Knowledge of God A right conception of God

Knowledge of God A right conception of God is basic not only to systematic theology but to practical Christian living as well. It is to worship what the foundation is to the temple; where it is inadequate or out of plumb the whole structure must sooner or later collapse. I believe there is scarcely an error in doctrine or a failure in applying Christian ethics that cannot be traced finally to imperfect and ignoble thoughts about God. . A. W. Tozer Knowledge of the Holy

Review • El – Strong, Power • El Elohim – Creator, and Covenant Maker

Genesis 17: 1 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, 2 that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly. ”

Genesis 17: 3 -5 3 Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, 4 “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 17: 6 -8 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. 8 And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God. ”

God Almighty / El Shaddai • Pourer of Blessings, – Able to keep and fulfill the covenants made • Used 48 times, 31 of them in the book of Job

Excerpts from Job • Job 38: 4 -5 (ESV) 4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. 5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? • Job 38: 12 (ESV) 12 “Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,

Excerpts from Job • Job 39: 9 (ESV) 9 “Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he spend the night at your manger? • Job 39: 19 (ESV) 19 “Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane? • Job 39: 27 (ESV) 27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high?

Excerpts from Job • Job 40: 2 (ESV) 2 “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it. ”

God Almighty / El Shaddai • Pourer of Blessings – Able to keep and fulfill the covenants made – Able to control and override nature – Able to fulfill His will • Many Breasted One

God Almighty / El Shaddai • • • Bountiful Self-Sacrificing Love Giving Pouring Himself out for others

God Most High / El Elyon • First used - Genesis 14: 18 -20 • Elyon used in other places: – 2 Kings 15: 35 – 2 Kings 18: 17 – Ezekiel 42: 5 • What others could compare? • Hebrews

God Most High / El Elyon • He is Lord of Lords • He is King of Kings • Daniel 4: 17 (ESV) 17 … that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men. ’

Everlasting God / El Olam • Genesis 21: 32 -33 (ESV) 32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.

Conclusion God is… • El Shaddai, our Almighty – Pourer of blessings and bounty – Caregiver of our lives • El Elyon, the Most High • El Olam from everlasting to everlasting • Jesus is our El Shaddai, El Elyon, and El Olam

For Next Week… • Read the Verses for – Jehovah/YWH