Hal god 1-true-father_god-1-28-2011

ONE TRUE GOD IN THREE PERSONS


(Psalm 100)

[By Ron Halbrook]


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Introduction:

1. Ps. 100 Praise Jehovah God: Creator & Sustainer of all things!

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1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.


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Introduction:

2. The One True God Revealed Himself: The Father

Jesus Christ, the Son

The Holy Spirit


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Introduction:

3. We can know God’s character & purpose: God revealed Himself in nature & ScriptureGod revealed Himself as one true GodThe one true God is three personsGod rules so we can seek & find HimThe Father prepared salvation in Christ


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I. God Revealed Himself in Nature & Scripture

A. Ps. 19:1-6 The Heavens Declare His Glory

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1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.


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4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.



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Fire-rainbow (circumhorizontal arc): light refracts off hexagonal ice crystals in cirrus clouds like a prism


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A. Ps. 19:1-6 The Heavens Declare God’s Glory

God’s Glory: Wisdom, Power, & Love


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B. Ps. 19:7-11 Scripture Declares God’s Glory

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7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.


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10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.



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B. Ps. 19:7-11 Scripture Declares God’s GloryGod’s Glory: Wisdom, Power, & Love


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II. God Revealed Himself As One True God

A. Ex. 3:14; 6:2-3 God Is Jehovah

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14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

A. Ex. 3:14; 6:2-3 God Is Jehovah

2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.


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A. Ex. 3:14; 6:2-3 God Is JehovahJehovah (yahweh) from “I am” (hayah, “to be”) & “I am that I am”: "I will be what I will be,“ a Semitic idiom meaning, "I will be all that is necessary as the occasion will arise” (“God” in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, PowerBible CD)

Eternalexistence—Infinite power,resources, & wisdom!


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B. Isa. 43:9-10 All Other Gods Are False

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B. Isa. 43:9-10 All Other Gods Are False 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

FALSE GODSGentiles Not Witnesses:

No RevelationNo Miracles

JEHOVAHIsrael Witnesses:

RevelationMiracles

JEHOVAH:Father

SonHoly Spirit


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III. The One True God Is Three Persons

A. God Has All the Qualities of PersonhoodHe is not part of the creation

He is not a philosophical concept

He is not an impersonal power, force, fate


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B. One God, Deity, or Divine Nature Shared by the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit

Gen. 1:26 “Let us make man in our image”

Matt. 28:19 “baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost”

Eph. 4:4-6 One Spirit, One Lord, One God and Father


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As plural persons share one human nature

UNITY IN NATURE PLURAL PERSONSONE GOD:

Deity, Divine NatureFather, Son, Holy Spirit

ONE MAN:Humanity, Human Nature

Many Persons


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Eph. 4:4-6 Each person of the Godhead is a separate & distinct person

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Eph. 4:4-6 Each person of the Godhead is a separate & distinct person

4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

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IV. God Rules So We Can Seek & Find Him

A. Acts 17:22-31 Paul Introduced One True God to Idolaters in Athens

Vv. 22-23 They worshiped many gods, but did not know the one true God

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Vv. 22-23 They worshiped many gods, but did not know the one true God

22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.


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Vs. 24 The true God made the universe

24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;


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Vs. 25 The true God sustains us

25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;


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Vs. 26 The true God made, rules all nations

26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;


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Vv. 27-28 God wants us to seek Him

27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.


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Vs. 29 The one true God is not an idol

29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.


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Vv. 30-31 The one true God saves us from false gods & religions by Christ

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Vv. 30-31 The one true God saves us from false gods & religions by Christ

30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.


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V. The Father Prepared Salvation in Christ

A. Eph. 1:3-7 Praise God for This Salvation

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3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

A. Eph. 1:3-7 Praise God for This Salvation


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V. The Father Prepared Salvation in Christ

B. Rom. 11:33-36 Only the one true God is able to prepare this glorious plan!

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33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

B. Rom. 11:33-36 Only the one true God is able to prepare this glorious plan!


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Invitation:


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1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.


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Invitation:

2. The One True God Revealed Himself: The Father

Jesus Christ, the Son

The Holy Spirit


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Invitation:

3. We can know God’s character & purpose: God revealed Himself in nature & ScriptureGod revealed Himself as one true GodThe one true God is three personsGod rules so we can seek & find HimThe Father prepared salvation in Christ


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Invitation:

4. Turn from Satan & sin to the one true God:Gal. 3:26-27 Become a child of God

26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.


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Invitation:

4. Turn from Satan & sin to the one true God:1 Jn. 1:9 Be restored from backsliding

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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