BITES to CHOMPs 250416: Q04 What is God?

Q04 What is God? A04 God is the only eternal Spirit - holy, unchanging, good and just

(5) Rehash - Ask if anyone can say 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

(2) Transition

Before I ask this week’s question we need to be able to see if we can answer it so we have a couple of test questions

If I were to ask someone here, “what is a cat?” what would we say?

We could say the cat is a mammal, maybe a predator, a quadruped - how about a four footed furry feline.

If I asked what ice cream is, we could say, delicious, frozen, sweet etc right?

So we know how to answer the question “What is something right?” Are you sure?

Here is tonight’s question: “What is God?” WAIT Whoa is that tricky or what? What is God? What do you think?

(1) Next Question

Q4 What is God?

GIVE THE LITTLES TIME TO ANSWER, DEBATE AND ASK WHY THEY SAY WHAT THEY DO AND WHERE THEY KNOW THIS FROM. ESPECIALLY IF THEY DONT HAVE A BIBLICAL ANSWER DRAW THIS OUT.

(2) Rehash Pt 2

If the purpose of people is to _______________ God and _______________ Him forever shouldn’t we know what we are glorifying and enjoying?

Perhaps question 2/3 gives us a hint - Q2 and Q3 tell us that we are to find our answers about God in Scripture

Doesn’t it make sense that we would go to His letter to us to find out what He is? Let’s open our Bibles and find out what God is.

(8) Define

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

Do you understand what that means? May be say it back to me in different words?

God is Spirit, what is a Spirit?

A spirit is a living thing without substance, having the ability to think and feel.

Here’s an example if I lose a toe, am I still me? What if I lose a pinky? Am I still me? What about a foot or a leg - when do I stop being me? So it goes to prove the point that our body isn’t all there is of us, right?

Spirit, John 4.24 ““God is spirit (INTANGIBLE, ALIVE, ABLE TO THINK AND FEEL), and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.””

2). Holiness Revelation 4.8 “And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within, and day and night they do not cease to say, “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME.””

Allow the kiddos to read and understand what is said - ask them to relay back what they heard

God is what? He is Holy - Extra Super Holy - unique, distinct, separate, apart, not like everyone else, without sin, morally pure, perfect, completely apart from all that is sinful

And what is cool is His Holiness defines everything else about Him. It underlies what is found in Exodus 34

3). Justice goodness 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.””

Allow the kiddos to read and understand what is said - ask them to relay back what they heard

He is compassionate, gracious, patient, loyal in His love and always tells the truth - He is unchanging

(1) Q4 What is God?

A4 God is the only eternal Spirit - holy, unchanging, good and just

(3) Define - ask them to define what eternal is and supply additional information as needed

Eternal, without beginning or end (Revelation 21.6)

Completely holy, apart, separate from sin, morally pure, (Isaiah 6.3)

Immutable, without mutation, without compromise, doesn’t change at all He is the same forever (Heb 13.8)

Good is pleasant, pure, noble, honorable, worthy Psalm 119.68. God made all things good in Genesis 1.

Just, unable to make mistakes in judging Rev 16.5

(1) What are we glorifying?

So lets go back to square one…

What are we glorifying about God?

We are glorifying that God is eternal, entirely holy, unchanging, good and just

(1) What are we supposed to enjoy about God?

We will enjoy God’s unending infinite holiness knowing that He will never change and He is entirely good and just.

(8) So why does this matter at all?

What if God were not good? Could we glorify Him?

What if God were not just - could He make us perfect? What if God changed His mind like we change our minds - would we have any stability, what if He decided in heaven He didn’t like us - that would be scary right? God is the only eternal Spirit - holy, unchanging, good and just

Knowing what God is gives us comfort, stability, peace and enables us to trust Him with our eternity.

Knowing that God is eternal means He has always been around and always be around - He isn’t going to ever die or go missing

Knowing that God is Spirit gives us hope that when we are separated from our bodies we will not disappear

Luke 23:43 “And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.””

In fact we will eventually be given bodies like Christ 1 John 3.2 “Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not been manifested as yet what we will be. We know that when He is manifested, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.”

Knowing that God is thrice holy, He will never lose His purity, His perfection and because He paid for our sins we can know that He paid for them entirely

Knowing that God is unchanging He will not go back on His promised blessings

Mal 3.6 ““For I, Yahweh, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.”

Knowing that God is good He cannot be evil or ever do evil

James 1.13 “Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.”

James 1.17 “Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.”

(?) Questions

(5) Sing 2 Songs

#54 My Tribute

#184 Thy Word

#185 Jesus Loves Me

#745 Rejoice in the Lord Always

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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.””

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