GOD THE FATHER
GOD THE FATHER
Welcome to this millennium3 course. We hope and pray that it will be a blessing to you personally, and that as you apply, share, and teach what you will learn in this course, you will be an even greater blessing to others. Please read carefully all of the information given below. Then, as you begin your course, expect new insights and answers from God's Word that you have never before known!
Instructions
to Guide You in This Study
1. Begin your study by having prayer. You need to understand what the Bible teaches. God has promised to help you, and God keeps his promises. As you pray, you can thank God that He will help you understand. Pray with faith. Put John 16:13 to the test!
2. First, read all the Underlined Statements but not the Scripture. This helps you to initially focus on the various aspects of the Subject you are studying.
3. Now, read all the Bible verses after the Underlined Statements. As you read, key into your notepad or word-doc any thoughts that you want to add.
4. Next, write a very concise summary statement of each of the underlined sections. Use not more than 150 words for each summary (50 to 100 is probably sufficient providing you understand the salient core of each section).
5. Meditate! Continue to think about what the Bible teaches. Memorizing some of the key verses, while not required for this course, will produce valuable results.
6. Never give up. With God's help you can be a faithful and effective Christian witness and worker.
Study to show thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth 2 Timothy
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Course
Name: God the Father
Definition: "A Spirit infinite, eternal and unchangeable in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth." (Westminster Confession).
God is One: Deuteronomy 6:4; Mark 12:29; 1Corinthians 8:6; 1 Timothy 2:5; James 2:19.
God reveals Himself in three Persons: As Father: John 6:27; 1 Peter 1:2. As the only begotten Son of God: John 1:1,14; John 1:18; Titus 2:13; Colossians 2:9. As the Holy Spirit: Matthew 28:19,20; John 14:16,17,26; Romans 8:9-11.
God reveals Himself by many Names: In the Old Testament we have "God" as in Genesis 1:1; "Lord" as in Genesis 15:2; "LORD" as in Genesis 2:4; "Lord GOD" as in Genesis 15:2; "LORD God" as in Genesis 2:4; "LORD of Hosts" as in 1Samuel 1:3; "LORD JEHOVAH" as in Isaiah 12:2; "Almighty God" as in Genesis 17:1; "Everlasting God" as in Genesis 21:33; "Mighty God" as in Isaiah 9:6,7; "Most High God" as in Genesis 14:18.
God is eternal: Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalms 9:7; Isaiah 44:6; Romans 1:20; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:15,16; 2 Peter 3:8; Revelation 10:6.
God is truth: Numbers 23:19; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalms 33:4; Psalms 100:5; John 8:26; John 17:17; Titus 1:2; Revelation 6:10; Revelation 15:3.
God is holy: Leviticus 19:2; 1Samuel 2:2; Psalms 22:3; Isaiah 6:3; Isaiah 57:15; Luke 1:49; John 17:11; James 1:13; 1John 1:5; 2:20.
God is just: Deuteronomy 10:17; Job 21:22; Psalms 19:9; Psalms 96:13; Jeremiah 11:20; Acts 17:31; Romans 2:2; 1Peter 1:17; 2Peter 2:9.
God is love: Deuteronomy 23:5; Psalms 89:33; John 3:16; John 14:21; Romans 5:8; 2Corinthians 13:11; Titus 3:4; 1 John 4:8, 9, 10, 16, 19.
God has all power (omnipotent): Genesis 18:14; Job 42:2; Matthew 19:26; Revelation 19:6; Revelation 21:22.
God has all knowledge (omniscient): 1 Samuel 2:3; 16:7; Job 36:4; Proverbs 5:21; Acts 1:24; Romans 11: 33,34; Hebrews 4:13.
God is everywhere (omnipresent): 1 Kings 8:27; Psalms 139:3,5,7,8,9,10; Jeremiah 23:23; Acts 17:24,27,28.
God is invisible: Exodus 33:20; John 1:18; John 6:46; 1 Timothy 1:17.
God is unchanging: Psalms 33:11; Malachi. 3:6; Romans 11:29; Hebrews 6:17.
God created all things: Genesis 1 and 2; Exodus 20:11; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalms 8:3; Psalms 121:2; Acts 4:24; Acts 17:24; Hebrews 11:3.
God sustains all things (Providence): Genesis 8:22; Psalms 65:9-13; Psalms 103: 3-5; Matthew 6:26-33; Acts 14:17; 2Corinthians 9:8-10.
God rules all things: Exodus15:18; 1 Samuel l2:6-8; Matthew 6::10; 11:25; Acts 17:24-26; Romans 14:11; 1Timothy 6:15; Revelation 4:11.
God is the Redeemer: Exodus 15:2; Psalms 18:30; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 43 :3,11; John 3:16; Romans 1:16; 6:23; 1Thessalonians 5:9; 2Timothy 1:9.
God has revealed Himself: Through Creation, Romans 1:19,20; Through holy men, 2Peter 1:20,21; Through His Son, Hebrews 1:1-4.
God must be worshiped: Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 5:7; Matthew 4:10; Luke 4:8; Colossians 2:18,19; Hebrews 10:25 Revelation 14:7; 19:10; 22:8,9.
As you study the Bible verses, you will discover other verses that relate to the same subject. It will increase your knowledge if you will add other verses to the proper section or make new divisions.
Discuss with other Christians what you have learned. Ask other Christians for other verses to add to each section. What you have read should not be the end, but the beginning of your study of this subject.
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Have you finished all of the steps and meditated on what you have learned? If so, then you are ready to put the final touches on your course. May God bless you as you return what the Holy Spirit has taught you in this course in the form of an investment in the lives of others.