1. (TRUTH MATTERS) “The Truth Concerning God!” Romans 1:21-25; Colossians 2:8

2. Questions are often a challenge…I found a list of some good questions…

3. Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) Took his family to Europe. Wherever they went, Twain and his family were met by royalty, scientists, artists, writers etc. His daughter was most impressed…

4. You need to know Satan’s basic strategy is to spread lies concerning God. Satan is a master in spreading lies about God. This has been his strategy from the beginning…

5. Purpose: to answer three pressing questions most often asked concerning God

6. IIS GOD KNOWABLE? A.God is Self-Revealing

7. Wm Wolfe said of Abe Lincoln: “He was one of the greatest theologians in America… Not in the technical meaning but in the sense of seeing the hand of God intimately in the affairs of nations.”

8. IIS GOD KNOWABLE? A.God is Self-Revealing B.God is a God of Grace C.God Reveals Himself Two Predominate Ways

9. John 1:14 “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

10. IIIS GOD DEPENDABLE? A.God Really is Aware

11. Matthew 10:29-30 “Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.”

12. Years ago Bette Midler had a popular song out that had the phrase “God is watching us, God is watching us…” Do you remember the title to that song?

13. IIIS GOD DEPENDABLE? A.God Really is Aware B.God Really is Able

14. Matthew 6:25-26 “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?”

15. IIIIS GOD REACHABLE? A.He Seeks the Lost

16. Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death…”

17. When Jesus came His greatest critics were whom? The Pharisees and Scribes (religious leaders) Why?

18. Luke 15:1-2 “Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him. Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble saying, ‘This man receives sinners and eats with them.’”

19. IIIIS GOD REACHABLE? A.He Seeks the Lost B.Three Parables Prove It (Luke 15)

20. The 1 st parable deals with a man who had 100 sheep but one became lost… He finds the lost sheep and what does he do?...

21. The 2 nd parable deals with a woman who lost a coin… She turned her house upside down until she found it and when she did…

22. 3 rd parable deals even more with this radical idea of GRACE… Father with two sons. Youngest said, “Dad, you’re not dead fast enough…

23. Remember Ray Combs? He use to host the TV game show “Family Feud” for about six years. He made a lot of money but also some bad investments…

24. Conclusion and Summary Folks, it’s time to put an end to these lies in your life. The Bible says, God will never give up on you or me! Truth is, God is available, dependable and reachable!

25. John 18:37 “…and for this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into this world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to Me.”