 Okay, welcome back from your long break. So we will get started on a new doctrine now doctrine of God all right, so During the break someone was asking me whether there are any Books available, you know on these topics which we covered for the earlier doctrine doctrine of the word of God Now there are formal books which talk about the doctrines I'm not sure to what extent you would be interested in that But then in the on the internet you have a lot of articles just which talk about how the Old Testament was formed How the New Testament was formed the care which was taken in transmitting the Bible scriptures, even if you know if you just simply type in the in Google search saying Transmission of the Old Testament. It'll show you a whole bunch of Blogs, you know, which will which will talk about that So these are simple easier ways of you know, gaining information when it comes to the Alleged contradictions that people talk about how they make how they allege and say that there are Contradictions in the Bible. How do we answer that? Well, what is the actual answer to those difficult Bible passages? There are books available, you know in online Even websites which provide information like that if you were to type in Google and say, you know difficult Bible verses explained It will actually give you some websites where it will cover some, you know, main criticisms Which are raised and give you an explanation of how to understand those particular verses. So you could type something like that in Google There's a book called Bible Handbook of difficult verses That you know Can be helpful so there are So even if you were to purchase one of those books, you know a book which deals with you know Alleged contradictions a book which explains difficult verses Even if you were to buy one such book, it will in fact cover, you know All the contradictions which are generally pointed out in Genesis all the contradictions which are generally You know, which critics touch upon in Exodus. So like that It would be a good useful book for you to invest in so, you know There are resources available, but then you'd have to spend on them Alright, so we'll get into the doctrine of the of God now we'll begin with the What the Bible says regarding the existence of God how the Bible throughout Very clearly talks about The truth of the existence of God, maybe we can start with some 19 verses one to two Some 19 verses one to two So either online or in the class if someone could read out for us some 19 one to two The heavens declare the glory of God and the four women show and proclaims his handiwork day after day horse Forth speech and night after night shows both knowledge It says here in these verses that the heavens are speaking that the heavens are declaring the glory of God It says the skies are openly proclaiming and saying look look at the work of his hands according to this verse day after day all these You know the the creation the stars the the skies are Pouring forth speech, that's the word which is used It's like I said the day after day continuously They're talking about who God is and what God has done and it says night after night. They reveal knowledge so These two verses some 19 one to two are Openly saying that even if a person doesn't know anything about the Bible If they were just simply to open their eyes and look at the skies and look at creation and look at what God has made That will automatically speak to them in their hearts if they have an open heart and help them understand That yes, someone must have created these things these things didn't just simply come into existence. So we have creation Proving talking and proving that someone has made it that there is an other there is a person Who is behind the scenes who has brought it into existence? There's this you know a long time ago in the 1980s there was this conference on science and religion It was supposed to be more like a debate where the scientific community would Express their views on creation and You know how the world came into existence and all of that and then on the other side You would have the theologians who would present their side. So it was in 1985 That one of those conferences on science and religion were conducted at that time one of the Very reputed cosmologists was someone named Alan Rex Sandage Now this man Had spent most of his life studying the cosmology, which is basically your sky your planets your stars He had spent his entire life studying those things You know studying the theory of the Big Bang and all of that so when the conference was conducted he was supposed to be one of the main speakers at that event and At the conference you basically had people being seated on two sides of the hall So on one side you had all the theologians being seated and on the other side you had the Scientific community being seated. So then when Alan Rex Rand Sandage made his entrance he went and sat on the side of the theologians and Everyone was rather surprised because they knew that he is supposed to be an atheist who doesn't even believe in the existence of God and So when it was finally his turn to go forward and speak he said I Have studied the Big Bang theory my whole life I have studied the stars and the constellations my entire life and after having studied these things in great detail I am convinced that there must be a God. They must be a creator Which is why I'm sitting on the side of the theologians is what he said and at that time in nine in the 1980s that cost quite a stir because he was a very well-known name at that time and They were he was a man who are very strongly proclaimed his atheism But then just simply studying nature Simply studying the skies day after day, you know the skies are pouring forth speech And finally this cost motorist cosmologist heard What creation is saying and he realized that yes God does exist They must be an intelligent designer who designed all these things They must be an intelligent creator who brought these things into existence Because the what science puts forward is that you know There was just this big bang of some kind of Atomic particle and then everything just got scattered matter got scattered into space and then one fine day pieces of matter just came together to form the solar system and One small piece which came together had all the exact right conditions To support, you know life because most of the other planets if you know, you know they don't they don't support life the Elements which are there the gases which are there in the atmosphere don't permit Living forms to actually grow on those planets But one tiny little thing which came together. It had all the exact correct elements It had all the exact gases in the atmosphere required to Create a planet which will be able to support life So it seems rather random, you know, if you were to go to the same scientists and tell them You know, I'm gonna just you know take this packet of popcorn I'm just gonna fling it out. It will fall all over the place But don't worry all the pieces of popcorn will come together not to form your name It's ridiculous. I Mean it cannot happen No scientist would be willing to accept that a packet of popcorn would have the intelligence to behave in that way and Put itself together to create a name But they believe that that is what the big bang theory did with all these huge chunks of matter which caught You know flung into space How when they're not willing to accept that at a minor level of one packet of popcorn How are they willing to accept something like that when it comes to a larger extent where you have Entire masses of material which were flung in different directions and they came together To form a solar system which will be so exactly positioned that it will be able to support life on earth so Anyone who has understood enough about these scientific details will realize that God must be existing There must be an intelligent creator who made these things So why are people still refusing to believe even after seeing the scientific evidence for the Existence of an intelligent creator. Why do they resist Romans 1? 18 to 20 the simple straightforward explanation about why people continue to say that, you know, God is not real Romans 1 18 to 20 if we can have someone read out For God's holy rad and indignation are revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men Who in their wickedness repress and hinder the truth and make it enough in operative For that which is known about God is evident to them and made plain in their inner consciousness Because God has shown it to them forever since the creation of the world is Invisible nature and attributes that is is eternal power and divinity have been made intelligible and clearly And through the inner things that have been made so are without Excuse Yes, so here it says in verse 19 Since what may be known about God is plain to them because God has made it plain to them You know, so NIV sometimes brings out the wording more clearly because it has it Wants the reader to understand what is being said So here it says the reason that people are able to plainly understand the things about God is because God has made it plain How in what way since the creation of the world the things which are invisible about him Which cannot be seen about him those things are seen in the things which he has made So his sovereignty is all powerful nature Those things are seen in the way the creation was put together So it says here in the last portion of verse 20 people are without excuse So it is the evil in their hearts, which makes them continue to say no There is no God because they are afraid that they'll have to answer to God for their everyday lifestyles and their choices Now this is something which actually occurred Lynn Anderson a Christian writer He this is what he writes in one of his books He was having a conversation with an atheist and he was very logically trying to present all the facts of the universe You know which show that there is an intelligent creator who has made these things who has, you know Very specifically put certain things in certain places So that Life it becomes possible on earth. So even as he was explaining all of this the atheist kept, you know, putting Arguments forward trying to dismiss everything that Lynn Anderson was saying So after a long discussion in Lynn Anderson Basically asked him this he said is the problem that you can't believe or is it that you don't want to believe because you believe Because if you believed in God, you would have to change your lifestyle He point blank asked the man Why are you going on setting aside all these very very logical pieces of evidence about a creator? Why is it because you can't believe or is it that you don't want to believe because if you believed then You would have to change your lifestyle and the interesting thing is that that particular man, you know With whom he was having a discussion. He sat there Thought quietly for some time and then it's very frankly said look right now I have a very successful business and yes, I'm kind of You know Skirting aside some of the laws which I should be following I am bending some of the rules and my business is going very well If I believe in a God then I will not be able to do these things anymore and then he in fact went on to say All the affairs that I have been having behind my wife's back I would not be able to indulge in that anymore So it would be more convenient for me if God did not exist the man actually plainly actually