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Reasons for Faith
The Dance of God
The Divine Dance
John 1:18 (Jesus) was in the bosom of the Father...
The Divine Dance
John 16:14 the Spirit lives to glorify the Son.
The Divine Dance
John 17:4-5 the Son glorifies the Father, and the Father glorifies the Son
The Divine Dance
Luke 6:32 "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them.”
The Dance of LoveLove
1 John 4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
The Dance of LoveLove
Mark 8:35 …but whoever loses himself for My sake will find his life.
Act I: Creation: The Dance of Creation
Psalms 65:12 The grasslands of the desert overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness.
13The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.
Act I: Creation: The Dance of Creation
Act I: Creation: The Dance of Creation
Genesis 1:26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air,
Act I: Creation: The Dance of Creation
over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
Act II: The Fall: Losing the Dance
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin,
Act II: The Fall: Losing the Dance
and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned-
John 17:22 “I have given them the glory that you gave me.”
Act II: The Fall: Losing the Dance
Act III: Redemption: Returning to the
DanceMatthew 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Act III: Redemption: Returning to the
Dance29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Act III: Redemption: Returning to the
Dance30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Act III: Redemption: Returning to the
DanceRomans 5:17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man,
Act III: Redemption: Returning to the
Dancehow much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
Act IV: Restoration: The Future of the
Dance
Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
Act IV: Restoration: The Future of the
Dance2I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
Act IV: Restoration: The Future of the
Dance3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them.
Act IV: Restoration: The Future of the
DanceThey will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
Act IV: Restoration: The Future of the
Dance4He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.“
Act IV: Restoration: The Future of the
DanceRomans 8:21 …that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
The Christian Life
Revelation 21:4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.