Session 3The Person

of GodA.W.Tozer The Knowledge of the HolyJ.I.Packer Knowing GodWayne Grudem Systematic TheologyThe names of God http://smilegodlovesyou.org/names.html

Soli Deo GloriaGloria=GlorySoli=AloneDeo=God

To God Alone be the Glory

"Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of

God." 1 Corinthians 10:31

• Dry

• boring

• Irrelevant

• complicated

The study of theology

theos

(“God”)

logos

(“word”).

Vital

How do we know that God exists?

Our Inner Sense of God Intellectually Experientially Emotionally

Mind Soul Heart

Believing the Evidence in Scripture and Nature

Believing the Evidence in Scripture and Nature

Believing the Evidence in Scripture and Nature

The Child, the philosopher and the religionist all have one question,

“What is God like?”

Why God Is Incomprehensible

God is infinite and his creatures are finite.

The perfect unity of God’s attributes

The effects of sin on the minds of fallen humans.

A final reason God can never be fully known

Deut 29: 29

Ps. 145:3, Job 26: 14, Isa 55: 8-9, Rom 11: 33-34

The Knowability of God

If we are to know God at all, (Romans 1: 19; Matt 11:27)

Did not know God through wisdom

They exchanged the truth about God for a lie (Rom. 1:18, 21, 25).

We cannot know God exhaustively

Names And Attributes Of God

Names of God

ELOHIM......Genesis 1:1, Psalm 19:1 meaning "God", a reference to God's strength and power.

JEHOVAH--YAHWEH.....Genesis 2:4 meaning LORD.

ADONAI......Malachi 1:6 meaning “Lord and master", a reference to the Lordship of God.

YHVH

ELOHIM......Genesis 1:1, Psalm 19:1 meaning "God", a reference to God's power and might.

ADONAI......Malachi 1:6 meaning "Lord", a reference to the Lordship of God.

JEHOVAH--YAHWEH.....Genesis 2:4 a reference to God's divine salvation.

JEHOVAH-MACCADDESHEM.......Exodus 31:13 meaning "The Lord thy sanctifier"

JEHOVAH-ROHI......Psalm 23:1 meaning "The Lord my shepherd"

JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH.......Ezekiel 48:35 meaning "The Lord who is present" JEHOVAH-RAPHA.........Exodus 15:26

meaning "The Lord our healer" JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU......Jeremiah 23:6

meaning "The Lord our righteousness" JEHOVAH-JIREH.........Genesis 22:13-14

meaning "The Lord will provide" JEHOVAH-NISSI.........Exodus 17:15

meaning "The Lord our banner" JEHOVAH-SHALOM........Judges 6:24

meaning "The Lord is peace" JEHOVAH-SABBAOTH......Isaiah 6:1-3

meaning "The Lord of Hosts" JEHOVAH-GMOLAH........Jeremiah 51:6 meaning "The God of Recompense"

EL-ELYON..............Genesis 14:17-20,Isaiah 14:13-14 meaning "The most high God

EL-ROI................Genesis 16:13 meaning "The strong one who sees"

EL-SHADDAI............Genesis 17:1,Psalm 91:1 meaning "The God of the mountains or God Almighty"

EL-OLAM...............Isaiah 40:28-31 meaning "The everlasting God"

Quiz time

1. What does Soli Deo Gloria mean? 2. How can we apply this to our life?3. Can you remember the two Greek words for

Theology? 4. What are two proofs that show that God exists? 5. What does it mean that God is

incomprehensible?6. What is knowable about God? 7. What are the three main names used for God?8. What are the five attribute we have just spoken

about and what do they mean?