Jesus Christ’s heart yearns for the salvation of those who are lost. During His earthly ministry He showed a very strong passion for the need of sinners to be saved to the extent that He was accused of eating and drinking with sinners.
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.” (1Pe 5:8-9 KJV)
The greatest shock on the Day of Judgment won’t be because of unbelief but because of the false hope of salvation among deceived Christians. “And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?” (1 Peter 4:18)
One thing that many Christians fail to understand fully is that the human body was originally created by God for Himself. We are the temple created by God for Himself to dwell through His Holy Spirit.
TOPIC: THE IMMORTAL, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
Text: Gen. 1:1; Jeremiah 32:17.
Aims
– to teach God’s almightiness in creation and His immortality, and
– to show us how we can share in God’s immortal and creative power.
Introduction
Immortality is one of the attributes of the Triune God, and it means the state of not being liable to or subject to death. God lives forever and can never die. The scriptures affirm Him to be the Creator of heaven and earth, contrary to the claims of some scientists and atheists. How the immortal God created heaven and earth and continues to govern and sustain them is what we shall see in this study.
Study Guide
What do you understand by the phrases, “Immortal God” and “Creator”? How is God described in – 1Tim. 1:17; 1Tim. 6:16; Rev 4:11?Explain the almightiness of God in Josh 10:12-13; Acts 12:21-24How can man share in God’s immortal and creative power? Psalm 24:1-4; John 14:12-13.ConclusionThere is no sustainable argument against the affirmation in the Bible that the immortal God is the Creator of heaven and earth. Indeed, He has gone further to make man in His own image and demonstrate how we can share in this awesome power – through faith in Christ!
Food for Thought
God, the Immortal, invisible and the only wise.
Memory Verse
1Tim. 1:17 “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God Who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen”.
