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Lesson 2 | How to Know the Bible

Lesson 2 | How to Know the Bible. “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33). Lesson 2 | How to Know the Bible. V. Application. Lesson 3 | God: His Character and Attributes. Bibliology : the study of the Bible

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Lesson 2 | How to Know the Bible

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  1. Lesson 2| How to Know the Bible “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33)

  2. Lesson 2| How to Know the Bible V. Application

  3. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes Bibliology: the study of the Bible Christology: the study of Jesus Christ Ecclesiology: the study of the Church Hamartiology: the study of Sin Pneumatology: the study of the Holy Spirit Soteriology: the study of Salvation Theology: the study of God

  4. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes • When I think of God, what comes to mind?

  5. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes • Genesis 1:1 ~ God’s existence is assumed from the beginning • Exodus 3:14 ~ The significance of His title I AM implies His self-existence • Isaiah 43:13 ~ God has existed for all of eternity

  6. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes • Romans 1:19 ~ God makes Himself evident within men • Romans 1:20 ~ God is seen in His creation • Psalm 19:1 ~ God and His glory is seen in the heavens • Romans 2:15 ~ God reveals Himself to men within their conscience

  7. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes I. Introduction A. How does Psalm 89:7-8 describe God?

  8. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes I. Introduction A. How does Psalm 89:7-8 describe God? God is to be feared.

  9. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes I. Introduction A. How does Psalm 89:7-8 describe God? God is to be feared. God is to be held in reverence.

  10. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes I. Introduction A. How does Psalm 89:7-8 describe God? God is to be feared. God is to be held in reverence. God is awesome and mighty.

  11. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes I. Introduction A. How does Psalm 89:7-8 describe God? God is to be feared. God is to be held in reverence. God is awesome and mighty. God is faithful.

  12. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes I. Introduction B. What statement is made to point to the fact that there is only one God (Isaiah 43:10)?

  13. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes I. Introduction B. What statement is made to point to the fact that there is only one God (Isaiah 43:10)? “Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me.”

  14. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes I. Introduction C. What is it that God will not give to another (Isaiah 42:8)?

  15. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes I. Introduction C. What is it that God will not give to another (Isaiah 42:8)? He will not give His glory or His praise

  16. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes • Matt. 6:9; 16:17 ~ God the Father is in heaven • Hebrews 10:12 ~ Jesus Christ is also in heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father • Romans 8:11 (also 1 Cor. 3:16, John 14:26) ~ The Holy Spirit ministers within the hearts and lives of believers

  17. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes II. The Importance of Knowing God A. Jesus equated knowing God with what (John 17:3)?

  18. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes II. The Importance of Knowing God A. Jesus equated knowing God with what (John 17:3)? Eternal life

  19. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes II. The Importance of Knowing God B. Rather than boasting in wisdom, might, or riches, what one thing does God say a man should boast about (Jeremiah 9:24)?

  20. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes II. The Importance of Knowing God B. Rather than boasting in wisdom, might, or riches, what one thing does God say a man should boast about (Jeremiah 9:24)? “That he understands and knows Me (God)”

  21. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes • Romans 11:33-34 ~ God is incomprehensible • Job 11:7 ~ God has no boundaries • 1 Corinthians 2:9-16; Matthew 11:27 ~ God can only be divinely perceived through the Holy Spirit, or by Jesus Christ Himself

  22. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes III. How Can One Know God? A. What does Jesus say about the means for knowing God (John 14:9-10)?

  23. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes III. How Can One Know God? A. What does Jesus say about the means for knowing God (John 14:9-10)? You can know God by knowing Jesus Christ

  24. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes III. How Can One Know God? B. What does Paul say about Christ in Colossians 2:9?

  25. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes III. How Can One Know God? B. What does Paul say about Christ in Colossians 2:9? “For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily”

  26. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes III. How Can One Know God? C. The writer of Hebrews says that God has spoken to us in His Son. How is Christ described (Hebrews 1:3)?

  27. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes III. How Can One Know God? C. The writer of Hebrews says that God has spoken to us in His Son. How is Christ described (Hebrews 1:3)? He is the radiance of His glory

  28. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes III. How Can One Know God? C. The writer of Hebrews says that God has spoken to us in His Son. How is Christ described (Hebrews 1:3)? He is the radiance of His glory He is the exact representation of His nature (person)

  29. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes III. How Can One Know God? C. The writer of Hebrews says that God has spoken to us in His Son. How is Christ described (Hebrews 1:3)? He is the radiance of His glory He is the exact representation of His nature (person) He upholds all things by the word of His power

  30. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes A. What are attributes?

  31. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes A. What are attributes? “An attribute is a quality or characteristic that is true about someone.”

  32. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 1. Holiness

  33. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 1. Holiness “God’s attribute of holiness means that He is untouched and unstained by the evil in the world. He is absolutely pure and perfect.”

  34. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 1. Holiness a. Exodus 15:11

  35. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 1. Holiness a. Exodus 15:11 “Who is like You, majestic (glorious) in holiness”

  36. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 1. Holiness b. Psalm 99:9 Exalt Him as God

  37. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 1. Holiness b. Psalm 99:9 Exalt Him as God Worship at His holy hill

  38. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 1. Holiness b. Psalm 99:9 Exalt Him as God Worship at His holy hill Because the Lord our God is holy

  39. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 1. Holiness b. Psalm 99:9 Exalt Him as God Worship at His holy hill Because the Lord our God is holy

  40. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 1. Holiness 1 Peter 1:16

  41. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 1. Holiness 1 Peter 1:16 Because the Lord our God is holy, we are exhorted to be holy (pursue holiness) as well

  42. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 2. Righteousness and Justice “Righteousness designates the perfect agreement between God’s nature and His acts. Justice is the way God legislates His righteousness. There is no action that God takes in relation to man that violates any code of morality or justice.”

  43. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 2. Righteousness and Justice a. According to Psalm 119:137, God’s righteousness is displayed in His

  44. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 2. Righteousness and Justice a. According to Psalm 119:137, God’s righteousness is displayed in His Judgments

  45. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 2. Righteousness and Justice b. In Psalm 89:14, righteousness and justice are referred to as

  46. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 2. Righteousness and Justice b. In Psalm 89:14, righteousness and justice are referred to as “the foundation of Your throne”

  47. Lesson 3| God: His Character and Attributes IV. God’s Attributes B. God’s attributes defined 2. Righteousness and Justice How does your standard of what is right and just compare with God’s standard?

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