July 19
Introduction
Theme: “Great Congregation, Holy Convocation” - in other words, gatherings
Deity Dietary Dialogue topic, over a couple of weeks, we will be looking at the scriptures and what God has designed and defined to enhance gatherings. I am covering Deity and Dialogue today and Maghan will speck on Dietary next week.
Deity:
God is THE SUPREME BEING is the God of the Bible, the 3 in one mystery
Being three in one Father, Son, and Holy Spirit means God can be eternally loving - refer to the to Caleb re No God but one book – Caleb can help make sure you are conversant with this concept
Biblical examples of God’s loving, living, enlightening being/nature
Characteristics of GOD our Supreme Being
NB: These can all be found in greater detail in our “Create to Relate” Bible foundations get in touch with us.
God spoke: Genesis 1 :3 3 And God said, Let there be….
Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
Three in one – the one God, 3 persons
God used His hands to form man Genesis 2:8 8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed
God sings: Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
God listens :
Psalm 61 - hear my cry o Lord attend unto my prayer
2 Chron 7:14 If my people who are called by my name … I will hear from heaven, forgive their sins and heal the land
God thinks:
Psalm 40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me:
Psalm 139 I Know the thoughts towards you
God Calls:
I Samuel 3: 9 And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel.
God reasons
Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
God gets angry;
Exodus 4:14 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses,
Mark 3: 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
God is slow to anger
Joel 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,
God smiles
Numbers 6:24-26 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
God Laughs
Psalm 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
God forgives
Lev 4:20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
Matthew 6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Acts 7: Father forgive them for they know not what they do
God negotiates:
Genesis 18:16 – end of chapter – the story of Abraham and the Lord over Sodom and Gomorrah
God repents
Joel 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
1 Chron 21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand.
God has mercy
Gen 19:19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life;
Luk 1:50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
God is a friend – closer than a brother
Prov 18:24 and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
God has family
Matthew 12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
God sees
Gen: 16:13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
God perceives
Matt 16:8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
God rewards
Heb 11:16 he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
God does miracles
Num 14:22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness;…
John 2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
God saves
2 Sam 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
Lu 1:77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
God is gentle
2 Sam 22:36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
God is kind
2 Sam 9:3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him?
God fights
1 Chron 5:22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God.
God carries burdens
Psalm 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
God talks to us
Gen 3:9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
God loves
Romans 9:13 , Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that He gave his only son…”
God hates
Romans 9:13 , Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Proverbs 6:9 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, ...
God gives
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that He gave his only son…”
God commands
Genesis 2:16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
God judges
Jeremiah 11:20 But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart,
God provides
Gen 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
God increases
Lev 26:20 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
God rains
Lev 26:20 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
God resurrects
Matthew 11:5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Luke 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
God begins
Genesis 1:1 IN the beginning God…
God finishes
Revelation 1:8 am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,
God laughs
Psalm 2:4 - He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh:
God Cries
John 11:35 Jesus wept
God takes away
Psalm 104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
God heals
Psalm 103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
God binds up our wounds
Psalm 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
God wins
Psalm 3:7 Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
God hides
Isaiah 54:8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
God reveals
1 Corinthians 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
God creates mysteries
Romans 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
God reconciles
Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
God redeems
Isaiah 44:24 Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself
Characteristics of False Gods
Deuteronomy: Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
A mixture of man’s superstitions, imaginations and satanic influence
Man made Gods:
They can’t speak
They can’t see
They cant hear
They don’t exist
They are unknown -Acts 17:23
God has created humanity with the desire to fellowship with God to know what the meaning of life is
We have learned that people of cultures throughout the world (even in very remote locations) come to a partial revelation of God through His creation -
Psalm 19
Romans 1:1
Deity Dialogue
Let’s make God our chief joy, our main conversation
Deuteronomy 6 : 5-9 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Proverbs 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Proverbs 1: 1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Conclusion
The God of the Bible is our Supreme being
In Jesus we are all part of the family of God
His urges us to gather together
Love, Teach, exhort, encourage each other