2. Things God Is Not

3. God is Not a Respecter of Persons
“Unconditional Election & Reprobation”
“God established... Those whom he long before determined once for all to receive into salvation, & those whom,.. He would devote to destruction...” (Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin, III, xxi.7)
Acts 10:34,35 “no partiality”
Romans 2:11 “no partiality with God”

4. God is Not a Respecter of Persons
2 Thessalonians 2:13,14 “called you by our gospel,”
Romans 10:17 “faith by hearing the word of God”
Matthew 28:19-20 “make disciples of all the nations…”
Mark 16:15,16; Luke 8:11-15; James 1:21)
1 Peter 1:22-25

5. God is Not a Respecter of Persons
2 Thessalonians 2:13,14 “called you by our gospel,”
Romans 10:17 “faith by hearing the word of God”
Matthew 28:19-20 “make disciples of all the nations…”
Mark 16:15,16; Luke 8:11-15; James 1:21)
1 Peter 1:22-25

6. God is Not a Respecter of Persons
He Requires the Same of All Men
Romans 2:5-11 “..the righteous judgment of God, 6 who "will render to each one according to his deeds": 7 eternal life…--indignation and wrath, 9 tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek;.. 11 For there is no partiality with God.”

7. God is Not Like a Man
Psalm 50:21 “you thought I was altogether like you..”
God is Not Human – Numbers 23:19
God IS Spirit – John 4:24; Luke 24:39
Isaiah 55:8,9 God’s Ways & Thoughts Far Above Man

8. God is Not Mocked “to ridicule in a sneering & contemptuous way”
Job 13:9 “Can you mock Him as one mocks a man?”
NO! Galatians 6:7 “God is not One to be ridiculed.” (UBS Greek-English Lexicon)
Hebrews 1:1,2; 2:1-4

9. God is Not The Cause of Confusion
1 Corinthians 14:33 “not the author of confusion but of peace..”
Confusion the result of:
Envy & Self-Seeking – James 3:12-17
False Teaching – Matthew 15:7-9,14,12,13
Psalm 133:1; John 17:20,21
1 Corinthians 1:10; Ephesians 4:1-6

10. God is Not Tempted by Evil
James 1:12-15 “God cannot be tempted by evil....”
Isaiah 55:8,9
Satan Tried – Matthew 4:1-11
Man Tried – Matthew Chapters 21,22
NO SIN – Hebrews 4:15,16

11. God is Not The God of The Dead
Matthew 22:23-32 “God is not the God of the dead, but of the living”
Critical Ramifications:
God is NOT Dead but Alive!
Jeremiah 10:10; Genesis 1:26
John 4:24; Luke 24:39
Our Eternal Spirit Will Reside in Heaven or Hell- John 5:28,29; Matthew 25:46

12. God is Not One to Forget 2 Peter 3:3-10 “the Lord is not slack”
Galatians 6:7 “reap what we sow”
Hebrews 6:9-12 “not unjust to forget your work and labor of love”
1 Corinthians 15:58

13. God is Not Ashamed to be Called Our God
Hebrews 11:16 “God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.”
Romans 8:16,17 “bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God”

14. God is Not Impatient
2 Peter 3:9 “longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”
Patience NOT Unlimited-
Jeremiah 11:14
2 Corinthians 5:10

15. God is Not Going to Save You Unless You “Obey the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ” & “Know” Him
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 1 John 2:3-5