Intimacy with God
IN THE BEGINNING GOD – CREATOR, WORD, SPIRIT
- (Gen 1:1) In the beginning God…
- The Spirit hovered.
- The Word was spoken.
- Life came into being.
- ‘Eloheem’ means gods and is specifically used in the plural.
- God is one (Mark 12:29).
- God is love (1John 4:8).
- Three persons (a trinity) – of one substance.
- The early Church fathers said that the Trinity is joined in an eternal dance of mutual love, joy and honour (peri choresis).
- (John 14:10-17) Father, Son, Spirit.
INTIMACY IS RELATIONAL
- Religion finds intimacy with God offensive.
- Intimacy does not come about through laws and rules.
- The Bible is not a set of rules and regulations.
- It’s a love story.
- It’s His-tory.
- It’s our story.
- The story of God pursuing us in love
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