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Man: Created in God’s Image

 

Conscience

…that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. (Romans 1:19 NAS)

  • Man: In the image of God
    • Genesis 1:26-27 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
    • Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
    • Job 33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
    • Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
    • Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
    • Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
    • Isaiah 42:5 Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
    • Psalm 139:13-18 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
    • Psalm 119:73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
    • Isaiah 43:7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
    • Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
  • Man: a three-part being
    • 1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    • Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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Body

Soul

Spirit

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Formed/made

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Relates to physical environment “tent”

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Senses: touch, taste, sight, smell, sound

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Breathed

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Mind, will, emotions (personality)

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Breathed

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Divine nature

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Divine power

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God’s likeness/ image

 In the Garden of Eden before man sinned, man was physically and spiritually alive – the outer self and inner self were in union with God. 

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Eternal Truths from the Foundation of the World

 

The Foundation of the World

  • Kingdom Prepared
    • Matthew 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
  • Jesus utters Kept Secrets
    • Matthew 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
  • Jesus Given Glory – Loved by the Father
    • John 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
  • Chosen in Christ
    • Ephesians 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
  • Works Finished
    • Hebrews 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
  • Christ Foreordained
    • 1 Peter 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
  • Book of Life – Lamb Slain
    • Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
  • Book of Life
    • Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
  • Eternity in our Heats
    • Ecclesiastes 3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world (eternity) in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
    • Ecclesiastes 3:14-15 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

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The Eternal Counsel of God: Understanding His Plans

The Counsel 

… The Determined counsel and foreknowledge of God…  

The Counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations. 

(Acts 2:23; Psalm 33:11)

The Counsel of the Lord 

  • Stands
    • Isaiah 46:10-11 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
    • Proverbs 19:21 There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
    • Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
  • Draws near
    • Isaiah 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
  • Secrets revealed
    • Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
    • Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
    • Proverbs 3:32  For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
    • Psalm 25:14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
    • Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
  • Guides
    • Psalm 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
    • Isaiah28:29 This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working (guidance).
    • Psalm 73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
  • Plans Established – Wages War
    • Proverbs 20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war
    • Proverbs 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
  • Inheritance – Predestined – Works all things
    • Ephesians 1:11-12 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
  • Immutable – Does not Lie – Hope Set Before Us – Anchor
    • Hebrews 6:17-20 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
  • Perceive – Hear – Mark – Call
    • Jeremiah 23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
    • Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
  • Now to Him
    • Romans 16:5-27  Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
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God’s Plan of Salvation: Past, Present, Future

 Salvation History – Past, Present, and Future

God’s Faithfulness to all Mankind- to All Generations

 

 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; I  have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

  1. God Has a plan
    • Before the foundation of the world, God’s determinate counsel had a plan for the redemption of mankind – a reconciling of man to God. God wanted a people for Himself. Acts 2:23-24; Eph 1; Rev 13:8; Ex 19:4-6
  2. God speaks the plan
    • Hebrews 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
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  3. God executes the plan
    • God Demonstrates His plan through the nation of Israel- Genesis chapters 11-25- the call and birthing of God’s chosen nation – Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 12 sons/ tribes
  4. God accomplishes the plan
    • The Promise of the Redeemer – Gen. 3:15
    • But Now Jesus – Romans 3:21-26
    • Birth, Ministry, Death, Burial, Resurrection- Gospels
    • John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
    • John 14:2-3 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
  5. God completes the plan
    • Revelations 21:3-7 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
    • Revelations 22:12-13 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Acts 15:18
Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
 
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The Everlasting Nature of God Explained

 The Eternity of God

El Olam -The Everlasting God- The God of Eternity
The Alpha and the Omega- The Beginning and the End
The First and the Last – The Author and the Finisher
Isaiah 46:9-10
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Isaiah 48:3-5
3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
  • God Has a plan
  • God speaks the plan
  • God Executes the plan
  • God Accomplishes the plan
  • God Completes the plan
Vocabulary Words
El – God
Olam – Everlasting
Omnipotent – All powerful
Omniscient – all knowing
Omnipresent – everywhere

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