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Session 3The Person
of GodA.W.Tozer The Knowledge of the HolyJ.I.Packer Knowing GodWayne Grudem Systematic TheologyThe names of God http://smilegodlovesyou.org/names.html
Soli Deo GloriaGloria=GlorySoli=AloneDeo=God
To God Alone be the Glory
"Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of
God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
• Dry
• boring
• Irrelevant
• complicated
The study of theology
theos
(“God”)
logos
(“word”).
Vital
How do we know that God exists?
Our Inner Sense of God Intellectually Experientially Emotionally
Mind Soul Heart
Believing the Evidence in Scripture and Nature
Believing the Evidence in Scripture and Nature
Believing the Evidence in Scripture and Nature
The Child, the philosopher and the religionist all have one question,
“What is God like?”
Why God Is Incomprehensible
God is infinite and his creatures are finite.
The perfect unity of God’s attributes
The effects of sin on the minds of fallen humans.
A final reason God can never be fully known
Deut 29: 29
Ps. 145:3, Job 26: 14, Isa 55: 8-9, Rom 11: 33-34
The Knowability of God
If we are to know God at all, (Romans 1: 19; Matt 11:27)
Did not know God through wisdom
They exchanged the truth about God for a lie (Rom. 1:18, 21, 25).
We cannot know God exhaustively
Names And Attributes Of God
Names of God
ELOHIM......Genesis 1:1, Psalm 19:1 meaning "God", a reference to God's strength and power.
JEHOVAH--YAHWEH.....Genesis 2:4 meaning LORD.
ADONAI......Malachi 1:6 meaning “Lord and master", a reference to the Lordship of God.
YHVH
ELOHIM......Genesis 1:1, Psalm 19:1 meaning "God", a reference to God's power and might.
ADONAI......Malachi 1:6 meaning "Lord", a reference to the Lordship of God.
JEHOVAH--YAHWEH.....Genesis 2:4 a reference to God's divine salvation.
JEHOVAH-MACCADDESHEM.......Exodus 31:13 meaning "The Lord thy sanctifier"
JEHOVAH-ROHI......Psalm 23:1 meaning "The Lord my shepherd"
JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH.......Ezekiel 48:35 meaning "The Lord who is present" JEHOVAH-RAPHA.........Exodus 15:26
meaning "The Lord our healer" JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU......Jeremiah 23:6
meaning "The Lord our righteousness" JEHOVAH-JIREH.........Genesis 22:13-14
meaning "The Lord will provide" JEHOVAH-NISSI.........Exodus 17:15
meaning "The Lord our banner" JEHOVAH-SHALOM........Judges 6:24
meaning "The Lord is peace" JEHOVAH-SABBAOTH......Isaiah 6:1-3
meaning "The Lord of Hosts" JEHOVAH-GMOLAH........Jeremiah 51:6 meaning "The God of Recompense"
EL-ELYON..............Genesis 14:17-20,Isaiah 14:13-14 meaning "The most high God
EL-ROI................Genesis 16:13 meaning "The strong one who sees"
EL-SHADDAI............Genesis 17:1,Psalm 91:1 meaning "The God of the mountains or God Almighty"
EL-OLAM...............Isaiah 40:28-31 meaning "The everlasting God"
Quiz time
1. What does Soli Deo Gloria mean? 2. How can we apply this to our life?3. Can you remember the two Greek words for
Theology? 4. What are two proofs that show that God exists? 5. What does it mean that God is
incomprehensible?6. What is knowable about God? 7. What are the three main names used for God?8. What are the five attribute we have just spoken
about and what do they mean?