1 00:00:00,273 --> 00:00:03,044 Some of the slides and videos shown on the projector 2 00:00:03,044 --> 00:00:05,929 have been removed for the uploaded version of this teaching 3 00:00:05,929 --> 00:00:08,299 due to possibly copyright issues that could arise 4 00:00:08,299 --> 00:00:10,588 if republished on our channel. 5 00:00:10,588 --> 00:00:16,165 I'm going to talk about who God is. 6 00:00:16,165 --> 00:00:21,748 What do you think about that? 7 00:00:21,748 --> 00:00:24,956 So what did you learn about today? 8 00:00:24,956 --> 00:00:27,424 Did you learn anything? 9 00:00:27,424 --> 00:00:30,522 (unintelligible) 10 00:00:30,522 --> 00:00:35,349 What does that mean? 11 00:00:35,349 --> 00:00:39,791 Did you learn something about God? 12 00:00:39,791 --> 00:00:47,223 (unintelligible) 13 00:00:47,223 --> 00:00:48,881 What did you learn? 14 00:00:48,881 --> 00:00:50,471 Child: He's the Creator. 15 00:00:50,471 --> 00:00:53,471 Tim: Aha... now see, that one's interesting. 16 00:00:53,471 --> 00:00:55,867 What did you learn? 17 00:00:55,867 --> 00:00:57,155 You what? 18 00:00:57,155 --> 00:00:58,627 Child: That God is true. 19 00:00:58,627 --> 00:01:03,665 Tim: God is true? 20 00:01:03,665 --> 00:01:05,923 What did you learn? 21 00:01:05,923 --> 00:01:07,630 Child: Attributes 22 00:01:07,630 --> 00:01:10,640 Tim: What about His attributes? 23 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,716 He has some. 24 00:01:12,716 --> 00:01:17,053 Okay. 25 00:01:17,053 --> 00:01:18,729 I guess I've got to go that way. 26 00:01:18,729 --> 00:01:20,130 Is that God? 27 00:01:20,130 --> 00:01:23,249 Children: No. 28 00:01:23,249 --> 00:01:27,229 Tim: How do you know that's not God? 29 00:01:27,229 --> 00:01:30,102 He finds that funny, 30 00:01:30,102 --> 00:01:32,146 but you know there are probably people 31 00:01:32,146 --> 00:01:35,327 who bow down and worship before stones. 32 00:01:35,327 --> 00:01:37,843 There are some people that have lived 33 00:01:37,843 --> 00:01:40,682 and are alive right now that don't think 34 00:01:40,682 --> 00:01:46,341 it's so funny to think that a rock is God. 35 00:01:46,341 --> 00:01:48,251 What is it, sweetie? 36 00:01:48,251 --> 00:01:53,468 (unintelligible) 37 00:01:53,468 --> 00:01:55,035 Child: God is everywhere. 38 00:01:55,035 --> 00:01:56,341 Tim: God is everywhere? 39 00:01:56,341 --> 00:01:58,047 She knows that. Now that's good. 40 00:01:58,047 --> 00:02:02,434 That's one of God's attributes right there. 41 00:02:02,434 --> 00:02:04,631 Is that rock everywhere? 42 00:02:04,631 --> 00:02:06,157 Children: No. 43 00:02:06,157 --> 00:02:08,567 Tim: Well, see, that's a dead giveaway 44 00:02:08,567 --> 00:02:10,978 that we're not dealing with God, right? 45 00:02:10,978 --> 00:02:12,832 The attributes fail. 46 00:02:12,832 --> 00:02:16,770 If God is everywhere, that rock's not everywhere, is it? 47 00:02:16,770 --> 00:02:18,770 Somebody said that rock is created 48 00:02:18,770 --> 00:02:21,112 and that's exactly right. 49 00:02:21,112 --> 00:02:23,316 That rock is not God. But you know what? 50 00:02:23,316 --> 00:02:25,673 There are people that look at things like that 51 00:02:25,673 --> 00:02:28,114 and they say, oh, that's special. 