The question then should not be: Do you believe in God? The question should be: In what God do you believe? You see, when different people talk about God, they are not all speaking of the same person. While most people in our country claim to believe in God, it is clear they do not believe in the God revealed in Scripture. So you see, not everything is as it seems or appears to be. That's about 40% that rarely or never attend any kind of church. Three percent attend on holidays and 15 percent never attend. Overall, most Americans think religion plays too small a role in people's lives today (69 percent), with only 15 percent saying it plays too large a role and seven percent saying "about right."Īnd yet, while most Americans think religion plays far too small a role in people's lives, they are most certainly talking about other people because the same poll found that only a little more than a third of those surveyed (37 percent) say they attend church, synagogue or other place of worship at least once a week, 13 percent almost every week, 12 percent about once a month and 19 percent seldom attend. Though belief in God has remained at about the same level, belief in the devil has increased slightly over the last few years - from 63 percent in 1997 to 71 percent today.īut before you get overly encouraged, the same national poll showed that about a third of Americans believe in ghosts (34 percent) and an equal number in UFOs (34 percent), and about a quarter accept things like astrology (29 percent), reincarnation (25 percent) and witches (24 percent). If you were to ask Americans if they believed in God, the majority of them would tell you yes, they do believe in God.Īccording to a Fox News poll conducted recently (Friday June 18th, 2004) fully 92 percent of Americans say they believe in God, 85 percent in heaven and 82 percent in miracles. Secondly we will look to the scripture to see how God reveals Himself to us and finally we will consider what impact these truths have on our lives. We will break our discussion this morning into three sections. My hope is to stir your hearts and to whet your appetite for more so that you will continue to study and learn more of these truths on your own.
#DAILY BIBLE STUDY WAYNE BLANK SERIES#
This series of thematic messages is designed simply to familiarize you with the rudimentary or basic doctrines which we as Southern Baptist confess to be true. How do you say all you need to say about God in 35 minutes? Needless to say I can neither be exhaustive nor comprehensive in my treatment of this topic, but our purpose here is not to teach you all there is to know about any of these doctrines, that would be impossible. The purpose of this morning's message is to take a closer look at the person and nature of God.Īs I sat down to write this message this week, after reading through numerous books and pouring over a variety of volumes on systematic theology, it occurred to me that the task before me was next to impossible. You see, while most people claim to believe in God, they are not really sure Who He is, What He is like and How we can know these things about Him with certainty. But if I were to follow that question up by asking you to describe God to me, to give me a list of His attributes or to speak to me of the essential qualities of His nature, the answers would not be as forthcoming. If I were to ask you this morning if you believed in God, I am confident that almost all of you would respond in the affirmative. This week we move into theology proper as we attempt to say a word about God. Last week we began by examining the Scripture, the single source from which we get all of our doctrine. After three days AND three nights, Jesus took the saints from Paradise to Heaven.We have come to the second sermon in our series on our doctrinal confession, the Baptist Faith and Message.
0 kommentar(er)
