{"id":7089,"date":"2017-09-03T19:20:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T23:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2017-09-03T19:20:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T23:20:54","slug":"in-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2017\/09\/in-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THEME: I Am Fifth
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Series: Hills
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TITLE: In The Beginning
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Scripture: Romans 11: 33-36
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\u201cThe fundamental question is whether God is real or imaginary. The underlying thinking of Darwinism is the assumption that God is out of the picture.\u201d Philip Johnson<\/p>\n

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I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FIVE FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cNo subject of contemplation will tend more to humble the mind, than thoughts of God\u2026But while the subject humbles the mind, it also expands it. He who often thinks of God, will have a larger mind than the man who simply plods around this narrow globe.\u201d Spurgeon<\/p>\n

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#1: God has (spoken to man<\/strong><\/span>), the Bible is (His Word), given to us to make us wise unto salvation.<\/p>\n

#2: God is (Lord and King<\/strong><\/span>) over the world; He rules all things for (His own glory), displaying His perfections in all that He does.<\/p>\n

#3: God is (Savior<\/strong><\/span>), active in sovereign love through the Lord Jesus Christ to rescue us from the guilt and power of sin.<\/p>\n

#4: God is (Triune<\/strong><\/span>); there are within the Godhead three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

#5: Godliness means responding to God\u2019s revelation is trust and obedience, faith and worship, prayer and praise, submission and service.<\/p>\n

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II.\u00a0\u00a0 THREE UNEQUALLED QUALITIES \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 His unparalleled (creativity<\/strong><\/span>).\u00a0 Psalm 8:1-4,8 \u201cThe heavens, indeed the highest heavens, belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.\u201d Dt.10:14 (HCSB) \u201cThere is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not cry, \u2018Mine!\u2019\u201d Kuyper<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 His sovereign (knowing<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 His perfect (self-sufficiency<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n

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NEXT WEEK: Theme: I am Fifth<\/p>\n

Series: Hills<\/p>\n

Title: The Invasion- John 1:1-3, 9-18<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 THEME: I Am Fifth Series: Hills TITLE: In The Beginning Scripture: Romans 11: 33-36   \u201cThe fundamental question is whether God is real or imaginary. The underlying thinking of Darwinism is the assumption that God is out of the picture.\u201d Philip Johnson   I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FIVE FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cNo subject of contemplation will tend … <\/p>\n

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