (Jesus) was in the bosom of the Father...

The Divine Dance

John 16:14 the Spirit lives to glorify the Son.

The Divine Dance

John 17:4-5 the Son glorifies the Father, and the Father glorifies the Son

The Divine Dance

Luke 6:32 "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them.”

The Dance of LoveLove

1 John 4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

The Dance of LoveLove

Mark 8:35 …but whoever loses himself for My sake will find his life.

Act I: Creation: The Dance of Creation

Psalms 65:12 The grasslands of the desert overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness.

13The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.

Act I: Creation: The Dance of Creation

Act I: Creation: The Dance of Creation

Genesis 1:26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air,

Act I: Creation: The Dance of Creation

over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

Act II: The Fall: Losing the Dance

Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin,

Act II: The Fall: Losing the Dance

and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned- 

John 17:22 “I have given them the glory that you gave me.”

Act II: The Fall: Losing the Dance

Act III: Redemption: Returning to the

DanceMatthew 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Act III: Redemption: Returning to the

Dance29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Act III: Redemption: Returning to the

Dance30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Act III: Redemption: Returning to the

DanceRomans 5:17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man,

Act III: Redemption: Returning to the

Dancehow much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

Act IV: Restoration: The Future of the

Dance

Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.

Act IV: Restoration: The Future of the

Dance2I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

Act IV: Restoration: The Future of the

Dance3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them.

Act IV: Restoration: The Future of the

DanceThey will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.

Act IV: Restoration: The Future of the

Dance4He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.“

Act IV: Restoration: The Future of the

DanceRomans 8:21 …that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

The Christian Life

Revelation 21:4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.