230705 BITES: Q5 How Many Gods Are There?

Q5 How Many Gods Are There? A5 There is only one God (Deut 6.4)

(10) Rehash - Ask if anyone can say any of the verses

230607: Q1 What is the purpose of people? A1 The purpose of people is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever! Psalm 37.4, Philippians 4.20

230614: Q2 Where does God explain His purpose for people? A2 God Explains His Purpose For People In Scripture. Ps 19.7-11, 2 Tim 3.15-17

230621: Q3 What do the Scriptures teach? A3 The Scriptures teach what people are to believe (in Christ) and do (love God and our neighbor) John 3.16, Luke 10.27

230628 Q4 What is God? A4 God is the only eternal Spirit, wholly holy, unchanging and entirely good and just John 4.24, Exodus 34.6-7

(4) Engage the Mind

Billion How many people are in the world today? - WAIT FOR ANSWERS (8 Billion) How many galaxies are there? - WAIT FOR ANSWERS (200 Billion) It has been 63 Billion seconds since Christ walked the earth A billion is a thousand millions - who has counted to 100? Has anyone counted to a thousand? Can you imagine doing that a million times? How long would that take? Did you know that if you stacked a billion pennies on top of one another it would go from here to past Los Angeles California. A billion is a big number - are there bigger numbers?

Big Ideas We usually use big numbers to communicate big ideas - Usually something big like the ocean has a big number - there are 321 Million Cubic Miles of water in all the oceans and seas. Big things have big numbers right? What’s the biggest thing that you can think of? - WAIT FOR ANSWERS

Redirect Well, is there anything bigger than God? He is everywhere, knows everything, sees everything? Is there anything bigger than God, more powerful? So the question we are going to ask tonight is, “how many Gods are there?”

(1) Next Question

Q5 How Many Gods Are There?

Give the littles time to answer, debate - perhaps ask why they say what they do, where they know this from (if they dont answer with a biblical answer draw it out)

Well I hear other people say that there are other gods - Google says that there are 18,000… So where should we go to find out the truth? We always ought to go to Scripture

(5) Scripture

Deut 6.4 ““Hear, O Israel! Yahweh is our God, Yahweh is one!” - ASK FOR A RESTATEMENT FROM THE READER

Deut 4.35 ““To you it was shown that you might know that Yahweh, He is God; there is no other besides Him.” - ASK FOR A RESTATEMENT FROM THE READER

Deut 4.39 ““Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that Yahweh, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.” - ASK FOR A RESTATEMENT FROM THE READER

1 Cor 8.4 “Therefore, concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.” - ASK FOR A RESTATEMENT FROM THE READER

Q5 So how many gods are there? - they should say “one!” - the formal answer is their is only one God - Deuteronomy 6.4

(5) Question:

So why does Google say that their are 18,000? WAIT ____________Who is right, God’s Word or Google? Well Scripture clearly says “one God” and we know that Scripture is how God speaks to us. Do you remember Questions 2 and 3. Let’s go through them all!

Google is wrong! People have been making up gods for themselves forever. But there is only one God

1 Cor 8.5-6 “For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.”

Is 44.6 ““Thus says Yahweh, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts: ‘I am the first, and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.”

Jeremiah 10.10 “But Yahweh is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, And the nations cannot endure His indignation.”

(5) Extension: ASK FOR Q5

Did you know that Jesus understood Himself to be God. That is why He made Himself equal with His Father, that is why He said He represented His Father, that is why He accepted worship. He believed Himself to be God and that is why the Pharisees, the Priests, the Scribes, the Romans murdered Him.

John 5.17-18 “But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.” For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.”

John 14.8-9 “Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all so long and have you not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?”

John 20.27-28 “Then He said to Thomas, “Bring your finger here, and see My hands; and bring your hand here and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.” Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!””

1 Corinthians 2.8 “which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”

(?) Questions

(5) Sing 2 Songs

#54 My Tribute

#184 Thy Word

#185 Jesus Loves Me

#340 Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

#745 Rejoice in the Lord Always

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

230607: Q1 What is the purpose of people? A1 The purpose of people is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever!

Psalm 37.4 “Delight yourself in Yahweh; And He will give you the desires of your heart.”

Philippians 4.20 “Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.”

230614: Q2 Where does God explain His purpose for people? A2 God Explains His Purpose For People In Scripture.

Ps 19.7-11 “The law of Yahweh is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of Yahweh is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of Yahweh are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of Yahweh are true; they are righteous altogether. They are more desirable than gold, even more than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Your slave is warned; In keeping them there is great reward.”

2 Tim 3.15-17 “and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be equipped, having been thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

230621: Q3 What do the Scriptures teach? A3 The Scriptures teach what people are to believe and do

John 3.16 ““For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”

Luke 10.27 “And he answered and said, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.””

230628 Q4 What is God? A4 God is the only eternal Spirit, wholly holy, unchanging and entirely good and just

John 4.24 ““God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.””

Exodus 34.6-7 “Then Yahweh passed by in front of him and called out, “Yahweh, Yahweh God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.””

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX