2. My Dad

4. yet for us there is
but one God, the Father,
from whom are all things
and we exist for Him;
and one Lord, Jesus Christ,
by whom are all things,
and we exist through Him.
1 Corinthians
8:6

5. 3 “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4and that He was buried,
and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
5and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.”
1 Corinthians
15:3-5

6. By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was vindicated in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in glory.
1 Timothy
3:16

7. God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth
I BELIEVE IN…
God the Father Almighty,
Maker of Heaven and Earth

8. Hermeneutical Horizon:
We learn about God by His actions in human history not by proclamation.

9. HE IS GOD

10. HE IS GOD
We are not God

11. HE IS GOD
We are not God
There is ONE God

12. HE IS GOD
We are not God
There is ONE God
God is Holy

13. HE IS OUR FATHER

14. HE IS OUR FATHER
Father = Ab
Daddy = Abba

15. "Abba, Father," he said,
"everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
Mark 14:36

16. HE IS OUR FATHER
Adoption
Regeneration

17. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again,
but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!”
NAU Romans 8:15

18. A Family of Missionary Servants Sent as Disciples to Make Disciples
GIVE
GROW
GATHER
GO!
HE IS GOD: Matthew 28:19 “baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

19. HE IS OUR FATHER
Adoption
Regeneration

20. “In the same way that the human father transmits life to the children, so our heavenly Father imparts his life to us.
And through Christ’s ministry to us in the person of the Holy Spirit, we become partakers of the divine nature.
We’re born of the Spirit of God.”
Stuart Briscoe

21. “Because you are sons & daughters, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father."
Galatians 4:6

22. God the Father Almighty,
I BELIEVE IN…
God the Father Almighty,

23. When Abram was ninety-nine years old, YHWH appeared to him and said,
“I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. 
Genesis 17:1

24. "And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me," Says the Lord Almighty.”
2 Corinthians
6:18

25. God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth
I BELIEVE IN…
God the Father Almighty,
Maker of Heaven and Earth

26. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1NAU

27. HE IS MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.
God Created it good.

28. “For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood,
but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms.”
NLT Ephesians
6:12

29. HE IS MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.
God Created it good.
Creation separates us.

30. “For by all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-- all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”
Colossians
1:16-17

31. NOW
WHAT?