52 00:02:28,114 --> 00:02:30,531 We should fall down and worship before it. 53 00:02:30,531 --> 00:02:32,292 But we should never do that. 54 00:02:32,292 --> 00:02:38,163 Because only God is worthy of our worship. 55 00:02:38,163 --> 00:02:39,679 That is not God. 56 00:02:39,679 --> 00:02:41,448 But you see, I'm asking myself, 57 00:02:41,448 --> 00:02:46,318 okay, I'm going to stand before all of you today 58 00:02:46,318 --> 00:02:48,405 and we're going to ask this question: 59 00:02:48,405 --> 00:02:51,415 Who is God? 60 00:02:51,415 --> 00:02:54,164 Now, can I put a picture of God up on this screen? 61 00:02:54,164 --> 00:02:55,715 I'm going to try. 62 00:02:55,715 --> 00:02:56,982 I'm going to try. 63 00:02:56,982 --> 00:03:00,453 I tried by this rock, but you all caught me. 64 00:03:00,453 --> 00:03:02,614 You figured me out. 65 00:03:02,614 --> 00:03:03,939 That rock isn't God. 66 00:03:03,939 --> 00:03:09,281 Okay, I'm going to make a better shot at it right now. 67 00:03:09,281 --> 00:03:11,398 Is that God? 68 00:03:11,398 --> 00:03:12,585 Children: No. 69 00:03:12,585 --> 00:03:14,195 Tim: What is that? 70 00:03:14,195 --> 00:03:15,845 Children: Nothing. 71 00:03:15,845 --> 00:03:22,079 Tim: I actually went the wrong way. 72 00:03:22,079 --> 00:03:24,073 What about that? 73 00:03:24,073 --> 00:03:26,431 Children: (unintelligible) 74 00:03:26,431 --> 00:03:29,340 Tim: Okay, now why isn't that God? 75 00:03:29,340 --> 00:03:31,747 See, the rock wasn't alive. 76 00:03:31,747 --> 00:03:33,060 Is God alive? 77 00:03:33,060 --> 00:03:34,303 Children: Yes. 78 00:03:34,303 --> 00:03:35,563 Tim: Yes. 79 00:03:35,563 --> 00:03:38,641 That rock isn't alive, and that rock isn't everywhere. 80 00:03:38,641 --> 00:03:40,641 But this. What is this? 81 00:03:40,641 --> 00:03:42,246 Children: A turtle. 82 00:03:42,246 --> 00:03:44,191 Tim: But isn't the turtle alive? 83 00:03:44,191 --> 00:03:47,427 Children: Yes. But God doesn't have a shell. 84 00:03:47,427 --> 00:03:50,266 Tim: God doesn't have a shell. 85 00:03:50,266 --> 00:03:52,583 So if we start thinking about God's attributes, 86 00:03:52,583 --> 00:03:56,515 this one doesn't line up either. 87 00:03:56,515 --> 00:03:59,327 This turtle isn't everywhere. 88 00:03:59,327 --> 00:04:02,434 Children: (unintelligible) 89 00:04:02,434 --> 00:04:04,899 Tim: It has eyes. Does God have eyes? 90 00:04:04,899 --> 00:04:06,584 Children: Yes. 91 00:04:06,584 --> 00:04:09,122 Tim: Does He? 92 00:04:09,122 --> 00:04:13,972 Children: (unintelligible) 93 00:04:13,972 --> 00:04:15,433 Tim: Let me ask you this. 94 00:04:15,433 --> 00:04:18,228 Does God have eyes? 95 00:04:18,228 --> 00:04:23,417 Is God a man or is God spirit? 96 00:04:23,417 --> 00:04:25,446 Does a spirit have eyes? 97 00:04:25,446 --> 00:04:26,363 Children: No. 98 00:04:26,363 --> 00:04:27,443 Tim: No. 99 00:04:27,443 --> 00:04:29,694 Now, we know this, 100 00:04:29,694 --> 00:04:33,916 God became man. 101 00:04:33,916 --> 00:04:36,003 When He became man, 102 00:04:36,003 --> 00:04:38,384 He became like us - we know that. 103 00:04:38,384 --> 00:04:41,061 But we're going to get to that later. 104 00:04:41,061 --> 00:04:42,431 So you caught me again. 105 00:04:42,431 --> 00:04:44,781 The turtle's not God. 106 00:04:44,781 --> 00:04:47,383 Because God doesn't have a shell. 