Lesson 7
The _____ of the _______ is the One True God.
The GOD of the BIBLE is the One True God.
God reveals Himself through His ___________.
God reveals Himself through His ATTRIBUTES.
God is Creator of _________ things.
God is Creator of ALL things.
Which "omni" tells us that God does NOT lack any power?
Omnipotent - God is all powerful, fully able
What 50cent word describes God as "in control over everything in the universe"? There is nothing that has happened or will happen that God did not ordain or allow to happen.
God is SOVEREIGN
What one word is used to describe God as "perfectly pure and separate"?
God is HOLY.
Though God is ONE Being, how many Persons are in the Godhead? Name them.
3
Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Theology Proper is the study about _______ _______. (two words)
Theology Proper is the study of God Himself.
Recite the bonus verse: Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements and how inscrutable His ways!
In your own words list in order the events of the 6-day Creation week.
1) separated light from darkness, day & night
2) separated the waters above from the waters below (firmament vs seas)
3) land and vegetation
4) sun, moon, and stars
5) sea creatures and birds
6) land animals and humans
recite Psalm 139:7
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
recite Job 42:2
Sin never pleases Holy God. His moral perfection demands perfection from His people. God will righteously and justly pour out His _______ for sin on everyone who refuses to repent and believe in Jesus, who bore on the cross God's _______ for sin for all who humbly repent and believe the Gospel.
God will pour out His WRATH on unrepentant sinners. Jesus has already bore God's WRATH on the cross for all who repent and believe the Gospel.
One must understand this doctrine to be truly saved.
TRUE OR FALSE? Explain why in your own words.
FALSE. Though one may not fully understand this doctrine (for it is impossible to fully understand with our finite minds!), it must be believed to be saved, for it speaks to the true nature of God. It is considered an essential doctrine for salvation.
Recite Deuteronomy 6:4-5
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might"
Theologians created two categories of attributes: one category that lists those unique to God alone and one category that mankind shares, to a lesser and limited degree, with God. Name those two categories.
Incommunicable (unique to God alone) and Communicable (humans can posses only to a finite extent)
God created everything in heaven and on earth to put on display His ________.
God created everything in heaven and on earth to put on display His GLORY. (His GLORY is the sum total of ALL God's attributes)
Which "omni" tells us that God is everywhere?
Omnipresent - God is fully present in all places simultaneously
God works both the good and the evil that happens to us for our good and His purposes and glory. Nothing goes to waste in God's economy! ___________ is God’s continued work to care for, preserve and sustain His creation throughout history.
Providence
What is the ongoing, life-long work that God does in the life of a repentant sinner (aka believer), which transforms believers and makes repentant sinners holy?
This is called SANCTIFICATION.
Phl 2:12-13 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
Recite Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
During our discovery time for this lesson you acted out the scene between Elijah and the prophets of WHAT people? (hint: they worshiped this false god)
the prophets of Baal
Recite Exodus 34:6-7
The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and fourth generation."
Recite Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Which "omni" tells us that there is NOTHING that God doesn't already know? (Basically, that God does NOT need Google!)
Omniscient - God is all knowing; He has to discover NOTHING
The Bible makes it clear: God cannot be tempted with evil nor does He do anything evil. But God is helpless to do anything about the evil and sin that happens in this world.
TRUE OR FALSE (and in your own words defend your answer with what we've been learning about God)
FALSE - God being sovereign (in control of all things) and is always working in every situation, good and bad, by His providence, He has promised in Rom 8:28 - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Recite Isaiah 6:3
And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!"
When reading and studying Scripture, you will never see all three Persons of the Trinity in the same verse. TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE. Though the word "Trinity" is not found in Scripture, there are dozens of single verses, in the OT and NT, that describe God as Triune, mentioning Father, Son AND the Holy Spirit in the same verse.
Our sinful hearts naturally want to follow idols, just like the Israelites in Elijah's day. Explain in your own words with 1 or 2 sentences what God did so that a repentant sinner can be set free to worship the One True God?
acceptable answer must basically include:
believe the Gospel - the life, death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ - for the forgiveness of sin
In the Trinity, One God in Three Persons, share all the attributes, all the time, at the same time, completely. God has revealed Himself to us through His holy Word. By what other means has God revealed Himself to us? (hint: Heb 1:3)
Jesus, the 2nd Person of the Trinity, is the exact representation of God.
After Adam and Eve violated God's only and clear command He made, exposing their shame (nakedness) and banishing them from the perfect garden He made. What act of provision did God do for them, which also points us forward to the work Jesus Christ did on the cross? (hint: Gen 3:21)
Gen 3:21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
God "sacrificed" the first ever animal to make a covering for the shame caused by Adam and Eve's sin. God "sacrificed" His one and only Son to cover our shame. God commands all people everywhere to repent and believe the Gospel.
God knows everything about us; we cannot hide from Him. He is not only powerful to speak everything into existence by His word, but has power to conquer sin and death forever. What one magnificent event did God do, demonstrating the fact He has conquered sin and death forever?
The resurrection of His Son from the dead, Jesus Christ the Lord.
Before time began, before man was created, before man sinned, God had a plan. God decreed this plan from eternity past and it involved the 2nd Person of the Trinity, Jesus, God's only Son. What was this plan? (using your own words OR recite a very popular verse found in John)
The plan was SALVATION.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
God is so perfect that anything (or anyone) that is not perfect is not allowed to be in His presence. What did God do to make sinners, like you and me, acceptable to Himself, so that we can be with Him forever? Using your own words, in 1-2 sentences, explain what God did for sinners.
God, perfect and Holy, sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, to this sinful world. Jesus was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died on a cross in the place of sinners. He was buried and 3 days later rose again! Jesus bore our sin and shame. Now, believers are robed in His righteousness and are promised life eternal in heaven with God.
Salvation is the work of all three Persons of the Trinity:
The Father loves and _C_______ His people
The Son lives and _D_______ for His people
The Holy Spirit _A________ and applies salvation to His people
fill in the blanks
The Father Loves and Calls
The Son Lives and Dies
The Holy Spirit Awakens and Applies