005 The Greatness of God

Intro: In my opinion, I believe the most important verse in the Bible isn’t , although that is an important verse. In this verse we see the whole plan of salvation. We see why and how and who God loves. We see why and how saved us. We see who this salvation is for. We see that salvation is not by man’s work but by what Jesus did for us upon the Cross.

In my opinion the most important verse in the Bible is . The first four words are the cornerstone of which all the teachings of God’s Word founded. Take away this verse and all the doctrine in the Bible fails.

The first four words God is declaring that He is.

God is our Creator, He created in His image, He created us to know Him but sin has broken that realationship.

But because we are a creature who was created to know God, then we have that desire

God Word is His message of who He is and how we can know Him.

what comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The most important fact about a human being is not what he may say or do, but what deep in his heart he thinks about God.

Why? Because what we think about God will determine everything else that we think or do or become. There is a spiritual law that says that we move toward our mental image of God. We tend to become what our conception of God is like. If our God has no standards, we will have no standards. If our God is cruel and uncaring, we will become cruel and uncaring. If our conception of God is pure and holy we will become pure and holy. If our God is loving and kind, we will become loving and kind. If we have no God, we will become godless.

And this Book God’s Word tell us about who He is.

With all things that tells about Himself in His Word, one of the most difficult things to grasp is His Greatness.

God declares that He is Great

What does it mean when the Bible says God is great.

What does G

God’s nature, deeds and attributes are incomparable, for which he deserves all praise.

I. God’s name is Great

Ezekiel 36:23 KJV 1900

And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

A. God’s name is Great there is none like it, it is sanctify set apart from all other names.

There have been men in the past who have made names for themselves

Abraham, Joesph, Moses, Josuha, David, John the Baptist, Peter, John and Paul.

These are names of people we know, men who did great things for God.

But God’s name is greater

a. God Almighty emphasising God’s might and strenght

Dictionary of Bible Themes 1205 God, titles and names of

God Almighty Ge 17:1 This was the special name by which God revealed himself to the patriarchs. The Hebrew is “El-Shaddai” possibly meaning “God the mountain”, emphasising God’s might.

b. God Most High denotes the supremacy and sovereignty of God.

God Most High The Hebrew “El-Elyon” denotes the supremacy and sovereignty of God.

c. The Eternal God tells of His eternal exsistence.

II. God is a great King

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Psalm 42:1

A. A king is someone who rules and controls his land

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B. God is our Great King

1. Great in His rule and control.

III. God’s attributes are great

God’s attributes are great

A. His great love

1 John 3:1 KJV 1900

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

John 15:13 KJV 1900

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:3 KJV 1900

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

B. His great mercy

1 Peter 1:3 KJV 1900

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

IV. God’s greatness compared ILL. stopped by the road side.

Everything that man has built on the whole world – all the ships, all the cars, all the trains, all the buildings, all the houses and cities, all taken together would not fill up a cube 500 miles by 500 miles by 500 miles. But compared to Earth, which is about 8000 miles in diameter, contains not 500 cubic miles, but 260 billion cubic miles – about 2000 times larger.

Let’s see if we can understand something about the greatness of God. To help us, first let’s consider the works of man. Everything that man has built on the whole world – all the ships, all the cars, all the trains, all the buildings, all the houses and cities, all taken together would not fill up a cube 500 miles by 500 miles by 500 miles. New York City would be much smaller. It needs to be changed to: But our beautiful Planet Earth, about 8000 miles in diameter, contains not 500 cubic miles, but 260 billion cubic miles – about 2000 times larger.

And yet Earth is tiny compared to the sun. Our sun has a diameter of 780,000 miles compared to the Earth’s 8,000.

Yet it is tiny compared to other mega stars in the galaxy.

The farthest light in the sky that is visible to the naked eye on Earth is the Andro-meda galaxy. This cluster of stars orbits in space some 2.5 million light years from us

How long would it take the space shuttle to go one light-year? The shuttle orbits the Earth at about 5 miles per second (18,000 mph). Light travels at 186,000 miles per second, which is about 37,200 times faster than the shuttle. So the shuttle would need about 37,200 years to go one light-year.

The most recent estimates are that there are somewhere around 200 to 400 billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy. We now think that there are a hundred billion galaxies in the universe, with untold trillions upon trillions upon trillions upon trillions of stars.

the most recent estimates are that there are somewhere around 200 to 400 billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy. We now think that there are a hundred billion galaxies in the universe, with untold trillions upon trillions upon trillions upon trillions of stars.

Most galaxies are three thousand to three hundred thousand light years in diameter and are usually separated by distances on the order of millions of light years. The largest galaxies can have more than a trillion stars each and be more than a half million light years across!

And yet all these huge stars are so spread out in the vast reaches of space, they are as thinly scattered in the universe as if one should go wandering around the Earth and find a pinhead every 20 miles or so, or if one should pour one quart of water over the entire surface of the Earth and have the water molecules evenly distributed.

Yet the Scriptures teach that God is bigger, greater, larger than the scope of the entire universe!

Isaiah 40:26 KJV 1900

Lift up your eyes on high, And behold who hath created these things, That bringeth out their host by number: He calleth them all by names By the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; Not one faileth.

Is. 40:26

Application:

Who is your God? How do you think of Him?

Is He in your mind some God who is far away?

Is He a God of the i

Think about a great leader in this world, someone whom you like and admire. Someone who has great power, and wealth to help the people that are under him.

How would you feel if that person to notice of you?

Traveled from a far land just to see you and help you.

This is what God has done for us. Our Creator our great King who rules the universe with the power of His Word came down to this earth for you. To mend a relationship with you.