Text: John 4:24

Romans 11:33 -- Oh the depths of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways. 

1. Existence of God

4 Natural 'proofs'

a. Ontological argument

b. Cosmological argument

c. Teleological argument

d. Moral argument

C.S. Lewis -- “My argument against God was that the universe seems so cruel and unjust. But how did I get this idea of just, unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he first has some idea of straight. What was I comparing the universe to when I called it unjust?"

Hebrews 11:6 -- without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.

Psalm 10:4 -- In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “there is no God.”  

1 John 4:12 -- No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and His love is perfected in us. 

2. Attributes of God  

a. Incommunicable attributes

- Aseity

- Eternality

- Immutability

- Omniscience

- Omnipresent

- Omnipotence

- Holiness

b. Communicable Attributes

- Love

- Justice/righteousness

- Grace

- Wisdom

3. Works of God  

a. The will of God

- Decretive, sovereign, hidden will

- Preceptive will   

b. Providence

- Sustenance

- Concurrence