lesson 1. aim: how do we learn things about god?

Lesson 1

Aim: How do we learn things

about God?

What is one way we learn about God?

Psalm 19:1

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies

proclaim the work of his

hands.

nature

What is one thing we learn about God from nature?

Acts 14:17

Yet he has not left himself without

testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and

crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty

of food and fills your hearts with joy.”

nature

kind

What are three more things we learn about God from nature?

Romans 1:20

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible

qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so

that men are without excuse.

nature

kind

powerful

divine

eternal

What is a fifth thing we learn about God from nature?

Psalm 104:24

How many are your works, O

LORD! In wisdom you made them

all; the earth is full of your creatures.

nature

kind

powerful

divine

eternal

wise

Key Point #1

From nature we learn that God is kind, eternal, powerful, divine, and wise.

What is a second way that we learn about God?

Romans 2:14-15

Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature

things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their

consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending

them.

conscience

What do we learn about God from our consciences?

Romans 1:32

Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death,

they not only continue to do these very things but

also approve of those who practice them.

conscience

punishes

Key Point #2

Our consciences tell us that we deserve

God’s punishment of eternal death.

Natural Knowledge

consciencenature

What can’t we learn from nature or our consciences?

Acts 16:25-30About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to

them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison

doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose. The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he

drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!” The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. He then

brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

What is the third way that we learn about God and what does it tell us?

2 Timothy 3:15

…and how from infancy you have known the holy

Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Bible

saves

Key Point #3

Only the Bible tells us that God saves us.

Revealed Knowledge

Bible

What do the following tell you about God?

a)A spring garden in bloom.

b)Our bodies’ ability to develop immunity to disease.

Evaluate…

An unbelieving friend tells you it’s wrong to do

mission work in India because the people there

are already very religious.

Agree or Disagree…

There really is no such thing as an atheist.

What is the Bible about?

Hebrews 1:1

In the past God spoke to our

forefathers through the prophets at

many times and in various ways,

Old

What is the Bible about?

Acts 3:18

But this is how God fulfilled what he

had foretold through all the

prophets, saying that his Christ would suffer. Old

“He’s

coming!”

What is the Bible about?

O-L-D (3)

T-E-S-T-A-M-E-N-T (9)

3 & 9 - 39

Genesis 1:1

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(א)ת ִה1ִׁש&!�ַמ1ִים ְוץ׃ ִה�א�ָר5 Old

“He’s

coming!”

39 Hebrew

What is the Bible about?

2 Peter 3:2

I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy

prophets and the command given by

our Lord and Savior through your

apostles. New

What is the Bible about?

John 20:31

But these are written that you may believe

that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by

believing you may have life in his name.

New

“He’ has come!”

What is the Bible about?

N-E-W (3)

T-E-S-T-A-M-E-N-T (9)

3 x 9 = 27

John 3:16

οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ

ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλc ἔχῃ ζωὴν

αἰώνιον.

“He has come!”

New27 Greek

Key Point #4

The Bible is mainly about Jesus.

What is the Bible about?

Agree or Disagree…

The Bible is the light of salvation for everyone

who reads it.

Evaluate…

Since the Bible is written in Hebrew and Greek, we

really have no way of telling what it has to say

to us.

Lesson 1

I learn about God in three ways: from nature, from my conscience,

and especially from the Bible.

Vocabulary…

“Conscience”

Voice inside of us that tells us when we do right

or wrong

Vocabulary…

“Prophet”

Someone who speaks God’s Word to others

Vocabulary…

“Apostle”

Someone who is “sent out” on a certain mission

Vocabulary…

“Old Testament”

Part of the Bible that was written before Jesus was

born

Vocabulary…

“New Testament”

Part of the Bible that was written after Jesus had

come