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Page 1: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Are You My Mother?

Page 2: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1
Page 3: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts?

–James 1:6 (837)

GOD1

Page 4: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts?

–James 1:6 (837)

GOD1But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

Page 5: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What does the Bible say is likely to happen to those who leave God out of the equation?

–Romans 1:28-31 (781)

GOD2

Page 6: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What does the Bible say is likely to happen to those who leave God out of the equation?

–Romans 1:28-31 (781)

GOD2Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. …

Page 7: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What does the Bible say is likely to happen to those who leave God out of the equation?

–Romans 1:28-31 (781)

GOD2They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, …

Page 8: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What does the Bible say is likely to happen to those who leave God out of the equation?

–Romans 1:28-31 (781)

GOD2slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; …

Page 9: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What does the Bible say is likely to happen to those who leave God out of the equation?

–Romans 1:28-31 (781)

GOD2they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

Page 10: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

“Imagine”

Imagine there’s no heaven

It’s easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us only sky

Imagine all the people

Living for today...

Page 11: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

“Imagine”

Imagine there’s no countries

It isn’t hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace...

Page 12: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

“Imagine”

You may say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one

I hope someday you’ll join us

And the world will be as one

Page 13: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Jesus uses the analogy of paths and gates. What happens if we take the wrong path?

–Matthew 7:13,14 (673)

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Page 14: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Jesus uses the analogy of paths and gates. What happens if we take the wrong path?

–Matthew 7:13,14 (673)

GOD3Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Page 15: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Seeker of truth

Follow no path

All paths lead where

Truth is here

Page 16: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Who does the Bible say created the heavens and the earth?

–Genesis 1:1 (1)

GOD4

Page 17: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Who does the Bible say created the heavens and the earth?

–Genesis 1:1 (1)

GOD4In the beginning God created the heavensand the earth.

Page 18: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Where did mankind come from?–Genesis 2:7 (2)

GOD5

Page 19: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Where did mankind come from?–Genesis 2:7 (2)

GOD5The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Page 20: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What is God’s chief attribute? –I John 4:8 (846)

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Page 21: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What is God’s chief attribute? –I John 4:8 (846)

GOD6Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Page 22: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What is one of God’s chief passions?–2 Corinthians 5:19 (803)

GOD7

Page 23: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What is one of God’s chief passions?–2 Corinthians 5:19 (803)

GOD7God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them.And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

Page 24: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What is one of God’s greatest hopes for mankind?

–John 6:40 (741)

GOD8

Page 25: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What is one of God’s greatest hopes for mankind?

–John 6:40 (741)

GOD8For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

Page 26: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What question did they ask Paul?–Acts 17:18 (770)

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Page 27: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What question did they ask Paul?–Acts 17:18 (770)

GOD9A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to dispute with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” …

Page 28: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

What question did they ask Paul?–Acts 17:18 (770)

GOD9Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

Page 29: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

How did Paul describe his God?–Acts 17:24-27 (771)

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Page 30: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

How did Paul describe his God?–Acts 17:24-27 (771)

GOD10The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. …

Page 31: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

How did Paul describe his God?–Acts 17:24-27 (771)

GOD10And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. …

Page 32: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

How did Paul describe his God?–Acts 17:24-27 (771)

GOD10From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. …

Page 33: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

How did Paul describe his God?–Acts 17:24-27 (771)

GOD10God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

Page 34: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

How does God refer to Himself in Genesis 1:26? (1)

GOD11

Page 35: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

How does God refer to Himself in Genesis 1:26? (1)

GOD11Then 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, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

Page 36: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Even though the plural form is used what does the Bible have to say about the concept of polytheism?

–Deuteronomy 6:4 (128)

GOD12

Page 37: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Even though the plural form is used what does the Bible have to say about the concept of polytheism?

–Deuteronomy 6:4 (128)

GOD12Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God,the LORD is one.

Page 38: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Who are the three members of the Godhead?

–Matthew 28:19 (694)

GOD13

Page 39: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Who are the three members of the Godhead?

–Matthew 28:19 (694)

GOD13Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Page 40: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Can you find the three members of the Trinity and how God is reaching out to us today?

–John 15:26 (750)

GOD14

Page 41: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Can you find the three members of the Trinity and how God is reaching out to us today?

–John 15:26 (750)

GOD14When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me.

Page 42: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Jesus tells a story about a guy who finds a treasure. How badly did the seeker want that treasure?

–Matthew 13:44 (679)

GOD15

Page 43: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1

Jesus tells a story about a guy who finds a treasure. How badly did the seeker want that treasure?

–Matthew 13:44 (679)

GOD15The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

Page 44: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1
Page 45: Are You My Mother?. What analogy does James give that describes the wishes of someone who doubts? –James 1:6 (837) GOD1