‘So Paul, standing before the council, addressed them as follows; “Men of Athens, I notice you are

very religious in every way, for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your

altars had this inscription on it: “To and unknown God”. This God whom you worship without knowing, is the one I’m telling you about. He is the God who

made the world and everything in it. Since He is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples, and human hands can’t serve His needs –

for He has no needs.

He himself gives life and breath to everything, and He satisfies every need. From one man He created all the nations throughout the whole

earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and He determined their

boundaries. His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way

toward him and find him – though He is not far from any one of us. For in Him we live and move

and exist…’ Acts 17.22-28

Pantheistic View

Nature is God (or divine)

Polytheistic View

There are many God’s, all viable

Dualistic view

2 God’s at war / ying yang, light vs dark etc

The Trinity = One God existing in 3 distinct persons.

Phil 1:2 ‘May God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace’

Titus 2:12 ‘We look forward with hope to the wonderful day when the glory of our great God and saviour, Jesus Christ will be revealed.’

Acts 5:3-4 ‘Ananias…you lied to the Holy Spirit…you weren’t lying to us but to God’

‘There is no other God besides me, a righteous God and saviour, there is none besides me. Turn to me all the

ends of the earth, for I am God and there is no other’ Isaiah 45:21-22

‘Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son

and the Holy Spirit.’ Matt 28.19

God is Spirit

‘For God is Spirit, so those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth’. John 4.24

God is invisible

‘No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us’. John 1:18

‘Christ is the visible image of the invisible God’ Col 1:15

‘No human eye has ever seen Him, nor ever will’ 1 Tim 6:16

God is light

‘This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light and there is no darkness in Him at all’. 1 John 1:5

God is eternal

‘Look, God is greater than we can understand. His years cannot be counted’ Job 36.26

‘Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God’ Psalm 90.2

God is love

‘God is love, and all who live in love live in God’. 1 John 4:16

God is a Consuming Fire(Holy)

‘For the Lord your God is a consuming fire…’ Deut 4:24

God is Self Sufficient

‘Since He is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples, and human hands can’t serve His needs – for He has no needs. He Himself gives life and breath to everything and He satisfies every need’. Acts 17:24-25