A few weeks ago we began discussing how God is different from us. Here again are the previous 3 attributes: The first attribute was God’s independence. This was defined as: God does not need us or the rest of creation for anything, yet we and the rest of creation can glory him and bring him …
How is God different from us? Part 3
Two weeks ago we began discussing how God is different from us. This first attribute was God’s independence. This was defined as: God does not need us or the rest of creation for anything, yet we and the rest of creation can glory him and bring him joy. The second attribute is God’s unchangeableness. We …
How is God different from us? Part 2
Last week we began discussing how God is different from us. This first attribute was God’s independence. This was defined as: God does not need us or the rest of creation for anything, yet we and the rest of creation can glory him and bring him joy. The second attribute is God’s unchangeableness. We can …
How is God different from us?
Introduction and explanation of God’s character: Classifying God’s attributes. When we come to the talk about the character of God, we realized that we cannot say everything the Bible teaches us about God’s character at once. We need some way to categorize the attributes of God. I will use the most commonly used classification: the …
Can we really know God?
If we are to know God at all, it is necessary that he reveal himself to us. Even when discussing the revelation of God that comes through nature, Paul says that what can be known about God is plain to people “because God has shown it to them” (Romans 1:19). The natural creation reveals God …
How do we know that God exists?
All people everywhere have a deep, inner sense that God exists, that they are his creatures, and that he is their Creator. Paul says that even Gentile unbelievers “knew God’ but did not honor him as God or give thanks to him (Romans 1:21). He says that wicked unbelievers have “exchanged the truth about God …
Are the Bible Scriptures enough for knowing what God wants us to think or do?
The sufficiency of Scripture means that Scripture contains all the words of God he intended his people to have at each stage of redemptive history, and that it now contains all the words of God we need for salvation, for trusting him perfectly, and for obeying him perfectly. In Scripture alone we are to search …
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For what purposes is the Bible necessary?
How much can people know about God without the Bible? Do we need to have a Bible or just have someone tell us what the Bible says in order to know that God exists? Do we need the Bible to tell us we are sinners needing to be saved? Do we need the Bible to …
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Was it necessary for Jesus Christ to die?
What was the ultimate cause that led to Christ’s coming to earth and dying for our sins? To find this we must trace the question back to something in the character of God himself. Scripture points to two things; the love and justice of God. The love of God as a cause of the atonement …
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Only Bible scholars can understand the Bible, right?
Anyone who has begun to read the Bible seriously will realize that some parts can be understood very easily, while other parts seem puzzling. Very early in the history of the church Peter reminded his readers that some parts of Paul’s epistles were difficult to understand: “just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to …
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