107 00:04:47,383 --> 00:04:51,595 And where is God? 108 00:04:51,595 --> 00:04:55,113 Children: Heaven. 109 00:04:55,113 --> 00:04:58,081 Tim: Is God just in Heaven? Is He here today? 110 00:04:58,081 --> 00:04:59,174 Children: Yes. 111 00:04:59,174 --> 00:05:00,824 Tim: Is He at your home right now? 112 00:05:00,824 --> 00:05:03,607 Children: Yes. 113 00:05:03,607 --> 00:05:04,726 Tim: He's everywhere. 114 00:05:04,726 --> 00:05:08,787 The turtle's not everywhere. 115 00:05:08,787 --> 00:05:10,663 And do you know what else? 116 00:05:10,663 --> 00:05:13,548 God knows everything. 117 00:05:13,548 --> 00:05:18,234 That turtle - he doesn't know you. 118 00:05:18,234 --> 00:05:20,448 And you know what else? 119 00:05:20,448 --> 00:05:24,483 God is very wise. 120 00:05:24,483 --> 00:05:27,397 That turtle's wisdom is pretty limited. 121 00:05:27,397 --> 00:05:33,313 He probably knows how to swim. 122 00:05:33,313 --> 00:05:35,045 Do you know what? 123 00:05:35,045 --> 00:05:38,513 God specifically said: 124 00:05:38,513 --> 00:05:45,409 do not bow down to the sun 125 00:05:45,409 --> 00:05:48,731 or to the moon or to the stars. 126 00:05:48,731 --> 00:05:51,724 Do you know why He told men that? 127 00:05:51,724 --> 00:05:57,129 Many people worship the moon or the sun. 128 00:05:57,129 --> 00:05:59,435 Is the moon God? 129 00:05:59,435 --> 00:06:01,082 Children: No. 130 00:06:01,082 --> 00:06:02,897 Tim: Is God big? 131 00:06:02,897 --> 00:06:04,072 Children: Yes. 132 00:06:04,072 --> 00:06:05,620 Tim: Is the moon big? 133 00:06:05,620 --> 00:06:07,428 Children: Yes. 134 00:06:07,428 --> 00:06:08,697 Tim: The moon is big. 135 00:06:08,697 --> 00:06:12,203 It may look small in the sky, but it's big - real big. 136 00:06:12,203 --> 00:06:15,029 So if God's big and the moon's big, 137 00:06:15,029 --> 00:06:16,515 is the moon God? 138 00:06:16,515 --> 00:06:18,532 Children: No. 139 00:06:18,532 --> 00:06:19,818 Tim: Is the moon bright? 140 00:06:19,818 --> 00:06:21,525 I see you've got a moon over there. 141 00:06:21,525 --> 00:06:22,980 There's lights behind it. 142 00:06:22,980 --> 00:06:25,554 Is the moon bright at night? 143 00:06:25,554 --> 00:06:26,968 Children: Yes. 144 00:06:26,968 --> 00:06:28,864 Tim: Does the Bible say God is light? 145 00:06:28,864 --> 00:06:30,582 Children: Yes. 146 00:06:30,582 --> 00:06:31,880 Tim: So is that God? 147 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:33,781 Children: No. 148 00:06:33,781 --> 00:06:35,447 Tim: Why not? 149 00:06:35,447 --> 00:06:38,443 Children: (unintelligible) 150 00:06:38,443 --> 00:06:40,434 Tim: God made the universe. 151 00:06:40,434 --> 00:06:44,230 Right. The moon is created. 152 00:06:44,230 --> 00:06:49,482 The moon is part of what God made. 153 00:06:49,482 --> 00:06:54,506 I'm going to give you another one here. 154 00:06:54,506 --> 00:06:59,532 Brother John Dees, who's that? 155 00:06:59,532 --> 00:07:10,238 That is called Ganesh. 156 00:07:10,238 --> 00:07:11,722 You may think that's funny. 157 00:07:11,722 --> 00:07:15,067 You may think that's strange. 158 00:07:15,067 --> 00:07:16,886 But if you went and lived in India, 159 00:07:16,886 --> 00:07:18,480 you wouldn't think it's strange 160 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,335 because you'd see it everywhere. 