No one has seen God at any time

“No one has seen God at any time. . . ” Embry Hills – April 29, 2012 1

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I Timothy 6: 15 -16 He who is the blessed and only Potentate, The King of kings and Lord of lords, Who alone has immortality, Dwelling in unapproachable light, Whom no man has seen or can see, To whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen. 3

Themes from Exodus 33 -34 1. God’s Mercy & Justice 2. God’s Sovereignty & Control 3. God’s Kindness & Fellowship 4

John 1: 14 -18 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth… 16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. 5

John 14: 7 -9 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him. ” 8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us. ” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father… 6

Seeing God in the Cross 1. God’s Mercy & Justice 7

Romans 3: 23 -26 …For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. 8

Seeing God in the Cross 1. God’s Mercy & Justice 2. God’s Sovereignty & Control 9

Acts 4: 27 -28 For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 to do whatever Your hand Your purpose determined before to be done. 10

Acts 2: 23 Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, , purpose and foreknowledge of God you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death… 11

Psalm 42: 9 -10 I will say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? ” 10 As with a breaking of my bones, My enemies reproach me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God? ” 12

Romans 8: 28 -32 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose…. 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 13

Seeing God in the Cross 1. God’s Mercy & Justice 2. God’s Sovereignty & Control 3. God’s Kindness & Fellowship 14

John 1: 14 -18 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 15

Seeing God in the Cross 1. God’s Mercy & Justice 2. God’s Sovereignty & Control 3. God’s Kindness & Fellowship 16

I John 4: 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.