Firm Foundations Lesson 2 God Alone Memory verse: Psalm 90:2.
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Transcript of Firm Foundations Lesson 2 God Alone Memory verse: Psalm 90:2.
Firm Foundations
Lesson 2
God Alone
Memory verse: Psalm 90:2
Introduction
Who is God? What is God like? How can we know Him?
What God has said about Himself in His Word Jeremiah 9:23-24
Knowing God is the most important thing we can do
God had no beginning
Genesis 1:1 There was a beginning to all
things Everything had a beginning,
except God What was there before the
beginning? Universe? Earth? Angels? Devil? Plants? Animals? People?
Everything had a beginning
Only God is eternal
God had no beginning, will have no end Man is born and dies
Psalm 90:2 God did not have a
beginning Will have no end
God is a Trinity
God is forever one God But…
Genesis 1:26 Who are they? Matthew
28:19 God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit
Trinity: 3-in-one God is a trinity of 3
persons Man is only 1 person
God is independent of everything
Existed before all things Does not need earth
Air Food Water Sun Energy
God needs nothing Man needs all these things
Psalm 147:5 Romans 11:33-34 God knows everything
Man needs to be taught Our needs
What if we had been born without parents? What do our bodies need?
God needs nothing!
God is Spirit
He does not have a body like we doJohn 4:24
God does not have bodily needsGod does not have a body
Man has a bodyGod is a Trinity of 3 persons
Not a “force”
God is in all places at the same time
God is everywhere Not “in everything”
Creator, separate from creation
Fills the universe Jeremiah 23:23-24
In all places He’s everywhere at all times
God is everywhere all the time Man is only one place at a
time Psalm 139:7-12
Can you hide from God?
God is sovereign
God is beyond our understanding Had no beginning and no end Is three persons Never in need of anything Knows everything Is Spirit Everywhere at the same time
Jeremiah 10:6 Sovereign
Ruler, supreme in power, chief, effective in the highest degree
Psalm 83:18: “most high over all the earth”
Isaiah 45:5: there is no other God but the Lord
God is the highest authority Man should be under God’s
authority
God alone can tell us about the beginning
Only God was there at the beginning
God was there before the beginning of everything Man was not there
God gave the record of beginnings In the Bible Study in next lesson
Conclusion: God…
Is greater than allHad no beginningWill have no endHe is Trinity, three in oneNeeds nothingHas no bodily needs: He is SpiritKnows everythingIs in all places at the same time