161 00:07:20,335 --> 00:07:25,960 And they worship - this is one of their gods. 162 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:30,136 This is what many of the billions 163 00:07:30,136 --> 00:07:32,351 of the people in India 164 00:07:32,351 --> 00:07:34,566 believe is a god. 165 00:07:34,566 --> 00:07:36,530 Does that look like a god to you? 166 00:07:36,530 --> 00:07:38,501 Children: No. 167 00:07:38,501 --> 00:07:42,422 Tim: It looks like a god to many people. 168 00:07:42,422 --> 00:07:44,735 How do they worship Ganesh? 169 00:07:44,735 --> 00:07:49,187 (unintelligible) 170 00:07:49,187 --> 00:07:51,994 Okay, shush, everybody. 171 00:07:51,994 --> 00:07:54,022 Let's listen to John just a second. 172 00:07:54,022 --> 00:07:55,907 John: Gifts and offerings and prayers. 173 00:07:55,907 --> 00:07:58,479 Tim: Gifts, offerings, and prayers. 174 00:07:58,479 --> 00:08:02,402 Now, prayers is a huge thing. 175 00:08:02,402 --> 00:08:05,504 You know why people have gods? 176 00:08:05,504 --> 00:08:09,474 Because they want something from those gods. 177 00:08:09,474 --> 00:08:11,769 They try to appease them 178 00:08:11,769 --> 00:08:14,182 and they pray to them. 179 00:08:14,182 --> 00:08:16,620 Listen. 180 00:08:16,620 --> 00:08:18,600 Is God - the true God - 181 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,765 is He a God you can pray to? 182 00:08:20,765 --> 00:08:21,891 Children: Yes. 183 00:08:21,891 --> 00:08:24,404 Tim: Why would you want to pray to Him? 184 00:08:24,404 --> 00:08:26,160 Children: (unintelligible) 185 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:30,434 Tim: But what does that mean for Him to be a god? 186 00:08:30,434 --> 00:08:33,303 Why pray to God? 187 00:08:33,303 --> 00:08:34,829 Why should I pray to God? 188 00:08:34,829 --> 00:08:37,888 Why should you pray to God? 189 00:08:37,888 --> 00:08:40,905 Hm? What's that? 190 00:08:40,905 --> 00:08:42,912 Because we love Him? 191 00:08:42,912 --> 00:08:44,887 But what's another reason? 192 00:08:44,887 --> 00:08:46,585 That's a good reason. 193 00:08:46,585 --> 00:08:50,749 Why pray to God? 194 00:08:50,749 --> 00:08:51,973 Tell me. 195 00:08:51,973 --> 00:08:57,629 Children: Because God takes care of us. 196 00:08:57,629 --> 00:08:59,450 Tim: There! Right there! 197 00:08:59,450 --> 00:09:01,750 He takes care of us. 198 00:09:01,750 --> 00:09:03,935 You know why we pray to God? 199 00:09:03,935 --> 00:09:08,509 Because we have a God who answers prayer. 200 00:09:08,509 --> 00:09:10,771 We have a God who's kind. 201 00:09:10,771 --> 00:09:12,630 We have a God who saves. 202 00:09:12,630 --> 00:09:15,123 We have a God who gives. 203 00:09:15,123 --> 00:09:17,110 He is the Father of lights from whom 204 00:09:17,110 --> 00:09:19,518 every good and perfect gift comes. 205 00:09:19,518 --> 00:09:20,620 Not that. 206 00:09:20,620 --> 00:09:22,777 You pray to that? 207 00:09:22,777 --> 00:09:26,415 You know the best you'll get if you pray to that? 208 00:09:26,415 --> 00:09:27,951 You'll get demons. 209 00:09:27,951 --> 00:09:30,694 That's the best you'll get there. 