God's Natural Revelation: January 22, 2014

INTRO: Natural Revelation vs. Special Revelation

-Natural revelation is God revealing Himself through nature

-Special revelation is God revealing Himself through scripture, the bible, etc.

NATURAL REVELATION

GROUP ACTIVITY (20 mins)

Read the following scripture and answer the following questions:

-What does God tell us about nature?

-What does nature tell us about God?

GROUP 1

Psalm 65: 9-13

Psalm 147: 7-9

Psalm 104: 21-30

Nature tells us that if we give praise and worship, He will extend his hand and provide.

God tells us that he will provide for us through nature. (Fields of grain, etc.)

“Read your bible, pray everyday and you’ll grow, grow, GROW”

“Don’t read your bible, forget to pray and you’ll shrink, shrink, SHRINK”

GROUP 2

Romans 1: 18-20 -His invisible attributes are visible through nature

                          -His special revelation confirms his natural revelation

Psalm 114: 1-8 -Even the stationary creations MOVE (nature obeys God)

Matthew 5: 44-48 -Our natural characteristics causes us to WANT to sin, but through Christ, we obey.

GROUP 3

Matthew 6: 28-32 -Cycle of life and death

Matthew 10: 29-31 -God takes care of our special needs (no matter how small we are)

Proverbs 8: 22-31   -Vast areas of God’s creation haven’t even been discovered

                             -We were God’s main focus during his creation of the Earth

Our importance to God is proven through TRUST

There are cycles, and if we follow God’s pattern, He will take care of us (TRUST).