What is your image and understanding of God and who He is? In this presentation, I endeavor to show a Biblical God and how He desires to be with us as a father to his children.

2. Father God

3. What is your image of God?

4. Ethereal

5. Frightening and Powerful

6. Final Judgment for your Sin

7. Distant but reaching out to you

8. On the adventure with you

9. ‫אב‬
(Ab*)
* From Nelson’s Expository Dictionary of the Old Testament (Unger)
*2 Webster’s 20th Century Dictionary - Unabridged
Father
(fader, fadir, faeder, vaier, fatar, pater, pitar)*2
One who creates, invents, makes, originates, or composes anything;
the author.
One who begets a child.
…
Author
(autour, autor, auctor, augere)*2
One who produces, creates, brings into being

10. ‫אלהים‬
(Elohim)
Genesis 1.1
In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth
….
God introduces Himself as the One in Whom All Powers Exists
The Mighty One or All Mighty

11. Isaiah 6.1
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.
….
Daniel 7.9-10
I kept looking until thrones were set up and the Ancient of Days took
His seat. His vesture was like white snow, and the hair of His head
like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames. Its wheels were
burning fire. A river of fire was flowing and coming out from before
Him. Thousands upon thousands were attending Him. A myriads
upon myriads were standing before Him.

12. Frightening and Powerful

13. Genesis 22
God: Abraham, take your son, your
only son, and go to Moriah to offer
him.
Abraham: Stay here with the donkey. I
and the boy will go, we will worship,
and return to you.
Isaac: Father, we have fire, we have
wood, but where is the lamb for the
offering.
Abraham: God will provide for Himself

14. Genesis 22
Angel: Abraham! Do nothing to the boy!
For I know you fear God since you
would not withhold even your son!
Abraham turned and saw a ram caught
in thicket by his horns
Abraham offered the ram in sacrifice
and called the place YHWH Jireh
(God Provides)

15. The Prodigal Son, Luke 15.11-32
“Even servants in my father’s house
live better than this.”
And while he was still a long way
off, his father saw him and ran to
him, but….

16. Righteous Separation

17. Isaiah 6.1
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.
….
Isaiah 6.8
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who
will go for us?

18. ‫דבר‬
(dabar*)
….
Word
A matter (as spoken of) or thing; a cause, act, answer
Figuratively, to speak, bid, command, commune
* From Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible; Hebrew 1696/1697
Isaiah 55.10-11 KJV
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but
watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the
sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my WORD be that goeth forth out of my mouth:
it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

19. Isaiah 6.8
Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?
….
John 1.1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God
….
John 1.14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us
….
John 1.29
Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

20. Λογος
(logos*)
* From Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible; Greek 3056
*2 Webster’s 20th Century Dictionary - Unabridged
Word*2
A brief expression, a remark
A promise; affirmation; assurance
News; information; tidings
To express in words

21. Jesus: Do not touch me. I have not yet
ascended to my Father.
….
The sin sacrifice and offering had not
yet been completed.
….
Jesus had to present Himself as the sin
sacrifice, the Lamb of God and Priest.

22. John 1.16-18a
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on
him is not condemned…

23. SIN
….
Any act or thought or word or deed that makes one separate from God
Harmartia
….
Missing the mark, accident, mistake
Wrong doing, evil, sin
Awen, Asam, Amal, Awon
….
Iniquity (in-equity, not being equal), guilt, evil, trouble
Bent, bowed down, twisted, perverted
* From Nelson’s Expository Dictionary of the Old & New Testament (Unger, Vine)

24. Sin is Separation from God!

25. God won’t go near you in your sin
God won’t let you near Him in your sin

26. ‫אב‬
(Ab*)
Father
* From Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
‫א‬‫ה‬‫ב‬
(Ahab*)
Love
‫ה‬
(he, 5th Hebrew letter*)
5, the number of Grace

27. • The Grace of the Cross
– Favor, esteem, kindness
• The Propitiation through the Cross
– To cause to become favorably
inclined

28. Because of the Word of God sent and the Cross of Jesus, God the
Father can see you a long way off, run to you, wrap His arms around
you, kiss your neck as His child returned from the dead, change
your clothes, make you a rightful member of His household, and
throw a party in your honor…
….
If you will come to Him.
….
Come to Him just as you are,
smelling and looking just as you do.

29. You and God on the great adventure!

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