Sermon for Sunday, August 18, 2013

Sermon for Sunday, August 18, 2013
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The names of God:
ELOHIM
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Genesis 1:1 NIV
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
ELOHIM: God alone is eternal
Elohim implies that:
1. God is the Creator of everything that exists: He (and no other) is the creator of the heavens and the earth.
It is the starting point of all theology and life.
It gives dignity and meaning to human life and existence – your life is not the result of some random, mindless and evolutionary process.
Jeremiah 1:5 NIV
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Psalm 139:13 NIV
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
2. God is the Sustainer of everything that exists: He upholds all things by his powerful word. (Hebrews 1:3) Our gives us confidence to face life’s difficulties. (Isaiah 40:28-31)
Hebrews 1:3 NIV
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
Isaiah 40:28-31 NIV
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Matthew 6:25 NIV
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Philippians 4:6-7 NIV
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Job 38:4-5 NIV
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?
Job 42:1-2, 4-6 NIV
Then Job replied to the Lord : “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.’ My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
3. God is the Restorer of everything tainted by sin — Christ is God’s answer to our brokenness.
Malachi 2:10 NIV
Do we not all have one Father ? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?
Response: live in awe of God. Put your trust in God. Live with a sense of purpose and front. Give your life to him. You are rational and responsible.
NOTE: Text of the “Response” section transcribed incorrectly; original text has since been forgotten.