210 00:09:30,694 --> 00:09:32,750 But they don't love you 211 00:09:32,750 --> 00:09:34,980 and they don't have your good in mind. 212 00:09:34,980 --> 00:09:37,360 You see, we have us a God we can pray to 213 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,034 and He helps those who come to Him. 214 00:09:41,034 --> 00:09:44,378 If you pray to that god and you get an answer, 215 00:09:44,378 --> 00:09:46,337 it's an answer of deception. 216 00:09:46,337 --> 00:09:51,660 And all they mean to do is damn your souls. 217 00:09:51,660 --> 00:09:54,196 That's not God either. 218 00:09:54,196 --> 00:09:57,562 Now how about this? 219 00:09:57,562 --> 00:09:58,808 Is that God? 220 00:09:58,808 --> 00:10:00,756 Children: Yes. 221 00:10:00,756 --> 00:10:05,021 Tim: No! That is not God. 222 00:10:05,021 --> 00:10:08,022 That is a picture - 223 00:10:08,022 --> 00:10:10,096 for one, it's a picture. 224 00:10:10,096 --> 00:10:12,074 No picture is God. 225 00:10:12,074 --> 00:10:15,960 You can't put God on a screen. 226 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,272 You can't put God in that tent. 227 00:10:18,272 --> 00:10:20,136 You can't build a house for Him. 228 00:10:20,136 --> 00:10:22,842 That's what Solomon knew when he built a temple. 229 00:10:22,842 --> 00:10:25,280 There's no building that can hold God. 230 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,406 And you can't put God on a screen. 231 00:10:27,406 --> 00:10:29,217 And you know what? 232 00:10:29,217 --> 00:10:32,963 Even though God became man, 233 00:10:32,963 --> 00:10:37,105 and that God-man was Jesus Christ, 234 00:10:37,105 --> 00:10:40,041 that is not Him. 235 00:10:40,041 --> 00:10:43,321 And we have no picture of Him. 236 00:10:43,321 --> 00:10:47,850 That right there is probably the creation 237 00:10:47,850 --> 00:10:52,112 if I understand right of medieval Roman Catholics 238 00:10:52,112 --> 00:10:55,748 and they basically simulated one of their priests. 239 00:10:55,748 --> 00:10:58,510 That is not God. 240 00:10:58,510 --> 00:11:00,641 Now, my great-grandmother, I think 241 00:11:00,641 --> 00:11:02,634 she had that exact picture. 242 00:11:02,634 --> 00:11:04,389 That is a very well known picture. 243 00:11:04,389 --> 00:11:06,242 I think she had that exact picture 244 00:11:06,242 --> 00:11:09,268 on her wall in her bedroom. 245 00:11:09,268 --> 00:11:11,939 She was a foul-mouthed, wicked, 246 00:11:11,939 --> 00:11:14,478 100 year old woman. 247 00:11:14,478 --> 00:11:16,896 She could swear with the best of the sailors, 248 00:11:16,896 --> 00:11:18,567 but she had that on her wall 249 00:11:18,567 --> 00:11:19,682 and she trusted it. 250 00:11:19,682 --> 00:11:22,573 Don't ever trust a picture. 251 00:11:22,573 --> 00:11:24,508 That is not God. 252 00:11:24,508 --> 00:11:27,559 That is not God. 253 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:31,636 That is a photo of who knows who, 254 00:11:31,636 --> 00:11:35,823 but it's not even an accurate picture of Jesus Christ. 255 00:11:35,823 --> 00:11:39,621 We do not know what Jesus Christ looked like. 256 00:11:39,621 --> 00:11:42,653 Pictures of Him never are right. 257 00:11:42,653 --> 00:11:44,547 Never. 