said that to Lynn Anderson so The reason that people still hold on to the to the theory of evolution the reason that people would prefer to have a big bank We're just things came together after the bank They hold on to this because if they were to admit that there is a creator Then they would have to admit that they have an obligation to this creator They are his created beings and so they come under his Leadership and they would have to submit to whatever he is saying and they are not willing to do that You know those of you who are more interested in these things and would like to look into these You know into the the evidence which is available in creation which talks about the existence of God Some good websites that you could go to there's something called be thinking dot o rg Okay, be thinking Dot o rg one minute apologist Dot com there's something called one minute apologist, which is just one minute videos He will give you an explanation about something which talks about you know the existence of God Or how science is proving what is there in the Bible? So he will you know that's called one minute apologist dot com There's also something called creation dot com These are the more simple, you know the ones with simpler English easier to understand There are a lot of beautiful websites, but I felt that these are more, you know Lay person friendly, you know, it's easier for a lay person to understand what is there So they have videos. They have articles things like that in these websites. So you could try them out There are some things that I cannot really mention on You know if you were to look at your stream page later, I'll put some information there Which can be helpful to another Google students and yeah So if you look at the Bible and you look at Genesis 1 1 the very first verse in the Bible It doesn't begin with a question. Does God exist? Should we try to find out any evidence for whether he exists? No such, you know long Sentences are included in the very beginning of the Bible the Bible begins with the words in the beginning God So it's just assumed as a fact It's accepted as a fact that in the beginning God was already there in the beginning God was already there and it goes on to say that he created the heavens and the earth So the Bible has been very clear right from verse one that God exists There is no need to even doubt it or even have any dispute regarding this matter in your textbook. There are three Traditional proofs that people give for the existence of God It talks about three things in your you know in your notes It talks about the cosmological argument the teleological argument and the moral argument So just basically to you know give a brief Explanation of those three terms so that you know what is being talked about the first one the one that's called cosmological argument basically this argument says that Every known thing in the universe Has a cause Every known thing in the universe has a cause So if something has started existing Something must have caused it to come into existence. That's basically what it's saying if anything at all exists Something must have put that thing over there for it to exist So in other words if anything has got a beginning It began because something caused it to begin Okay, so that would that basically putting the putting it in very simple lay terms One morning if all of you were to come down over here for your class and when you come over here You see a cow standing over there Will you say oh, you know, it just materialized out of thin air No, nobody no student would say that they would Automatically realize that someone has gone to the effort of bringing the cow down the staircase So something just doesn't simply happen Everything that exists has a cause a causal agent has caused it to start Existing so anything that began began because a causal agent caused it to begin Okay, it's one way of putting it Now this doesn't apply to God Because God was there before the beginning. He is outside of time Everything that began, you know everything he created once he created it. It started to exist But he was there before time. So he never had a beginning So this principle when you're in which you say that everything that has a beginning began because something caused it Yes, everything that began Something has caused it to begin but God doesn't have a beginning. He was there even before the beginning Which is why in a new Genesis 1 1 and says in the beginning God created but he was there even before that your beginning Okay, so God time doesn't apply to God. He's outside of time and So the first argument which is made the first traditional argument Which is generally provided for the existence of God is that we should use our common sense If we see that something is has exist is existing if you see a cow existing in the classroom It means that something must have caused it the cow didn't just suddenly materialize Someone has brought it there caused it to be over there. Okay, so the second argument is in your notes is called the teleological argument now this basically means This argument is basically saying that Everything in the universe that we see seems to have harmony. It seems to have order. It seems to have design So all this clearly indicates that there is an intelligent designer that there is an intelligent creator um This one person, uh, michael behi. He's he's a well-known speaker. He speaks in many places He was actually a biochemist Who spent most of his life studying the cell? Oh The cell if you have if you remember your signs from school Cells are called the building blocks of life. Everything which exists is made up of cells So the cell is the most basic structure When darwin wrote about cells in his you know writings