Mark 10:27 - 27Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."Blog Questions
1. Do you believe that God has the power to do everything?
2. What do you need to believe about God's power that's available to you that you're not believing?
*For more verses that reference God being omnipotent, do a search on bible.gospelcom.net on "almighty" and you'll find 272 results for God being omnipotent.
6.30.2007
Ch. 11: The Wisdom of God
Daniel 2:20-22
20 and said:
"Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;
wisdom and power are his.
21 He changes times and seasons;
he sets up kings and deposes them.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.
22 He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells with him.
Questions
1. How could you better put your trust in God's wisdom?
2. How could you better obey God's wisdom found in the Bible?
20 and said:
"Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;
wisdom and power are his.
21 He changes times and seasons;
he sets up kings and deposes them.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.
22 He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells with him.
Questions
1. How could you better put your trust in God's wisdom?
2. How could you better obey God's wisdom found in the Bible?
6.20.2007
Ch. 10: The Divine Omniscience
Isaiah 40:12-14
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance? 13 Who has understood the mind [a] of the LORD, or instructed him as his counselor? 14 Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or showed him the path of understanding?
Blog Questions
1. What is exciting about the fact that God knows all?
2. Are you being real with God? He knows everything about you, so what do you need to just confess to him and be real with him about?
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance? 13 Who has understood the mind [a] of the LORD, or instructed him as his counselor? 14 Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or showed him the path of understanding?
Blog Questions
1. What is exciting about the fact that God knows all?
2. Are you being real with God? He knows everything about you, so what do you need to just confess to him and be real with him about?
Ch. 9: The Immutability of God
Malachi 3:6 - 6 "I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.
Blog Questions
1. How does the fact that God never changes help us approach him with confidence?
2. How is change in our lives encouraging?
3. Have you ever heard of the open theism debate? How would this be harmful to Christianity today?
Blog Questions
1. How does the fact that God never changes help us approach him with confidence?
2. How is change in our lives encouraging?
3. Have you ever heard of the open theism debate? How would this be harmful to Christianity today?
6.13.2007
Ch. 8: God's Infinitude
Romans 11:33-36
33Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! 34"Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?" 35"Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?"[ 36For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
Blog Questions
1. How does it help to think of God as the only one with no limits, measureless?
2. What hope does God’s infinitude (especially in the gift of Christ) give us?
33Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! 34"Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?" 35"Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?"[ 36For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
Blog Questions
1. How does it help to think of God as the only one with no limits, measureless?
2. What hope does God’s infinitude (especially in the gift of Christ) give us?
Ch.7: The Eternity of God
Psalm 90
Questions for Thought
1. How does God’s eternal nature help/change your view of him?
2. How do we live with an eternal mindset about God and people?
Questions for Thought
1. How does God’s eternal nature help/change your view of him?
2. How do we live with an eternal mindset about God and people?
6.06.2007
Ch. 6: The Self-Sufficiency of God
John 5:26
26For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.
Blog Questions
1. How are your thoughts on what you do for God blown away and shaken by God’s lack of needs, his self-sufficiency?
2. How does this truth free you to live by the Spirit, have faith in God, and continue in the midst of hard times?
26For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.
Blog Questions
1. How are your thoughts on what you do for God blown away and shaken by God’s lack of needs, his self-sufficiency?
2. How does this truth free you to live by the Spirit, have faith in God, and continue in the midst of hard times?
Ch. 5: The Self-Existence of God
Colossians 1:16-17
16For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Blog Questions
1. What problems do you have? Do you think your problems and their solutions, are, at their core theological?
2. What “throne” in your life do you need to get off of and put God back on?
16For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Blog Questions
1. What problems do you have? Do you think your problems and their solutions, are, at their core theological?
2. What “throne” in your life do you need to get off of and put God back on?
6.04.2007
Ch. 4: The Holy Trinity
Blog Questions
A. What is an example of something that we believe in, even though we don’t understand it?
B. Is there anything that you’re not believing in or something you’re not following, like a sin issue or theological viewpoint, because you can’t explain it, though scripture clearly tells us it’s true? (i.e. hetero vs. homosexuality, free will vs. predestination, relativism vs. absolute truth).
C. What does Jesus’ relationship with the Father and the Spirit mean for us today? (John 14-16; spec. John 14:6-14).
A. What is an example of something that we believe in, even though we don’t understand it?
B. Is there anything that you’re not believing in or something you’re not following, like a sin issue or theological viewpoint, because you can’t explain it, though scripture clearly tells us it’s true? (i.e. hetero vs. homosexuality, free will vs. predestination, relativism vs. absolute truth).
C. What does Jesus’ relationship with the Father and the Spirit mean for us today? (John 14-16; spec. John 14:6-14).
Ch 3: A Divine Attribute: Something True About God
Main Scripture Passage: Exodus 34:6-7
Blog Questions
A. How do we seek to know this God according to Tozer and what are you doing to seek after this God?
B. Tozer says, “Between His attributes no contradiction can exist. He need not suspend one to exercise another, for in Him all His attributes are one. All of God does all that God does; he does not divide Himself to perform a work, but works in the total unity of His being. What of your thoughts on God change when you view Him as the fullness of every attribute?
Blog Questions
A. How do we seek to know this God according to Tozer and what are you doing to seek after this God?
B. Tozer says, “Between His attributes no contradiction can exist. He need not suspend one to exercise another, for in Him all His attributes are one. All of God does all that God does; he does not divide Himself to perform a work, but works in the total unity of His being. What of your thoughts on God change when you view Him as the fullness of every attribute?
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