1. SECTION 1.6
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2. MAIN IDEA
God’s character teaches us who we are. God is our Creator, who is holy and just. We know that He created us for a relationship with Himself, but we cannot have one because we are sinners who deserve the punishment of death for our sin.
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3. MAIN IDEA, CONTINUED
But because God is loving and eternal, we know that we are loved, and that He has made a way to save us from our punishment and give us life forever with Him.
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4. MEMORY VERSES
REVELATION 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things, and by Your will they existed and were created.”
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5. MEMORY VERSES
REVELATION 4:8b
“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
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6. MEMORY VERSES
DEUTERONOMY 32:4
The Rock, His work is perfect, for all His ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is He.
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7. MEMORY VERSES
EPHESIANS 2:4-5
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
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8. MEMORY VERSES
PSALM 90:2
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
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9. What do you remember about who God is?
INTRODUCTION
What do you remember about who God is?
What are we like? Why do we need a savior?
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10. God is our Creator and He created us for a relationship with Himself.
MAIN LESSON
God is our Creator and He created us for a relationship with Himself.
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11. MAIN LESSON
Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things, and by Your will they existed and were created.”
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12. MAIN LESSON
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
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13. MAIN LESSON
2. But because God is holy and just, we cannot have a relationship with Him because we are sinners who deserve the punishment of death for our sin.
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14. MAIN LESSON
Revelation 4:8b
“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
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15. MAIN LESSON
Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock, His work is perfect, for all His ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is He.
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16. MAIN LESSON
3. Since God is love, He has made a way to save us from our punishment. He sent His perfect Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for our sins.
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17. MAIN LESSON
Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
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18. MAIN LESSON
4. God is eternal, and we can have life forever with Him if we believe that Christ died as the punishment for our sins and rose again.
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19. MAIN LESSON
Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
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20. MAIN LESSON
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
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21. How do we begin a relationship with God, our Creator?
FAITH IN ACTION
How do we begin a relationship with God, our Creator?
Why do we need Jesus as our Savior?
What is grace? Do we deserve God’s grace?
What is one thing you can do to show others the love of Christ this week?
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22. God is our creator and He created us for a relationship with Himself.
SUM IT UP
God is our creator and He created us for a relationship with Himself.
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23. SUM IT UP
But because God is holy and just, we cannot have a relationship with Him because we are sinners who deserve the punishment of death for our sin.
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24. SUM IT UP
Since God is love, He has made a way to save us from our punishment. He sent His perfect Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for our sins.
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25. SUM IT UP
God is eternal, and we can have life forever with Him if we believe that Christ died as the punishment for our sins and rose again.
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