Unit B

God and the World: Basics

Sections

6. God’s Creation
   1. God Makes Everything
      • God made the heavens, the earth and everything in them
      • Because he made everything, all things belong to God
      • Creation is evidence of God and what he is like, to all people
   2. God Sustains Everything
      • Every creature’s life is dependent on God
      • God made and sustains all things through Jesus Christ
   3. God’s Creation of People
      • God has made people with a spirit
      • God has made people in his own image
      • Every person will die
      • People’s spirits exist after death

7. God’s Sovereignty
   1. God Rules Supreme
      • He is the one and only God
      • God rules over all
      • God will reign forever
      • God carries out his plans
      • God will impose his absolute rule on all
   2. God Has Control over All Things
      • God has control over evil
      • God has control over nature
      • God has control over the nations
   3. God Has Control over People
      • God has control over people’s minds
      • God has control over people’s actions
      • God controls all that happens to people

8. God’s Word
   1. General
      • The Bible is God’s word
      • God’s word is true
      • God’s word is active and powerful
      • God’s word brings spiritual life
      • God’s word gives light
   2. God’s Covenant with Israel
      • God made a covenant with Israel, based on the laws he gave through Moses
      • If the Israelites obeyed God, then they would be his people and he would be their God
      • Faithful obedience to the law would bring righteousness
      • The Ten Commandments

9. The Problem of Sin
   1. What and Who
      • Sin is breaking God’s law
      • Sin is committed by all people
   2. Consequences of Sin
      • Sin means that we face God’s anger
      • Sin results in physical death
      • Sin brings the prospect of eternal death
   3. The Law’s Provision for Sin
      • An animal was offered by a priest to God to make atonement for anyone who sinned
      • The high priest made atonement for Israel as a whole
      • However, Israel did not keep God’s law and broke his covenant

10. God’s Judgment
    1. Reasons for God’s Judgment
       • God’s judgment is to punish sin
       • God’s judgment is to discipline his people
       • God’s judgment is to punish the wicked
    2. The Justice of God’s Judgment
       • God judges fairly
       • God judges correctly
       • God repays people according to what they have done
       • God gives fair warning of judgment
    3. The Wicked and God’s Judgment
       • People may question God’s apparent lack of judgment regarding the wicked
       • But in due time God does take action against the wicked

 ➜Major headings in: Unit B

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