Heart of a Father Lesson 1
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God is the Creator of Everything
God is the Creator of Everything
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
In the very two verses of the Bible, God tells us a lot about who He is. He is the creator of the heavens and the earth. He tells us why. Its because the earth was without form, it was void. It had no purpose. Darkness was over the face of the deep. Darkness is the absence of light.
19 The Lord has established His throne in heaven, And His kingdom rules over all.
So, whether you believe in God or you don’t the world works the way He wants it to. Even if you don’t believe in gravity, you still are subject to its rules whether you like it or not.
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Human Beings Were Created by God
Human Beings Were Created by God
26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, 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.
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
So Jesus came so that if we believe in him we could have everlasting life. That was his purpose. Our original purpose was for us to be image bearers. God created man in His own image. The tree messed all that up. So Jesus comes in to show us what it is to be that image. He is literally the image of the God that we cannot see, but we still believe. A couple of definitions to help you out. The definition of religion is “the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.” In John 3:16, the Greek word for believe is pisteuo (peestevo) and it “Describes the act of believing or trusting something on the basis of its truthfulness and reliability.” So religion is a noun and believe is a verb. Its something you do. Its not just an idea or a fact, you have to live it out if you say that you believe.
31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.
So if we want to be the men, husbands, and fathers that God has called us to be. We have to look to the one who is the true image bearer. We have to obey and abide in His word. Then, we will truly be able to say that we believe. Interesting fact the same word for belief in John is the same word in
19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!
So a question rose in my mind. Why do the demons not have everlasting life? The Bible says that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life, so why doesn’t that include demons? The difference is our belief gives us hope, their belief reminds them that they’re doomed. Our belief reminds us that we are loved and we have a choice. The demons have already made theirs. Jesus died on the cross for everyone! But you have to choose Him.
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
Offer your bodies: Give it up! It doesn’t belong to you anyway!
Living Sacrifice: In OT times, they would sacrifice animals for the atonement of sin. We had Jesus! Be a living sacrifice. Give yourself to Him! Live for Him!
Worship: When Paul says this is your true and proper worship, what he is really saying is this is the least you could do. Its the very least you could do and its pleasing to Him!
