1. THE GREAT I AM Exodus 3:1-6 (NASB) 1 Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed. 3 So Moses said, "I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up." 4 When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am." 5 Then He said, "Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground." 6 He said also, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

2. Exodus 3:7-14 (NASB) 7 The LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings. 8 "So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. 9 "Now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10 "Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt." 11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?" 12 And He said, "Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain." 13 Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?" 14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

4. Proverbs 23:7 (NASB) - For as he thinks within himself, so he is. … Proverbs 23:7 (KJV) - For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: …

5. “If Nature does not wish that weaker individuals should mate with strong, she wishes even less that a superior race should intermingle with an inferior one; because in such a case all her efforts, throughout hundreds of thousands of years, to establish an evolutionary higher stage of being, may thus be rendered futile.”

6. “What you think of God is the most important thing about you.”

7. There is Monotheism (only one God); Polytheism (Many gods); Pantheism (the physical universe is equivalent to god, and there is no division between a Creator and the substance of its creation – Star Wars – The Force. Light and Dark, etc. ) Deism (one God but he doesn’t interact with the creation), Autotheism (God is within us and it is our duty to become perfect and become God ourselves) … Eutheism is the belief that a deity is wholly benevolent. Dystheism is the belief that a deity is not wholly good, and is possibly evil. Misotheism is the belief that a deity exists, but is wholly malicious.

9. Romans 1:19-23 - 19 God shows his anger because some knowledge of him has been made clear to them. Yes, God has shown himself to them. 20 There are things about him that people cannot see — his eternal power and all the things that make him God. But since the beginning of the world those things have been easy to understand by what God has made. So people have no excuse for the bad things they do. 21 They knew God, but they did not give glory to God or thank him. Their thinking became useless. Their foolish minds were filled with darkness. 22 They said they were wise, but they became fools. NCV

10. GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY Sovereignty – “what a sovereign has”. Sovereignty – control over His Kingdom. God is in control of the whole creation – visible and invisible. 1 Chronicles 29:11-12 (ESV) - 11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.

11. Colossians 1:15-17 (GW) - 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 He created all things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible. Whether they are kings or lords, rulers or powers— everything has been created through him and for him. 17 He existed before everything and holds everything together.

12. Isaiah 26:3-4 - 3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. 4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock. ESV Isaiah 26:3 - 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. KJV

13. John 14:27 – 27 "I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don't be troubled or afraid. Holy Bible, New Living Translation.

14. 1 Samuel 17:37 - 37 And David said, "The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and the Lord be with you!" ESV

15. 1 Samuel 17:45-47 – “45 Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand." ESV

16. The sovereignty of God taken to an extreme – can lead to bad consequences. T otal Hereditary Depravity U nconditional Election L imited Atonement I rresistible Grace P erseverance of the Saints

17. 1 Timothy 2:4 (NASB) God desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Peter 3:9 (NASB) - The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 1 John 2:1-2 (NASB) 1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

18. John 1:12-13 - 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. ESV

19. GOD IS BEFORE ALL Colossians 1:17- And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. ESV Genesis 1:1- In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. ESV Psalms 90:2 - 2 Before the mountains were born and before you created the earth and the world, you are God. You have always been, and you will always be. NCV

20. Revelation 1:8 - 8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." ESV Revelation 1:17 - 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last, ESV John 17:5 - 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. ESV Matthew 25:34 - Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ESV

23. 2 Timothy 1:9 (NASB) who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity Hebrews 1:2 (NASB) in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. Isaiah 46:10 (NASB) Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, 'My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure';

24. God is immortal. We receive immortality as a gift. Romans 2:7 - He will give everlasting life to those who search for glory, honor, and immortality by persisting in doing what is good. (from GOD'S WORD.)

25. 1 Corinthians 15:53- 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. ESV

26. THE GREAT I AM Exodus 3:13-14 (NASB) - 13 Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?" 14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

27. God doesn’t have the potential to be more than He is. He is Omnipotent – all powerful. I AM. God is Omniscient – all knowing. He is OMNISCIENT. HE IS OMNIPOTENT. HE IS OMNIPRESENT. Malachi 3:6 - 6 "For I the Lord do not change; ESV

28. Numbers 23:19 - 19 God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? ESV

29. Hebrews 13:8 – Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. ESV

30. John 3:16 (NASB) "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.