LBFC Sermon "How God Changes Us - Part 1 - The Word of God" 8/31/2014 AM - Pastor David Brandt
WHAT IS GOD?. Knowledge changes our perception of the world.
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WHAT IS GOD?
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Knowledge changes
our perception of the world
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NOW WE KNOW
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NOW WE KNOWThe Earth is not flat
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NOW WE KNOWThe Earth is not flat
The universe is not centered
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NOW WE KNOWThe Earth is not flat
The universe is not centeredGravitation is not attraction
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There is a fundamental conception UNCHANGEABLE
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It’s GodWhy?
What is God?
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God is:• An image; • A person;• A superperson;• Nature;• A supernature;• And so on
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Our perceptions are the same as in ANCIENT times
Why?Because there is no clear definition
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We believe when we don’t knowThen we all are believers
Including atheists
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Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961)
Implicitly he suggested
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God is NOT:• An image; • A person;• A superperson;• Nature;• A supernature;• And so on
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God is the ACTIONThat joins 1 & 2 to create 3
1 is Human 2 is Nature
3 depends on God
or Human
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1 + 2 = 3Human Nature
orHuman
JesusGOD
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I don’t believe in God, I know Him
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WHY BELIEVERSBELIEVE IN
SUPERSOMEONE
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We believe when we don’t knowWhat about believers?
What don’t they know?
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They find around evidences of God’s existenceWhat about believers?
What don’t they know?
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Nothing wrong in beliefEVEN FOR
SCIENTISTS
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Celestial mechanicians believe
Will the asteroid collide with the planet?
Yes ( 5%) vs. No (95%)
PROBABILITY THEORYBELIEF THEORY
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Believers would conclude:“There is a Will of God for that!”
I would object:“Don’t attribute to God
what belongs to Nature.”
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Believers would conclude:“There is a Will of God for that!”
I would object:“Don’t attribute to God
what belongs to Nature.”
REALLY!Any chance is a combination of many small natural laws
we are unable to catch
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PROCESSrandom + deterministic = something like
ALIVE
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TWO BEETLES
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IT’S JUST A TOY
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A GAME of CHANCES makes us feel
some LIFE in the world
Whose is this LIFE?
The LIFE is of SUPERSOMEONE we don’t know
?
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A GAME of CHANCES makes us feel
some LIFE in the world
Whose is this LIFE?
The LIFE is of SUPERSOMEONE we don’t know
no GOD but NATURE
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BELIEVERS CONFUSE GOD WITH NATURE!