God is Love
What did God do because of His love for us?
God saved us.
Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
Does God expect us to be holy?
True or False
True
1 Peter 1:15-16
but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
What does it mean that God is just and upright?
God is fair.
Does God know our every thought?
Yes
Psalm 139:3-4
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
Since God is eternal and people are not, what will happen to people?
Die and be judged
Hebrews 9:27
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
1 John 4:7-8 tells us love comes from?
Love is from God.
1 John 4:7-8
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Why should we be holy?
We should be holy because He is holy.
Are we "just" like God?
Yes or No
No
Romans 3:10-12; as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God.
All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
Job was reminded of God's terrible works involving nature.
True or False
False
Job 37:14-15
“Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
Do you know how God lays his command upon them and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
John 3:16 tells us that God loves the world.
True or False
True
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
What are we commanded to do?
To love one another.
Were we born holy?
No.
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Because we are sinners, not one of us is good like God. What do we deserve?
Death
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Psalm 103:14 tells us God knows about us. What does the verse tell us?
Psalm 103:14
For he knows our frame;
he remembers that we are dust.
John 3:36 tells us we have a two choices. What will be the results of our decision?
Eternal life with God or eternal separation from God.
John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
God is ______?
Love
1 John 4:8
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
What did Jesus' death on the cross do for us?
It sanctifies us or makes us holy.
Hebrews 10:10
And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
If we admit to God we are sinners and need His forgiveness. What will God do?
He will forgive us.
1 John 1:8-9
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Does God know our every move and thought?
True or False
True
Psalm 139:2
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
What happens to anyone who believes in Jesus?
We will have eternal or everlasting life.
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
What is grace?
Giving someone something good that he or she does not deserve.
What does Revelation 4:8b tell us about God?
Revelation 4: 8b
“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
who was and is and is to come!”
What are 2 things about God in Deuteronomy 32:4?
Deuteronomy 32:4
“The Rock, his work is perfect,
for all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
just and upright is he.
What verse tells us we are fearfully and wonderfully made?
Psalm 139:13-15
For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Psalm 90:2, tells us that God has been alive for how long?
Before the mountains and earth were formed or everlasting to everlasting.
Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.