God the Father, Mentor's Guide, MG06

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G O D T H E F A T H E R

I. Prolegomena (pronounced PRAW-ley-gaw-men-uh): Groundwork for a Study about God

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Theology means “the study of God.”

John 17.3 “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”

(“ theos ” = God, “ logos ” = the study of, word)

A. Christianity assumes that God exists and that apart from revealing himself, God is unknowable.

1. God as he is in himself is unknowable, 1 Tim. 6.13-16.

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a. Only God can reveal himself to us; no human being can initiate a relationship with God.

(1) Exod. 33.20

(2) John 1.18

(3) John 6.46

b. Only God can interpret accurately the meaning of his revelation of himself to us.

(1) John 1.18

(2) Matt. 11.27

2. God has chosen to reveal himself through his works of creation and redemption in history (in creation, in redemption, in Scripture, and Jesus).

a. Through creation

(1) Ps. 19.1-3

(2) Jer. 10.11-12