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Things God Is Not

God is Not a Respecter of Persons • “Unconditional Election & Reprobation” • “God established. . . Those whom he long before determined once for all to receive into salvation, & those whom, . . He would devote to destruction. . . ” (Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin, III, xxi. 7) • Acts 10: 34, 35 “no partiality” • Romans 2: 11 “no partiality with God”

God is Not a Respecter of Persons • 2 Thessalonians 2: 13, 14 “called you by our gospel, ” • Romans 10: 17 “faith by hearing the word of God” • Matthew 28: 19 -20 “make disciples of all the nations…” • Mark 16: 15, 16; Luke 8: 11 -15; James 1: 21) • 1 Peter 1: 22 -25

God is Not a Respecter of Persons • 2 Thessalonians 2: 13, 14 “called you by our gospel, ” • Romans 10: 17 “faith by hearing the word of God” • Matthew 28: 19 -20 “make disciples of all the nations…” • Mark 16: 15, 16; Luke 8: 11 -15; James 1: 21) • 1 Peter 1: 22 -25

God is Not a Respecter of Persons • He Requires the Same of All Men • Romans 2: 5 -11 “. . the righteous judgment of God, 6 who "will render to each one according to his deeds": 7 eternal life…-indignation and wrath, 9 tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; . . 11 For there is no partiality with God. ”

God is Not Like a Man • Psalm 50: 21 “you thought I was altogether like you. . ” • God is Not Human – Numbers 23: 19 • God IS Spirit – John 4: 24; Luke 24: 39 • Isaiah 55: 8, 9 God’s Ways & Thoughts Far Above Man

God is Not Mocked • “to ridicule in a sneering & contemptuous way” • Job 13: 9 “Can you mock Him as one mocks a man? ” • NO! Galatians 6: 7 “God is not One to be ridiculed. ” (UBS Greek-English Lexicon) • Hebrews 1: 1, 2; 2: 1 -4

God is Not The Cause of Confusion • 1 Corinthians 14: 33 “not the author of confusion but of peace. . ” • Confusion the result of: • Envy & Self-Seeking – James 3: 12 -17 • False Teaching – Matthew 15: 7 -9, 14, 12, 13 • Psalm 133: 1; John 17: 20, 21 • 1 Corinthians 1: 10; Ephesians 4: 1 -6

God is Not Tempted by Evil • James 1: 12 -15 “God cannot be tempted by evil. . ” • Isaiah 55: 8, 9 • Satan Tried – Matthew 4: 1 -11 • Man Tried – Matthew Chapters 21, 22 • NO SIN – Hebrews 4: 15, 16

God is Not The God of The Dead • Matthew 22: 23 -32 “God is not the God of the dead, but of the living” • Critical Ramifications: • God is NOT Dead but Alive! – Jeremiah 10: 10; Genesis 1: 26 – John 4: 24; Luke 24: 39 • Our Eternal Spirit Will Reside in Heaven or Hell- John 5: 28, 29; Matthew 25: 46

God is Not One to Forget • 2 Peter 3: 3 -10 “the Lord is not slack” • Galatians 6: 7 “reap what we sow” • Hebrews 6: 9 -12 “not unjust to forget your work and labor of love” • 1 Corinthians 15: 58

God is Not Ashamed to be Called Our God • Hebrews 11: 16 “God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them. ” • Romans 8: 16, 17 “bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God”

God is Not Impatient • 2 Peter 3: 9 “longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. ” • Patience NOT Unlimited • Jeremiah 11: 14 • 2 Corinthians 5: 10

God is Not Going to Save You Unless You “Obey the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ” & “Know” Him 2 Thessalonians 1: 7 -9 1 John 2: 3 -5