Being a Man of God – Part 2Being a Man of God – Part 21 Timothy 6:13-161 Timothy 6:13-16

A Doxology to MotivateA Doxology to Motivate

God’s PowerGod’s Power

God’s PlanGod’s Plan

God’s BlessednessGod’s Blessedness

God’s SovereigntyGod’s Sovereignty

God’s EternalityGod’s Eternality

God’s HolinessGod’s Holiness

A.W. Tozer:

The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God…. For this reason the gravest question before the Church is always God Himself, and the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given

A.W. Tozer (contd):

time may say or do, but what he in his deep heart conceives God to be like…. Were we able to extract from any man a complete answer to the question, “What comes into your mind when you think about God?” we might predict with certainty the spiritual future of that man. (The Knowledge of the Holy [1961; reprint, New York: Harper & Row, 1975], 9).

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God’s PowerGod’s PowerSeen in the ability to give life to all things:Seen in the ability to give life to all things:

1. God created all life – Genesis 1:1

2. God sustains all life – Acts 17:28

3. God protects His own – Psalm 37:28

4. God has power to raise the dead to live eternally – Philippians 1:21ff

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God’s PlanGod’s Plan Keep the commandmentKeep the commandment

1. To flee sin

2. To follow after God

3. To fight the good fight

Appearing of our Lord Jesus - eternal Appearing of our Lord Jesus - eternal perspectiveperspective

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God’s BlessednessGod’s Blessedness ContentContent SatisfiedSatisfied At peaceAt peace FulfilledFulfilled Perfect joyPerfect joy

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God’s SovereigntyGod’s Sovereignty Absolute authority - completeAbsolute authority - complete

1. The ruling one – potentate

2. The royal one

3. The reigning one

Isaiah 43:13Isaiah 43:13 Isaiah 40:25-31Isaiah 40:25-31

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God’s EternalityGod’s Eternality God is above or outside of historyGod is above or outside of history God is beyond timeGod is beyond time Our comfort comes only from having Our comfort comes only from having

an eternal perspectivean eternal perspective

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God’s HolinessGod’s Holiness Psalm 104:1,2Psalm 104:1,2 Exodus 33:19,20Exodus 33:19,20 Hebrews 12:29Hebrews 12:29 1 Samuel 2:21 Samuel 2:2

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ApplicationApplicationHebrews 13:6 Hebrews 13:6

“ “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What shall man do to me?”What shall man do to me?”

Are you motivated as a man or woman of Are you motivated as a man or woman of God by who He is, what He has done for God by who He is, what He has done for us, and the eternal perspective on life that us, and the eternal perspective on life that gives to us?gives to us?