Sermon Tone Analysis

Hello…God are You There?

I Shall See God!

Illustration: Drawing God

A kindergarten teacher once assigned her class to draw a picture of something that was important to them.

Each of the children got to work, and scrawled images of parents, pets, sports, and rainbows began to appear.

Johnny sat in the back, head down, working diligently.

All the other kids turned in their assignments, but Johnny drew on, feverishly scribbling with furrowed brow.

His teacher noticed and asked, “Johnny, what are you drawing?”

Without looking up, Johnny replied, “I’m drawing God.”

Smiling, the teacher said, “Well, Johnny, no one knows what God looks like.”

Without missing a beat, Johnny looked up.

“They will when I’m through.”

[Heitzig, S. (2020).

Biography of God (pp.

9–10).

Harvest House Publishers.]

Job believed one day he would see God!

The apostle John was assured that one day we would see God.

Unfortunately, there are many who do not have this hope.

They are not convinced there is a God.

If there is, can they know Him, and does He care?

Is there a God?

Creation testifies to the existence of God.

C. S. Lewis: “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” [C.S. Lewis, “Is Theology Poetry?” in C.S. Lewis: Essay Collection (London: Collins, 2000), 1. / Heitzig, S. (2020).

Biography of god.

Harvest House Publishers.]

Conscience testifies to the existence of God.

Conscience affirms the existence of a designer.

Conscience affirms the concepts of good and evil, right and wrong, and of just and unjust.

This distinction requires a moral Lawgiver and Judge.

“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust.

But how had I got this idea of just and unjust?

A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.”10

Scripture testifies to the existence of God.

God reveals Himself through the divine record of Scripture including the accounts of His providential activity in human and redemptive history—His story.

Jesus testified to the existence of God.

The Holy Spirit testifies to the existence of God.

He also testifies to the Person of Jesus Christ and to the reality of sin, righteousness, and judgment.

Experience testifies to the existence of God.

Experience is subjective and can only be trusted when it affirms and confirms what is objective.

The radical conversions and transformations of lives bear witness to the existence of a loving, merciful, gracious, and redemptive God.

The presence of miracles, signs, and wonders testify to the supernatural power and intervention of an unseen God.

Does God care?

We can know God!

How can I know God?

We can only know God personally through faith in His Son Jesus Christ.

God is here and you can know Him TODAY!

Believe in His Son Jesus Christ, including His atoning death on the Cross for your sins, and let Him introduce you to God the Father!