Saturday, June 10, 2023

The Names of God: El Olam

Scripture
Genesis 21:22-34


Name
El Olam - God who has no beginning and no end. The everlasting God whose Son is the Alpha and the Omega


Picture from Francis Chan

Understanding the Name
Rope illustration


God Reveals His Name
Ps 90:4, 10, 12
A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.
Our days may come to seventy years,
    or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
Teach us to number our days,
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom
Is 46:4
Even to your old age and gray hairs
    I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
    I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
Is 40:28-29
Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
    the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
    and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 
He gives strength to the weary
    and increases the power of the weak.


Take It To The Bank
  1. God is everlasting, eternity to eternity.
  2. Man is eternal. His spirit exists forever. Ecc 3:11
  3. God's promises will not fail. Ps 33:11 





Small Group Questions
We want the youth to be able to eventually feed themselves spiritually. Here's where we can get some practice in. Let them read the passage and then let them work through the questions to better understand it. 
Psalm 90:1-4, 12 Althought the whole passage is important, focus on these. 
  1. What do we read here that describes God?
  2. What can we learn about His nature?
  3. Our own nature?
  4. Why trust God?
Isaiah 40:28-29
  1. What can learn about God's attributes?
  2. How can that affect us?
  3. What does God offer us?
Ecclesiates 3:11 and John 17:3-5
  1. What does man long for?
  2. What "void" can be found in every human heart? 
  3. What about atheists?

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