258 00:11:44,547 --> 00:11:47,878 That is not God. 259 00:11:47,878 --> 00:11:50,190 Sometimes God is portrayed 260 00:11:50,190 --> 00:11:52,199 as just being light. 261 00:11:52,199 --> 00:11:53,805 You think of the glory of God 262 00:11:53,805 --> 00:11:56,783 or bright or a brightness or light. 263 00:11:56,783 --> 00:12:01,781 But listen, no picture can capture God. 264 00:12:01,781 --> 00:12:04,133 How can we have a picture 265 00:12:04,133 --> 00:12:06,886 of somebody who's everywhere? 266 00:12:06,886 --> 00:12:08,691 And who is spirit? 267 00:12:08,691 --> 00:12:12,507 I can't put a picture up here. 268 00:12:12,507 --> 00:12:15,183 But I'll tell you this, 269 00:12:15,183 --> 00:12:19,344 listen. 270 00:12:19,344 --> 00:12:21,125 Listen to what God says. 271 00:12:21,125 --> 00:12:24,603 "Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. 272 00:12:24,603 --> 00:12:31,739 Since you saw no form..." 273 00:12:31,739 --> 00:12:35,031 This is what God's saying. 274 00:12:35,031 --> 00:12:38,799 God says to Israel: 275 00:12:38,799 --> 00:12:41,477 You did not see any form. 276 00:12:41,477 --> 00:12:44,321 You didn't see Me. 277 00:12:44,321 --> 00:12:46,606 "...When the day that God spoke to you 278 00:12:46,606 --> 00:12:49,497 up on Mount Sinai out of the midst of the fire." 279 00:12:49,497 --> 00:12:51,582 And He said this, "Beware, lest you 280 00:12:51,582 --> 00:12:55,968 act corruptly by making any kind of carved images..." 281 00:12:55,968 --> 00:12:58,489 You don't want to make pictures. 282 00:12:58,489 --> 00:12:59,624 You know why? 283 00:12:59,624 --> 00:13:01,556 Pictures can never represent Him. 284 00:13:01,556 --> 00:13:03,630 He's far greater. 285 00:13:03,630 --> 00:13:05,948 Far, far greater. 286 00:13:05,948 --> 00:13:09,470 Nothing can hold God. He is so big. 287 00:13:09,470 --> 00:13:10,721 But you know what? 288 00:13:10,721 --> 00:13:13,943 As big as He is, and He is big, 289 00:13:13,943 --> 00:13:16,721 He is everywhere at the same time. 290 00:13:16,721 --> 00:13:21,523 He knows everything all the time. 291 00:13:21,523 --> 00:13:23,552 And He's good. 292 00:13:23,552 --> 00:13:25,389 And you know what? 293 00:13:25,389 --> 00:13:27,471 He saves sinners. 294 00:13:27,471 --> 00:13:28,595 He's good. 295 00:13:28,595 --> 00:13:30,949 But He said, 296 00:13:30,949 --> 00:13:34,023 "Don't make any form of any figure, 297 00:13:34,023 --> 00:13:36,188 the likeness of male or female, 298 00:13:36,188 --> 00:13:39,964 any animal, the likeness of any winged bird, 299 00:13:39,964 --> 00:13:42,767 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, 300 00:13:42,767 --> 00:13:44,240 any fish in the water..." 301 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,175 "Beware, lest you raise your eyes..." 302 00:13:46,175 --> 00:13:47,560 Here it is, "...to heaven, 303 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:49,479 when you see the sun 304 00:13:49,479 --> 00:13:52,825 and the moon and the stars, 305 00:13:52,825 --> 00:13:56,157 and you be drawn away and bow down." 306 00:13:56,157 --> 00:14:01,087 You know what? This is what it means to bow down. 307 00:14:01,087 --> 00:14:04,397 It's right to bow to God. 308 00:14:04,397 --> 00:14:05,496 You want to bow. 309 00:14:05,496 --> 00:14:07,372 Falling