{"id":267,"date":"2016-01-03T20:30:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T20:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=267"},"modified":"2017-06-08T21:10:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T21:10:04","slug":"02-it-all-begins-with-god","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/brnsermons.com\/scottybackhaus\/sermons\/02-it-all-begins-with-god\/","title":{"rendered":"02 It All Begins With God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>It All Begins with God<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Genesis 1:1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It all begins with God.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Activity is not a fit substitute for spirituality.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible is a book about God revealing Himself to us.<\/p>\n<p>When someone has a problem with their behaviour, the correct response is to take them from the beginning and renew their vision from God.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>God is always previous<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before our need is recognized the supply is already provided.<\/p>\n<p>Job 2:3<\/p>\n<p>There is a difference between intelligence and education.<\/p>\n<p>Integrity means he is an honest man, not a manipulator.<\/p>\n<p>Fear of God comes before integrity.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t fear God if we don\u2019t have the right vision of God.<\/p>\n<p>If we don\u2019t fear sin, we don\u2019t have the right vision of God.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since everything begins with God it affects every area of our life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It affects our prayer life.<\/p>\n<p>Our Witnessing<\/p>\n<p>Our Preaching.<\/p>\n<p>Our Talking with people<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>It does not say in the beginning God began, but said God created.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John 1:1-2<\/p>\n<p>The Lord Jesus Christ did not begin in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>Revelation 1:11<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genesis 1:1 is one of the most important verses because it refutes false doctrines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It refutes atheism, because the universe was created by God.<\/p>\n<p>It refutes pantheism (the belief that God is everything and everything is God), for God is transcendent (apart from and independent of the material universe) to that which He created.<\/p>\n<p>It refutes polytheism, for one God created all things.<\/p>\n<p>It refutes materialism, for matter had a beginning.<\/p>\n<p>It refutes dualism, because God was alone when He created.<\/p>\n<p>It refutes humanism, because God, not man, is the ultimate reality.<\/p>\n<p>It refutes evolutionism, because God created all things.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The five categories of science are in Genesis 1:1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Time \u2013 \u201cIn the beginning\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Force \u2013 \u201cGod\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Motion \u2013 \u201ccreated\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Space \u2013 \u201cheaven\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matter \u2013 \u201cearth\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It All Begins with God Genesis 1:1 It all begins with God. 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