God Is. We Are. | Tyler Eggers
To live a life that matters, you must know who God is – and who you are.
This passage reveals 1) who God is and 2) who we are.
"Nearly all the wisdom we possess — that is to say, true and sound wisdom — consists of two parts: the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves.” - John Calvin
God Is. We Are.
Psalm 24:1-5 NASB
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who live in it. 2 For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. 3 Who may ascend onto the hill of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place? 4 One who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to deceit and has not sworn deceitfully. 5 He will receive a blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
We were created on purpose with a purpose.
Psalm 24:1-2 NASB
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who live in it. 2 For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
I. God is Creator – We are Created
Psalm 90:12 NIV
12 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Romans 1:20 NASB
20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
Psalm 14:1a NASB
1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
II. God is Good – We are Not Good
Psalm 24:3-4 NASB
3 Who may ascend onto the hill of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place? 4 One who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to deceit and has not sworn deceitfully.
Jeremiah 17:9 NASB
9 “The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?
John 8:44 NASB
44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
Matthew 5:27-30 NASB
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’; 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 Now if your right eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand is causing you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.
Psalm 24:5 NASB
5 He will receive a blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
III. God is Savior – We are Made Righteous
John 3:16-17 NASB
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.