back then He actually had no clue about what a cell really is So he said, you know, oh matter just came together and one cell came into existence But if you understand a cell the way, you know, we know a cell today It is so intricately designed every single detail in that cell Has to function in a in a particular way for that cell to continue being functional Even if you remove one factor change it slightly this way and that way The cell will no longer be a cell. It'll just be a piece of dead material so Michael behi was also an atheist who did not believe in god But when he began to Study cell structure and the way the cell functions He realized something so complex Cannot just come together because darwin, you know, he didn't know much anything about cells He just thought it came together But after having studied cell structure and say a cell function this my bio chemist Michael behi he says It's impossible for for the first cell which was you know, which came into existence For it to have come into existence without the help of a designer Someone who actually designed it and made it work in that particular way So some of these websites, you know, we'll talk about such things, you know the ones which I mentioned We'll talk about these things So that is basically your teleological argument Which says that the harmony and the order and the design which exists in the universe Proves that there is an intelligent creator The third argument is called the moral argument You know the request over here is that maybe I could post information on the classroom page I have no clue what a classroom page is All I know is that in google classroom. There's something called stream page Unless that is the classroom page So I'll put it in the stream page All students of apc are supposed to know what the google classroom stream page is because that's basically where I post The link for the class every single day. We have the class over there in that same stream page I will put some information Which I cannot give out now. All right, so I will do that. Yes, definitely And if I don't you please remind me Okay, the third argument the moral argument Basically is this all humans seem to whichever culture they belong to However remote they may be, you know removed from the rest of society They all seem to have an awareness of right and wrong There's there's an awareness of that which is inside the people's hearts and minds Even if somebody's not taught You know a class on ethics they instinctively know that some things are correct and some things are wrong Now this would not be possible unless there was a creator who put that value system inside our hearts So the example that is used is of you know, um Those very remote cannibalistic societies which exist in some very remote tribes In those tribes The people they actually believe that they can kill other humans and eat their flesh. Those are your cannibals But even in cannibalistic societies, what is the Principle which they follow when there is a war with another tribe They will kill the people of the opposite tribe and cook them and eat them But they will not do that to their own tribe members Why because even they People who eat flesh human flesh even they in their hearts. They know That murder is wrong. So they don't permit it within their own communities They are they they recommend that you go and eat the flesh of your enemies because you know, it's their belief system that the Strength which is there in the enemy will pass to them if they feed on the flesh of the enemy or some such You know belief system which they have in those remote tribes But even they I mean even in their backward minds They know that murder is wrong and they will not allow it within their own community So every human being Is programmed with a sense of right and wrong from where did it come Obviously someone would have programmed us to be that way because you see what the people who for believe in evolution What do they say they say oh culture, you know, society began to be formed people began to come together And then they decided they decided that they need to have a bunch of rules because there is no rules Then, you know, there'll be disorder. So people chose to follow whatever set of rules They liked Which is why there's no one standard absolute set of rules is what they say But if you apply that to this cannibalistic society Even that cabinet cannibalistic society which came up with a set of rules Even they Instinctively know in their hearts that murder is something sinful. It's something bad So who put these, you know, absolute moral absolutes in our heart It indicates that there is a creator who has placed this kind of ethical values inside us You know, which we cannot escape from so These are the three arguments that are traditionally generally given regarding the existence of god Now let's come to the nature of god the qualities of god the attributes of god, which are mentioned We will be looking at this in a greater detail This is one of the doctrines that I enjoy the most because it talks about our god And when you start looking at all the scriptures which talk about our god You get to realize how beautiful he is Well, you'll feel like you know stopping the class and having a time of worship It's amazing the kind of god that we worship the qualities that he has He is so amazing so awesome. So beautiful So we will spend a lot of time looking at the different attributes the different qualities of this living god Now we would of course have to begin with the statement that god is creator and god is Eternal Let's just maybe look at one verse from the Old Testament some 90 verse 2 90 some 90 verse 2 Before the mountains were bought for Whatever you had formed and given birth to the