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The Reading

The Reading. Jeremiah 23:23-24. the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature. The Nature of God.

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  1. The Reading Jeremiah 23:23-24

  2. the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.

  3. The Nature of God “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?” Psalm 139:7

  4. What the Bible Teaches about the Nature of God • How did God get here? • How did God create the earth? • How does God know what to do? • Does God change His mind? • Does God see me at all times?

  5. Omnipresence of God by Maurice Barnett Entrenched theology declares that God is everywhere at the same time. That happens to be the exact meaning of omnipresence which is so much used by theologians. Omnipresence is not a Bible word. Derived meanings have ranged all the way from God’s literally being in everything, everywhere, to His simply surrounding us with His being. Perhaps the most popular explanation is the following— “Omnipresence signifies that God is totally present everywhere in creation. Hence we are not to understand God as spatially spread throughout the universe, so that a part of Him is here, another part there. God’s filling heaven and earth means rather that He is totally and equally present everywhere. He is as much present to a single atom as to the most distant star, to a single seed as to all the plants and trees of the world. There is no place where God is not; He is everywhere.” J. Rodman Williams, Renewal Theology, page 77.

  6. 1. How did God get here? • Eternal • “I am that I am” Ex. 3:13 • Jehovah = “the existing one” • God has always been, and He always will be. • He is forever • “Ancient of days” Dan. 7:9

  7. 1. How did God get here? Eternal “the LORD shall endure forever” Ps. 9:7 “Thy years will have no end” Ps. 102:27

  8. 2. How did God create the earth? • Omnipotent= all powerful • Gen. 17:1 “I am the almighty God” • No limit to His power • His power enabled Him to Create the universe. • “with God all things are possible” Matt. 19:26 • Rev. 19:6 “Lord God omnipotent”

  9. 3. How does God know what to do? • Omniscience= all knowing • He is unlimited in His knowledge • When the thought is in you, God know it! • When you blink God know it. • He know the very hair of your head! • Our God is all knowing.

  10. 3. How does God know what to do? Omniscience= all knowing “God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.” 1 Jn. 3:20 God has known from all eternity all that He can know.

  11. 3. How does God know what to do? Omniscience= all knowing “Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.” Ps. 147:5 God has known from all eternity all that He can know.

  12. 3. How does God know what to do? • Omniscience= all knowing • God knows our thoughts and everything about our lives • If God gained knowledge, implies He is not all knowing • God has known from all eternity all that He can know.

  13. 4. Does God change His mind? • Immutable= unchanging • “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today and forever.” Heb. 13:8 • Methods change • Principles are eternal

  14. 5. Does God see me at all times? • Omnipresence • God is free from the laws of limitations or space • God is present everywhere at the same time.

  15. II. What the Bible Teaches about the Omnipresence of God Jer. 23:23-24 Acts 17:28 Ps. 139:7-12

  16. The Omnipresence of God "Am I a God near at hand," says the LORD, "And not a God afar off? Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?" says the LORD; "Do I not fill heaven and earth?" says the LORD. Jer. 23:23-24

  17. The Omnipresence of God “For in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.” Acts 17:28

  18. The Omnipresence of God Ps. 139:7-12 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.

  19. The Omnipresence of God Ps. 139:7-12 If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me," Even the night shall be light about me; Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

  20. The Omnipresence of God • Ps. 139:7-12 • There is no place in the universe to which anyone can go and be away from God. • God is geographically close to everyone and everything

  21. Explanation of His Omnipresence Unlimited Infinite

  22. Unlimited Eternity --------- unlimited in time Omnipotent --- unlimited in power Omniscience -- unlimited in knowledge Omnipresence - unlimited in space Why many today understand the first 3 but denied the last one?

  23. Infinite Eternity [duration] ~ “I am that I am” Omnipotent [power] ~ “Almighty God” Omniscience [wisdom]~understanding Omnipresence [essence]~ not limited by space Why agreed with the first 3 but denied the last one we some pre-concived ideas?

  24. Lessons from his Omnipresence We can learn some valuable lessons from this characteristic of God.

  25. Lessons from His Omnipresence 1. We cannot hide our sins Prov. 15:3 “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” Heb. 4:13 “...all things are naked and opened to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.”

  26. Lessons from His Omnipresence • 2. God sees what the righteous do • Prov. 15:3 “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” • God sees and knows our good deeds

  27. Lessons from His Omnipresence 3. God is With Us Isa. 43:5 “Fear not: for I am with you:” Matt. 28:20 “...and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” Temptations Afflictions

  28. Lessons from His Omnipresence 4. Encourage us on to Holy Living “I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You.” Ps. 119:168 “A soldier marches better when the General is watching.”

  29. Lessons from His Omnipresence 4. Encourage us on to Holy Living “Does He not see my ways, And count all my steps?” Job 31:4

  30. Lessons from His Omnipresence • 5. We can worship anywhere • John 4:23-24 • God is a Spirit • He is not limited to any place • We can worship anywhere

  31. Lessons from His Omnipresence Matthew 18:20 (NKJV) 20  For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them."

  32. Lessons from His Omnipresence Matthew 6:6 (NKJV) 6  But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

  33. The Omnipresence of God “In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Prov. 3:6 “Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you.” Jas. 4:8

  34. Hear------- John 12:48 • Believe--- John 8:24 • Repent--- Luke 13:3 • Confess- Matt. 10:32-33 • Baptized Mark 16:16 • Faithful-- Matt. 24:13

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