Heroes of Faith - God - Father/Son/Holy Spirit

INTRO: When was the first time God became REAL to you? Praying to get out of my room!

Faith at least 27 times in this Passage Faith - the assurance of things hope for, the conviction of things not seen - believing in what you cannot see

Hebrews 11:1–3; 12:1-2 (ESV) — 1Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2For by it the people of old received their commendation. 3By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. 1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

God Created the World - God Created You - Faith (sometimes faith makes more sense then Science)

Genesis 1:1–3; 26- 31 (ESV)— 1 In the beginning, Godcreated the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

John 1:1–3 (ESV) — 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

God is…

Omnipotent - All powerful Omniscient - All knowing Omnipresent - All places, but not in all things Omniagape - All Loving God is Three Persons - All at the same time and different Places

Father - God over Me (Jesus taught us to pray - our Father) Son - God with us (He died for us & intercedes for us) Holy Spirit - God with me (He lives in us & empowers us

26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

God is our Hero because

He Created us to be in relationship with Him He Created us to be in perfect relationship with others He Created us to be in perfect relationship with the world WHEN ALL THAT FELL APART HE RESTORE our relationship through Jesus Christ!