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DISCIPLESHIP LESSON #2 CONCERNING GOD THE FATHER
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God. The most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say or do, but what he in his deep heart conceives God to be like.” (A.W. Tozer) THE TRINITY “God’s whole and undivided essence belongs equally, eternally, simultaneously, and fully to each of the three Persons of the Godhead, so that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit each is fully God while each is his own personal expression, in role and activity, of the one eternal and undivided divine essence” (Ware). What distinguishes each Person of the Godhead from each other is not and cannot be the divine nature of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. What distinguishes each Person of the Godhead from the other Persons is his particular role in relation to the other Persons and the relationships that each has with each of the other Persons. Read Matthew 3:13-17 and Ephesians 1:3-14 to see the relationship between the members of the Trinity. THE EXISTENCE OF GOD How do we know that God exists (Romans 1:18-20)? _________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Read the narrative of Jesus and the Samaritan woman in John 4. In verse 24 Jesus tells the woman “God is spirit.” What do you think this statement implies about God’s existence? _____ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD •Psalm 89:1-2 ___________________________________________________________ •Psalm 90:1-2 ___________________________________________________________ •Psalm 102:25-27 ________________________________________________________ •Psalm 139:1-4 __________________________________________________________ •Psalm 139:7-10 _________________________________________________________ •Psalm 145:17 ___________________________________________________________ •Jeremiah 32:17 _________________________________________________________ •Ephesians 2:1-9 God is “rich” in ____________________ and ____________________ •1 Thessalonians 1:9 _____________________________________________________ •1 Peter 1:13-16 _________________________________________________________ •1 John 4:7-12 ___________________________________________________________ THE WORKS OF GOD The theory of evolution teaches that the universe came about as a result of a gradual process in which organisms changed into different and more complex forms. How does the biblical account of creation in Genesis 1 explain the origins of our world? _______________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Because God is the Creator, who compares to Him (Isaiah 40:25-26)? ______________________________________________________________________________ When did God plan the salvation of lost mankind (Ephesians 1:3-6)? _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
DISCIPLESHIP LESSON #2 CONCERNING GOD THE FATHER
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God. The most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say or do, but what he in his deep heart conceives God to be like.” (A.W. Tozer) THE TRINITY “God’s whole and undivided essence belongs equally, eternally, simultaneously, and fully to each of the three Persons of the Godhead, so that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit each is fully God while each is his own personal expression, in role and activity, of the one eternal and undivided divine essence” (Ware). What distinguishes each Person of the Godhead from each other is not and cannot be the divine nature of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. What distinguishes each Person of the Godhead from the other Persons is his particular role in relation to the other Persons and the relationships that each has with each of the other Persons. Read Matthew 3:13-17 and Ephesians 1:3-14 to see the relationship between the members of the Trinity. THE EXISTENCE OF GOD How do we know that God exists (Romans 1:18-20)? _________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Read the narrative of Jesus and the Samaritan woman in John 4. In verse 24 Jesus tells the woman “God is spirit.” What do you think this statement implies about God’s existence? _____ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD •Psalm 89:1-2 ___________________________________________________________ •Psalm 90:1-2 ___________________________________________________________ •Psalm 102:25-27 ________________________________________________________ •Psalm 139:1-4 __________________________________________________________ •Psalm 139:7-10 _________________________________________________________ •Psalm 145:17 ___________________________________________________________ •Jeremiah 32:17 _________________________________________________________ •Ephesians 2:1-9 God is “rich” in ____________________ and ____________________ •1 Thessalonians 1:9 _____________________________________________________ •1 Peter 1:13-16 _________________________________________________________ •1 John 4:7-12 ___________________________________________________________ THE WORKS OF GOD The theory of evolution teaches that the universe came about as a result of a gradual process in which organisms changed into different and more complex forms. How does the biblical account of creation in Genesis 1 explain the origins of our world? _______________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Because God is the Creator, who compares to Him (Isaiah 40:25-26)? ______________________________________________________________________________ When did God plan the salvation of lost mankind (Ephesians 1:3-6)? _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
