Understanding God and People

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Understanding God and People

• Premise
• The holiness of God is central to ones
  understanding of what it means to be spiritually
  mature.

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Isaiah 61-3

• In the year of King Uzziah's death, I saw the
  Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with
  the train of His robe filling the temple. 2
  Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings
  with two he covered his face, and with two he
  covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And
  one called out to another and said, Holy, Holy,
  Holy, is the LORD of hosts, The whole earth is
  full of His glory.

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Isaiah 64-5

• 4 And the foundations of the thresholds trembled
  at the voice of him who called out, while the
  temple was filling with smoke. 5 Then I said,
  "Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man
  of unclean lips, And I live among a people of
  unclean lips For my eyes have seen the King, the
  LORD of hosts."

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Isaiah 66-8

• Then one of the seraphim flew to me, with a
  burning coal in his hand which he had taken from
  the altar with tongs. 7 And he touched my mouth
  with it and said, Behold, this has touched your
  lips and your iniquity is taken away, and your
  sin is forgiven. 8 Then I heard the voice of
  the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who
  will go for Us? Then I said, Here am I. Send
  me!

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Understanding God and People
GOD

• Holiness

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And they became very much afraid and said to one
another, Who then is this, that even the wind
and the sea obey Him? (Mark 441)
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In what ways is holiness demonstrated in God?
GOD

• Holiness

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In what areas are we unable to partake in the
holiness of God?
GOD

• Holiness

In what areas can we partake in the holiness of
God?
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1 Peter 114-16

• 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to
  the former lusts which were yours in your
  ignorance, 15 but like the Holy One who called
  you, be holy yourselves also in all your
  behavior 16 because it is written, You shall
  be holy, for I am holy.

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Jobs Encounter With God

• His tragic situation
• His three friends
• His desire for a reply
• Gods manifested arrival

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind
and said, 2 Who is this that darkens counsel
By words without knowledge? (Job 381-2)
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Job 406-9

• Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm, and
  said,

7 Now gird up your loins like a man I will ask
you, and you instruct Me. 8 Will you really
annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me that you
may be justified? 9 Or do you have an arm like
God, And can you thunder with a voice like His?
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Job 425-6
5 I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the
ear But now my eye sees Thee 6 Therefore I
retract, And I repent in dust and ashes.
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Spiritual Maturity

• What is it?
• How do we get there from here?
• How is this taking place in my own life?
• How is this taking place in the lives of those to
  whom I minister?

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Do people want maturity?
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How does the local church expect people to
advance in Christian maturity?
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Romans 121-2

• I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
  God, to present your bodies a living and holy
  sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your
  spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be
  conformed to this world, but be transformed by
  the renewing of your mind, that you may prove
  what the will of God is, that which is good and
  acceptable and perfect.

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Chapters 1-11Doctrinal
Chapters 12-16Practical
So What?
Therefore

• An Urging Call
• The Basis of the Call By the mercies of God
• An Immediate Call Present your bodies

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Romans 121-2

• I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
  God, to present your bodies a living and holy
  sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your
  spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be
  conformed to this world, but be transformed by
  the renewing of your mind, that you may prove
  what the will of God is, that which is good and
  acceptable and perfect.

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The Relevance of Theology

• Small Group Exercise

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Chapters 1-11Doctrinal
Chapters 12-16Practical
So What?
How do people see theology in your church?
Relevant to spiritual life
Dead orthodoxy
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Chapters 1-11Doctrinal
Chapters 12-16Practical
So What?
How do I see theology in my own life?
Relevant to spiritual life
Dead orthodoxy
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We are to pray because

• God told us to (Matthew 77)

Ask, and it shall be given to you seek, and you
shall find knock, and it shall be opened to
you.
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We are to pray because

• God told us to (Matthew 77)
• God withholds the answers when we do not ask
  (James 42).

You do not have because you do not ask.
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We are to pray because

• God told us to (Matthew 77)
• God withholds the answers when we do not ask
  (James 42).
• God is glorified when we manifest our faith and
  dependence upon Him (John 1413)

And whatever you ask in My name, that will I do,
that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
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The Prayer of Jabez

• And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying,
  "Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge
  my territory, that Your hand would be with me,
  and that You would keep me from evil, that I may
  not cause pain." So God granted him what he
  requested.
• I Chronicles 410 NKJV

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The Prayer of Jesus

• 9 Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
  name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On
  earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day
  our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as
  we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And do not
  lead us into temptation, but deliver us from
  evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power,
  and the glory, forever. Amen.
• Matthew 69-13

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What is Worship?

• Worth-ship
• Hebrew hx'v' (shachah) ? Bow down
• Greek proskune,w (proskuneo) ? Literally, kiss
  toward. Carried the idea of bowing down in
  adoration.

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John 419-20

• 19 The woman said to Him, Sir, I perceive that
  You are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped in
  this mountain, and you people say that in
  Jerusalem is the place where men ought to
  worship.

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John 421-24

• 21 Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, an hour
  is coming when neither in this mountain, nor in
  Jerusalem, shall you worship the Father. 22 You
  worship that which you do not know we worship
  that which we know, for salvation is from the
  Jews. 23 But an hour is coming, and now is, when
  the true worshipers shall worship the Father in
  spirit and truth for such people the Father
  seeks to be His worshipers. 24 God is spirit,
  and those who worship Him must worship in spirit
  and truth."

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Revelation 511-12

• 11 And I looked, and I heard the voice of many
  angels around the throne and the living creatures
  and the elders and the number of them was
  myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,
  12 saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb
  that was slain to receive power and riches and
  wisdom and might and honor and glory and
  blessing.

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Revelation 513-14

• 13 And every created thing which is in heaven and
  on the earth and under the earth and on the sea,
  and all things in them, I heard saying, To Him
  who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be
  blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever
  and ever. 14 And the four living creatures kept
  saying, Amen. And the elders fell down and
  worshiped.

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