on your knees, you know what? 310 00:14:07,372 --> 00:14:10,634 Many of your parents who are Christians, 311 00:14:10,634 --> 00:14:13,382 we get on our knees at times 312 00:14:13,382 --> 00:14:15,641 and maybe some of you do too, 313 00:14:15,641 --> 00:14:18,764 but there are times we bow before Him. 314 00:14:18,764 --> 00:14:21,411 You never bow before the moon. 315 00:14:21,411 --> 00:14:26,539 Never bow before some elephant-headed god. 316 00:14:26,539 --> 00:14:30,744 Never bow before a picture that's supposedly of Jesus. 317 00:14:30,744 --> 00:14:36,002 Our God - He dwells in the heavens, 318 00:14:36,002 --> 00:14:38,469 but you now what, even the heaven of heavens 319 00:14:38,469 --> 00:14:40,889 can't contain Him. 320 00:14:40,889 --> 00:14:43,694 We'll take you to another one. Look at this. 321 00:14:43,694 --> 00:14:46,570 "To whom then will you liken God, 322 00:14:46,570 --> 00:14:49,696 or what likeness compare Him with?" 323 00:14:49,696 --> 00:14:50,708 Listen to that. 324 00:14:50,708 --> 00:14:53,413 To whom will you liken Him? 325 00:14:53,413 --> 00:14:54,591 None! 326 00:14:54,591 --> 00:14:56,380 There's no equal. 327 00:14:56,380 --> 00:14:59,667 You cannot equal God to anybody. 328 00:14:59,667 --> 00:15:03,714 He's far greater than everything. 329 00:15:03,714 --> 00:15:04,789 Now watch this. 330 00:15:04,789 --> 00:15:09,316 (incomplete thought) 331 00:15:09,316 --> 00:15:11,219 To whom will you liken God? 332 00:15:11,219 --> 00:15:12,749 This is I want to leave you with 333 00:15:12,749 --> 00:15:14,796 and it seems like some of the others here, 334 00:15:14,796 --> 00:15:17,876 they took you in the same direction. 335 00:15:17,876 --> 00:15:20,059 One thing we know about God is this - 336 00:15:20,059 --> 00:15:22,436 and the Bible starts with this - 337 00:15:22,436 --> 00:15:29,852 God created everything. 338 00:15:29,852 --> 00:15:31,921 "Have you not known? Have you not heard? 339 00:15:31,921 --> 00:15:33,826 The Lord is the everlasting God, 340 00:15:33,826 --> 00:15:34,887 the Creator..." 341 00:15:34,887 --> 00:15:37,980 This comes up so much in your Bibles. 342 00:15:37,980 --> 00:15:40,630 "...The Creator of the ends of the earth. 343 00:15:40,630 --> 00:15:42,693 He does not faint or grow weary; 344 00:15:42,693 --> 00:15:45,167 His understanding is unsearchable." 345 00:15:45,167 --> 00:15:46,456 Watch this. 346 00:15:46,456 --> 00:15:54,811 This just takes you quickly through the six days. 347 00:15:54,811 --> 00:15:57,600 You know what? 348 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:05,387 God created it all. 349 00:16:05,387 --> 00:16:06,816 Think about it. 350 00:16:06,816 --> 00:16:08,582 He created those apples. 351 00:16:08,582 --> 00:16:09,917 You saw a picture of apples. 352 00:16:09,917 --> 00:16:12,881 You know why He created those? 353 00:16:12,881 --> 00:16:15,769 For you to eat. 354 00:16:15,769 --> 00:16:18,302 You know what the Bible says? 355 00:16:18,302 --> 00:16:24,378 That God shows you kindness. 356 00:16:24,378 --> 00:16:30,845 Because the Lord would have you 357 00:16:30,845 --> 00:16:35,430 to repent, trust Christ. 358 00:16:35,430 --> 00:16:38,874 But I want you to know, this God, 359 00:16:38,874 --> 00:16:42,173 He's big. He's great. 