Sermon Tone Analysis

God’s Attributes

God’s Attr

1.

We study God’s attributes because we are called proclaim them to those around us.

2. We study God’s attributes because we want to worship God in spirit and in truth.

3. We study God’s attributes because it guides our actions.

Types of Attributes: Incommunicable and Communicable Attributes

The incommunicable perfections are those characteristics unique to God (e.g., self-existence, simplicity, immensity), whereas the communicable perfections are those characteristics transferable in part to humans (e.g., goodness, righteousness, love).

- John MacArthur

Transcendent and Immanent

Genie: sometimes small sometimes large.

The Problem with Time

** My kids often ask me, "When are going to do [some thing]?" "Can we [whatever] this afternoon?"

I hate these questions.

I hate them because I don't know.

I don't want to promise them something and then not come through on it.

I want to be able to tell them, but I have done so enough times when something came up that kept me from doing it.

I hate that because I want them to be able to count on their dad.

But the reality is, I don't know the future.

God does though.

But our problem goes a lot deeper than knowing if we will be able to play on the slip ‘n slide this afternoon.

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Ps 90

Our Eternal God

Scriptural Evidence.

The following list presents scriptural evidence for God’s eternity:

1.

He is the first and the last at once (; ).

2. He existed before creation (; ; , ).3.

He will endure forever ().

3.

He will endure forever ().

4.

He is God from everlasting to everlasting (; ).

5. The number of his years cannot be discovered ().

6.

One thousand years in his sight are as a day, due to his immediate experience of all time (; ).

7.

He is God eternal ().

8.

He inhabits eternity ().

9.

He lives forever (; ; ).

10.

He is incorruptible and immortal (; ).

11.

He was, is, and is to come all at once (; , ).

12. His purpose is eternal ().

13.

He is the eternal King ().

14.

He existed and acted “before the ages began” (; ).

John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue, eds., Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017), 171.

God - Unlimited by Time

How is God’s relationship to time different than your own?

What aspect of God’s eternality are you most thankful for?

What aspect of God’s eternality is most incredible to you?

Timely Timelessness: Psalm 90

An Eternal Dwelling

God’s timelessness is a comfort and a safe haven.

I can have confidence in God because he knows the end of the story.

He is always there for us.

2.

An Eternal Perspective

Understanding God’s eternality changes how I see myself and my world

Understanding God’s eternality changes how I see myself and my world

Ps.

90.3-4

Ps 90.3-4

I live in humility before a God who can see all of time in a single moment.

Ps 90:5-10

I recognize that I can’t hide my guilt from God.

I don’t have all the time in the world.

The reality is that we get as reach our peak, we begin to lose our strength.

Ps 90.12-

We ask God for wisdom to use our time well.

Our satisfaction is in our eternal God, not in this fading life.

3.

An Eternal Hope

Ps. 90:15-17

We don’t look for satisfaction in our work, but in God’s work.