earth and the world Even from everlasting to everlasting you are god It says here that before the mountains were born, you know before the mountains were created Before you brought forth the whole world from everlasting to everlasting Now the term everlasting doesn't have a beginning everlasting means everlasting If something begins, it's not everlasting. So which is basically over here talking about infinity god was always there So there was no beginning for god He was always there from everlasting to everlasting um now just to I know um To clarify something that a question posted, uh, you know, someone has asked are there any written notes on inerency The thing is, uh, you know the the apc Notes which you have with you. That's basically a very brief summary of the textbook by vane grudham w a y ne grudem vane grudem That is the book on Systematic theology which you know that person wrote in the 1970s So the english is a little high a little old-fashioned, but that's generally considered the standard book for systematic theology um Don't really worry about the term systematic theology. Let's just call out of course doctrinal foundations. We're looking at different doctrines Foundation of our faith. Uh, just Yeah Pardon, I didn't get it sister. I have that book systematic theology on e e uh this thing, you know So there's an entire chapter on inerency in that in fact you have detailed chapters on every single doctrine Okay, sister. Yeah, so uh, yeah, I also No problem because when you were reading I felt we didn't have the notes. I didn't know where to report So I just wanted to clear Yeah, so yeah, you can Yeah, so um, those of you who are not familiar with vane grudham if you just simply type Vane grudham pdf in your google search It'll give you a link where you can you know, which you can click on to download the book. It's available everywhere on the internet It's a very easy book to access. Okay, so uh, now there are other more modern books um Millard erickson His he has got more mom little more modern english Also the way he writes it is a little simpler. I will put all those details in the you know stream page. All right, so You can refer to that But that will not have all the stories and the facts and stuff which i'm talking about because those are all things Which I have picked up from a whole bunch of different places But the basic doctrine at least you will find in these books, all right, so um, yes Coming back to our topic. We were discussing god the creator who is eternal now When we are talking about the eternal nature of god It is understood that all the three persons of the godhead Father son and holy spirit all three are eternal Because the wrong doctrine that is preached by certain certain Cults is that they say that jesus had a beginning God the father created him is what they say So we need to be very very clear that all the three persons of the godhead are eternal None of them had a beginning all of them were there everlasting to everlasting so You know, um, which is basically what we find in john 11 Where it says in the beginning was the word And the word was with god and the word was god. So, um In the beginning God was already there. He was already existing So having understood that in In that context keeping that in mind if we could have someone read out for us Colossians chapter one versus 15 to 17 Colossians one 15 to 17 now He is the exact likeness of the unseen god the visible representation of the invisible He is the first born of all creation For it was in him that all things were created in heaven and on earth Things seen and things unseen Whether thrones Dominions rulers or authorities all things were created and exist through him By his service intervention and in and for him And he himself existed before all things and in and in him all things consist Cohere are held together. Yes this entire passage which we read out just now is talking about jesus and verse 15 is this is what verse 15 It says the sun is the image of the invisible god the first born Over all creation So people take this verse and they say look it says over here that jesus was the first born Now that is a very wrong way of understanding this, you know We again need to understand when these words were written by paul to the colossian believers Did how did they understand that word? Was it a word which was familiar to them? And if it was a word which is familiar to them in their culture How were they using that word in their culture? How did they understand it in their culture? So First born only sun all these are legal terms Which talk about the inheritance rights which are given to the only sun The first born is the one who will inherit. He has the special legal rights to the property. So these are Terms which were technically used Which is why we see in genesis chapter 22 verse 2 when god says to isa to Abraham take your son your only son whom you love and you know He says to go and offer him as a burnt offering. So over there Why is god saying that isaac is his only son? It's just a legal technical term that is being used God is well aware that Abraham has got two sons So when he says only son he's saying i'm talking about the only one who has been appointed with the inheritance rights That's the only son i'm talking about Sacrifice him not not your other sons That is the son that i want you to offer as a burnt offering Which is why in john 3 16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son Over there it's talking about how this Jesus would be the one um Who would be the uh Under whom the entire creation would be placed the entire creation would be his inheritance No, which is what we are talking about over here in colossians 1 15 to 17 He is the first born over all creation. It is