[preacherbrian]

Here you can find some of my sermon outlines.

[preacherbrian]

The Eternalness of God
John 1:1-5
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
NKJV
1. His Eternal Existence
a. God has no beginning
i. We as humans with a finite mind struggle with this concept. We look for a beginning and an ending, but they are not there. This is exemplified when God tells Moses I am what I am. You see we look for the physical and in the instance of God we should remember that God is a spirit.
b. God has no end
i. The existence of God does not end. He is the eternal creator and the eternal spirit. We know that our mortal remains will end and we will travel on to our final destination, but not God. God is simply always in existence. Eternity denotes forever which means infinity or with out end. And God also has no beginning. Once again we have to refer to God’s divinity as a spirit because we as humans cannot comprehend this concept.
2. His residence with God
a. Was eternal
i. John is stating here that Jesus was with God when he spoke everything into existence. You see Jesus resided with God always. He did not just suddenly spring into being overnight to be born of the virgin Mary, no he has always existed right alongside of God and they have always been together.
b. was Perfect
i. Jesus resided with God in a perfect relationship. I know may people are married and they will tell you they have a good relationship, but how many will say they have a perfect relationship? I love my wife, but our relationship is not perfect. There are times we get on each other’s nerves and I am sure there have been times she planned on collecting on some life insurance. God’s relationship with Jesus was perfect. They understood each other perfectly, they communicated perfectly, and they resided together with no strife or contention.
3. His Proper Deity
a. Emmanuel means God with us
i. Even the name that Mary was commanded to give him tells us who he is. He is God with us. Jesus was the physical embodiment of the spirit of God, so that we could receive salvation from our sins. God abhors sin. He will not abide it within his presence, and Jesus came to carry the weight of that sin so we could come back to knowing our God. Adam knew him in the garden of Eden, but by one man sin entered the world and it is by one man, the son of God, Emmanuel, God is with us, the one called the Christ, that sin can be forgiven, and it is this which tells us he is God because only God can forgive sin. I tell you now, He is God and if you don’t know him you better tremble. You better get to know him. You better seek him. Because he is God and there is no more powerful statement than to say he is the great I am.

4. Invitation

[Kalos4]

Hi Brian,

I appreciate your notes but I have a point of issue for which I would like to receive clarification from you. You said:

b. God has no end
i. The existence of God does not end. He is the eternal creator and the eternal spirit. We know that our mortal remains will end and we will travel on to our final destination, but not God. He is all that was, is, and shall ever be. Eternity denotes forever which means infinity or with out end. Once again we have to refer to God’s divinity as a spirit because we as humans cannot comprehend this concept.

If we are to take this statement at face value in its context, it would be presenting God in a Pantheistic (where God is everything and everything is God) way. Is this what you are trying to say? I don't think that you are proposing that God is really like this intentionally based upon your entire blog, but it is confusing and unclear as to your exact meaning because of this declaration.

Please clarify for us.

Thank you,

Timothy †

The sum of Thy word is truth, And every one of Thy righteous ordinances is everlasting. Psalm 119:160 NAS

[preacherbrian]

I can see where you might think that from the notes. How ever I am talking more about the eternity of God. This is the fact that God has no beginning and has no ending. It is also a reference to the omniscience and the omnipresence of God. Hebrews tells us that God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It also referes to the fact that God made everything. Every tree, blade of grass, rock, or speck of sand, is known to the creator. Nothing is too great or too small for our Lord to handle. I hope this helps to clarify things if not let me know and I will try to help some more. By the way thank you for the input.

[Kalos4]

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the reply. As I stated in my first post, I believe that I fully understand what you meant to convey, but the statement you made wherein you say

He is all that was, is, and shall ever be.

is a false statement and that it should be corrected, amended or retracted. Please understand that I am not trying to be critical, but rather I want to help you and I am simply trying to point out that this is a statement that really needs to be changed for clarification or else eliminated from your sermon notes and delivery. Might I suggest that you rephrase this sentence to say something like: "He has always existed, exists presently and always will exist." ...? This is what I thought you were trying to convey with this statement: Am I mistaken?

I am a teacher too and I know how difficult it can be to put lessons together and to be clear as well as consistent especially when trying to communicate the deep things of God and His word.

Just trying to help out.

Thank you,

Timothy †

The sum of Thy word is truth, And every one of Thy righteous ordinances is everlasting. Psalm 119:160 NAS

[preacherbrian]

OKay check out the edited version and let me know what you think.

[Kalos4]

Clear and consistent. Good job Brian. I hope I didn't irritate you too much.

[preacherbrian]

oh no. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Will be posting more in the near future to.