The Lord, He Is God
Text: Deuteronomy 4:35 Introduction:
I. We are living in a day and age when many people do not
believe that there is a God.
II. There is no other reasonable explanation for the
origin of the world than that there is a Supreme Being
who created it.
A. The order of the universe.
B. The human body.
C. Etc.,
D. Since there is a Supreme Being, it is reasonable
for Him to reveal Himself in a book.
III. Let us notice, today, some things this Book reveals
about Him.Body:
I. The Scriptures teaches that there is one God.
A. There is one God.
1. Text (Deuteronomy 4:35)
2. Isaiah 44:6, 8ff
B. There is three persons or beings in this one God.
1. “Elohiym’ – Plural of 433 (OT:433 - 'elowahh
…a deity or the Deity:)… Strong
2. Scriptures:
a. Deuteronomy 4:35
b. Isaiah 4:6
c. Genesis 1:26
3. Matthew 28:19
II. The characteristics of the One God.
A. He is eternal.
1. Psalms 90:2
2. 1 Timothy 1:16-17
B. He is immutable.
1. Whose essential nature is unchangeable.
2. Scriptures:
a. Hebrews 13:8
b. James 1:17
c. Malachi 3:6
C. He is omnipotent.
1. Possessing all power.
2. Almighty
a. 2 Corinthians 6:18
b. Revelation 1:8; 4:8
3. Other Scriptures:
a. Genesis 18:14
b. Jeremiah 32:17
c. Matthew 19:26
D. He is omnipresent.
1. “That is, his immensity pervades the universe,
and filleth all things.” Burns
2. All present
3. Scriptures:
a. Jeremiah 23:24
b. Psalm 139:7-12
4. The story of a father and son in a cornfield
(not their own). The father was going to steal
some corn and looked all around. The son said:
“You forgot to look up.”
E. God is omniscient.
1. Having total knowledge; knowing all things.
2. Scriptures:
a. Psalm 139:6
b. Isaiah 55:8-9
c. 1 Corinthians 1:25III. The response that this should result in.
A. The context of the text.
1. All the things God has done and will do for
them.
2. Deuteronomy 4:40
3. Deuteronomy 5:6-9
B. The same is true in the New Testament.
1. Matthew 6:33
2. Galatians 5:20
C. Anything we place before God becomes a god (idol)
for us.
1. Colossians 3:5; Ephesians 5:5
2. “Covetousness”
a. “lit., a desire to have more…” Vine’s
b. “greedy desire to have more.” Thayer
3. Some things we may place before God.
a. Money
b. Pleasure
c. Power
d. Fame
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