his inheritance this entire creation is his So over there it's not talking about someone being born as the first son It's talking about the legal status of first born um And it in fact goes on to explain very clearly in what sense he is the first born So it says in verse 16 in him All things were created So it was in him through him that everything was created in that sense. He is the first born of creation He is the one Uh to whom all of this creation belongs this is his inheritance So it's a technical term that is being used over there when it says first born It's not talking about someone who was born on a particular day Yes in the flesh when jesus chose to become human He was born in human form But when it comes to his existence, he was always there because in him All things were created and it goes on to clarify at the end of that verse verse 16 It says all things have been created through him And for him So everything created is his inheritance. It's for him that everything has been created So, uh, we choose to understand these terms first born only son all these as legal technical terms which talk about the inheritance given to the To the chosen son who will be given the entire property the second, um Attribute of god which we will look at God is self-existent now that we talked about how god is creator and he's eternal In line with that we can also maybe talk about the self existence of god If you were to look at exodus 3 14, this is how god chooses to describe himself exodus 3 14 if someone could Read out exodus 3 14 And god said to moses i am who i am And what i am and i will be what i will be And he said you shall see this to the israelites. I am Has sent me to you So god doesn't need anyone To continue existence existing. He's not dependent on anyone to exist He can be whatever he wants to be he always was and he always will be he is self existent On the other hand we humans are dependent on him for existence Only if he permits us to be conceived, you know, the baby will be conceived and the baby will go on to grow and you know Become a man or a woman a grown up So we depend on god for our existence And if god wishes to take away our breath, you know, we will die physically so We are dependent on somebody for our existence, but he is self existent He doesn't depend on anyone for his existence. He always was which is why he says i am who i am I always have been i can be what i will what i what i choose to be So that term i am which he uses signifies those things it talks about how he's always been there And he doesn't need anyone need anything to exist um So in line with that attribute, let's look at one more attribute of god God is infinite That means there's no limit to him is limitless so, um Let's look at you know, the three Infinite aspects of god which generally, you know, people talk about they talk about the omnipotence of god You know, you may be familiar with those three terms, right? Omnipotent means all powerful Omnipresent means that he's everywhere and omniscient means that he knows everything So let's look at those three um infinite aspects of who god is God is first of all. He is omnipotent, which means he is all powerful There are no limits to his power His power is limitless Which is nice It's good to know that we are under that under an all powerful god But do we have any access to this kind of omnipotent power? Okay, not omnipotent But at least you know power the power which god has do we humans have any access to this great power which god possesses Let's look at hebrews chapter four verse 12. What does it say hebrews four verse 12 hebrews chapter four verse 12 for the word of god is living and powerful and sharper than any two is sword Yeah We're just focusing on that first phrase where it says the word of god is living and powerful So god is omnipotent He is all powerful And some of that power is actually placed in the scriptures Because the words which he Communicated through the prophets and through the writers, you know for them to write down He put his power in those words Now i'm not saying that every single word word in the bible is omnipotent No, let's not go you know make make up new theories and new doctrines No, all i'm saying is that we worship an omnipotent all powerful god And some of his power actually is residing inside these verses which are accessible to us So when we take a stand of faith on these verses And we fight through in prayer and we claim what is said and promised in these verses The power in these verses Is released to us in our situations so How do we gain access to this omnipotent god? Through his verses through through the promises in scripture Which he has presented to us because it says in hebrew sportwell the word of god is living and powerful These are not just dead words These are literally living words if you take these words and you hold out to them in faith And you claim them and you use them to fight against the principalities and powers These are living words which have the power of god inside them So i'm not saying that we will you know gain access to omnipotent power Please let's not you know get into wrong doctrines But i am saying that his power has been made available to normal humans like us Through his words this power in those words So never think that these are just some long dead promises that god made long back No, his words are living and they are powerful and we can access his power through these You know through these bible passages which are there in the word of god Um, let's look at something that is said in luke chapter one versus 36 and 37 A statement that is made about god's power luke one 36 to 37 if someone could read out And listen your relative elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son