360 00:16:42,173 --> 00:16:44,351 You can't put Him on that screen. 361 00:16:44,351 --> 00:16:46,467 You can show pictures of what He created, 362 00:16:46,467 --> 00:16:49,286 but I can't put a picture of God up there. 363 00:16:49,286 --> 00:16:51,599 There is no picture of God. 364 00:16:51,599 --> 00:16:56,539 The picture of God is found in your Bibles. 365 00:16:56,539 --> 00:16:58,320 It tells us all about Him. 366 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,729 If you want to learn about this God, 367 00:17:00,729 --> 00:17:05,155 you don't go look in a book at pictures. 368 00:17:05,155 --> 00:17:06,867 You go look in your Bible 369 00:17:06,867 --> 00:17:09,771 and you read about what it says about Him. 370 00:17:09,771 --> 00:17:12,748 And this is one of the first things that it says about Him: 371 00:17:12,748 --> 00:17:17,949 "In the beginning, God created 372 00:17:17,949 --> 00:17:21,787 the heavens and the earth." 373 00:17:21,787 --> 00:17:24,867 Our God is the Creator. 374 00:17:24,867 --> 00:17:28,097 And so that's what I want to leave you with. 375 00:17:28,097 --> 00:17:29,980 Okay? 376 00:17:29,980 --> 00:17:35,162 Let's pray. 377 00:17:35,162 --> 00:17:42,582 Father, I pray that these children 378 00:17:42,582 --> 00:17:47,468 would have their minds opened up 379 00:17:47,468 --> 00:17:52,194 to behold greatness, glory. 380 00:17:52,194 --> 00:18:00,342 Father, we don't grasp, 381 00:18:00,342 --> 00:18:03,913 and how much we desire to have You 382 00:18:03,913 --> 00:18:08,290 open up the eyes and the hearts of our children 383 00:18:08,290 --> 00:18:09,763 to recognize the greatness. 384 00:18:09,763 --> 00:18:12,079 We know what they're going to be attacked with. 385 00:18:12,079 --> 00:18:14,751 We know that the schools and the colleges 386 00:18:14,751 --> 00:18:17,001 and the very mindset of the world, 387 00:18:17,001 --> 00:18:18,640 the worldviews around us 388 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:22,085 that proclaim evolution 389 00:18:22,085 --> 00:18:24,530 and they dishonor You 390 00:18:24,530 --> 00:18:29,305 and they spit at Your glory. 391 00:18:29,305 --> 00:18:32,079 Lord, we know You created. 392 00:18:32,079 --> 00:18:37,307 Lord, we know that our views of You 393 00:18:37,307 --> 00:18:40,658 are yet too small. 394 00:18:40,658 --> 00:18:46,717 And we hear those words ring out to Job: 395 00:18:46,717 --> 00:18:50,084 "Where you there when I laid the foundations of the world? 396 00:18:50,084 --> 00:18:54,880 If you were, if you have understanding..." 397 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:56,827 But we weren't there. 398 00:18:56,827 --> 00:18:58,982 We weren't there, but we can behold. 399 00:18:58,982 --> 00:19:01,031 We can see what You've done. 400 00:19:01,031 --> 00:19:02,541 And we know that You are a God 401 00:19:02,541 --> 00:19:04,470 who does love sinners 402 00:19:04,470 --> 00:19:06,068 and we're thankful for that. 403 00:19:06,068 --> 00:19:07,896 I pray for these children. 404 00:19:07,896 --> 00:19:09,742 Lord, in Your kindness, 405 00:19:09,742 --> 00:19:12,431 open their eyes to behold Your glory. 406 00:19:12,431 --> 00:19:15,755 I pray in Christ's name, Amen.