Albrecht Goetze, ed. Isaiah 37:19 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no god s, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. 0000013027 00000 n 5. Not surprisingly, when we attained intellectual maturity, many of us rejected the God we had inherited, and denied that He existed.” Has that been your experience at all? Where do babies come from? During the message, Andy said that the choice between God and science is a false alternative and that, “If everything was explained and explainable, it would not explain away God.” Do you agree? Faith in No Testament gods—the bodyguard god, on-demand god, boyfriend god, guilt god, anti-science god, gap god, and angry-Old-Testament god—leads to unmet expectations, childish explanations, ill-informed interpretation, and blatant manipulation. #Atheist #bible #God We all know the feeling of being wrong—we just don’t want to admit it. Can you think of any others? 0000003923 00000 n To what extent do you associate religion with guilt? Category page. Edit. • link: facebook.com/GenerationsChurchNC, © 2020 Generations Church. Who Needs God: Gods of the No Testament. Gods. 0000004647 00000 n Make sure your TV is connected to a streaming device (example: Apple TV, Chromecast or Samsung TV) and is on the same Wi-Fi network as your mobile device or computer. Did you check in on Facebook yet? Android TV: search for “Vimeo” in the Google Play Store WHO NEEDS GOD – Gods of the No Testament. Adam knowingly sinned (1 Timothy 2:14), so his punishment was brought upon himself. https://generationschurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Andy-10-15-17.mp3, God conveniently shows up as an explanation for, (We should expect to find) a predictable, stable, explainable. Andy Stanley — Gods of the No Testament. Those beings who were banished would turn themselves into the opposite to that of the "sacred" God Tribe, becoming known as the Demon Tribe. Rather, God says, “I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God” (Isaiah 45:5). You can see the message he delivered at North Point Community Church by going here: www.whoneedsgod.com (Part 3). 0000000956 00000 n Perhaps we should talk about it. The apostle Paul was set to travel throughout Asia Minor to preach, but God said “no” (Acts 16:6–9). Share. Are you clinging to views of God that don’t match your current reality? What if the God you walked away from never existed to begin with? Has there ever been a time when God didn’t respond to your circumstances the way you wanted or expected? ... For the inspired Word also tells us, "No one has seen God … 0000006821 00000 n Part 3: Do We Even Need God? Even when God is unseen, his immense power over human fate lurks beneath the events of the Old Testament narrative. •. Facebook Twitter. Keeping this important fact constantly in mind is one of the keys to understanding both the Old Testament and the nature of God. Most pe… North Point Community Church. 0000011943 00000 n Speaker: Andy Stanley. Android TV: search for “Facebook Watch” in the Google Play Store The gods that we grew up with that do not exist, and you should not believe in them anymore. We invent these “gods” based on expectations we put on the true God. 0000009469 00000 n Subscribe! The OT books of Job and Esther contain no such formula, for example, but if you accept those as Scripture while discounting the New Testament books simply because they allegedly also lack this formula, you are using a double standard. Apple TV (4th generation or newer): search for “Vimeo” in the App Store Exodus 20:1-3 – 1 And God spoke all these words: 2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 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