And this is now the sixth month with her Who was called baron? For with god nothing is ever impossible And no word from god shall be without power or impossible or fulfillment Okay Is that in some way amplified or something? Let's not use amplified just for our classes simply because uh, they expand the versus worse to an extent It uses a lot of words which were not there in the original at all, you know, so Yeah, we will quickly use n n n k j v n i v n a is b i mean any n will do But let us just for the sake of our class not use the amplified because it adds words which are not there in the original So if you were to just look at n k j v, uh, it says for with god nothing will be impossible What amplified was trying to do is trying to bring out the meaning of what is said in that phrase Nothing, uh with with god nothing will be impossible because you see in the previous verse What was said is that this lady elizabeth who is too old to have any child such a lady is now in the sixth month of her pregnancy And in that context this sentence has been written with god nothing will be impossible What is the what what's the what's the messenger trying to say he's saying God opened his mouth and spoke and made a promise to zekariah and said your wife is going to have a child So when god says something It will happen So whatever he has spoken He will fulfill so for him nothing is impossible So amplified when it said no word from god will ever fail You know it added that explanation over there It was trying to show what this what this phrase is actually meaning Which is why niv uses the same method in your niv if you were to look at luke one verse 37 It says for no word from god will ever fail That's basically what the messenger was trying to indicate God said something to zekariah and once god says something What he has said will not fail the words that he speaks will be fulfilled No matter how impossible the situation may seem And so you know niv says no word from god will ever fail But yes the literal translation would be what is there in the greek with god nothing will be impossible Okay, so We can have access to the power of god through the words in the bible even we claim them Whatever is promised in those verses will be ours You know because god backs up his verses with his power So we come to the second omni which is god is omniscient Which basically means that god is all knowing now again This is an attribute which can mean a lot to us You know personally to us believers because If god is all knowing it can make life much easier for us Isaiah 55 verses 8 and 9 If we could have someone read out this very very familiar passage as a 55 verses 8 and 9 Isaiah 55 verse 8 for my thoughts are not your thoughts Nor are your ways my way says the lord verse 9 for us the heavens are higher than the earth So are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts The Mind with which we have been created we humans the human mind It's very limited. It can only understand some things. It can logically try to work out some details But it doesn't understand everything on the other hand our god It says his thoughts how high are they than our thoughts It says for as the heavens are higher than the earth So are my ways higher than your ways my thoughts than your thoughts so To my human mind a certain Situation may present itself in a particular way But when god looks at that same situation using his all knowing mind His omniscient mind. He is able to see that situation in much greater clarity than me So I may think look at that situation and think oh my goodness now. I'm not now my life is finished Look, I'm in a terrible crisis But the god is looking at that same crisis with his all knowing mind He can probably say a hundred ways of how that thing can be resolved So if we place our faith in this living god and submit to him and say lord I will just follow you and obey you However terrible a certain situation may seem rather than you know Allowing myself to go into anxiety I will choose to trust you to take me through this because your mind Is higher than mine your thoughts are as higher than my thoughts as the heavens are from the earth How high are the heavens? How many meters how many kilometers higher the heavens infinity heavens go on and on infinitely high Gods thoughts are infinitely higher than our thoughts So we can have this deep assurance that when we commit our situations to him He's going to work it out in his time According to his timetable because his timetable has been planned according to his all knowing mind Okay, so we were only able to look at two omnis today We will look at the third omni and then and many other attributes of god Those of you who are in Google classroom, please look at your stream page. Maybe by evening And then later on when this video is posted in the e-platform Anyone interested can you know contact me on the e-platform and I will give them the details If they are interested regarding resources and things like that. All right, so let's just quickly close with the word of prayer Lord, we just thank you so much That an all-powerful god like you chooses to become so personal with with imperfect temporary human beings like us Even though you are awesome and infinite and completely Great in all your ways you choose to be with people who are so limited And you went to the extent where you gave your son As a sacrifice and he emptied himself and chose to become like us limited And a limitless god who chose to become limited for our sakes We thank you. Oh lord for your great love towards us Someone like you can be trusted always No matter what you ask of us We can trust you and obey because you are that kind of a faithful god Thank you. Oh lord for this in jesus name. Amen You