Lesson #9 & #10

Genesis 1:1

God is creator

Exodus 6:6

God is redeemer

Leviticus 20:7 –8

God is holy

Numbers 14:22 –23

God punishes those who reject him

Deuteronomy 10:12 –13

What God requires of us

Joshua 1:8

God’s recipe for success

Judges 2:20 –21

God’s warnings are clear

Ruth 4:17 –22

God’s plan for the redemption of the world

1 Samuel 15:22

God places great importance on obedience

2 Samuel 7:12 –13

God’s kingdom will last for ever

1 Kings 9:4 –5

God requires integrity of heart

2 Kings 2:6

God is alive

1 Chronicles 29:11

The whole world belongs to God

2 Chronicles 16:9

God sees everything, especially those who are loyal to him

Ezra 1:1

God moves the hearts of rulers for his purposes

Nehemiah 6:15 –16

God works through the efforts of godly people

Esther 4:14

God’s special care for his people, revealing his will through things that happen. (Esther is the only Bible book in which God is not mentioned or directly referred to.)

Job 19:25

God our redeemer lives

Psalm 100:2

God is to be worshiped

Proverbs 1:7

We are to reverence God

Ecclesiastes 12:13 –14

God will judge everything

Song of Solomon 8:7

God positively endorses marital love

Isaiah 53:6

God has taken our sin upon himself

Jeremiah 31:33

God promises his new covenant

Lamentations 3:22 –25

God is a God of mercy

Ezekiel 36:24 –26

God promises to give us new hearts

Daniel 2:44

God rules over the nations

Hosea 14:4

God heals our turning away from him

Joel 2:28 –29

The pouring out of the Holy Spirit is promised

Amos 5:12 –14

God is against social injustice

Obadiah 21

God is to be king

Jonah 2:8 –9

God brings salvation

Micah 6:8

God wants us to walk humbly before him

Nahum 1:7

God protects his followers

Habakkuk 3:17 –19

God’s strength is to be our strength

Zephaniah 3:15

God’s presence is promised

Haggai 2:23

God chooses people to do his will

Zechariah 9:9

God appears in humility

Malachi 3:1

God is almighty

Genesis 2:17

The fatal choice.

Genesis 13:13

Sin spreads.

Exodus 12:5 –7

The blood of the killed lamb protects the people from death.

Exodus 32:7

The sin of making the golden calf.

Leviticus 16:6

Aaron makes a sin offering.

Numbers 14:18

The Lord forgives sin.

Numbers 32:23

Your sin will find you out.

Deuteronomy 20:18

Worshiping other gods is sin.

Joshua 22:17

Sin needs to be cleansed.

Judges 3:7

Forgetting God is sin.

1 Samuel 2:17

Showing contempt for God is sin.

2 Samuel 12:13

David confesses his sin.

1 Kings 15:26

Not being fully devoted to God is sin.

2 Kings 8:18

Doing evil in God’s sight is sin.

1 Chronicles 9:1

Unfaithfulness to God is sin.

2 Chronicles 7:14

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land.”

Ezra 6:17

As the Temple is dedicated, a sin offering is offered.

Nehemiah 1:6

Nehemiah identifies himself with the sin of Israel.

Job 1:5

Job shows his concern for any sins of his children.

Psalm 51:3

“My sin is always before me.”

Proverbs 5:22

“The cords of his sin hold him fast.”

Ecclesiastes 5:6

“Do not let your mouth lead you into sin.”

Isaiah 6:5

“Woe is me … for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips.”

Jeremiah 14:7

Backsliding is sin.

Lamentations 1:5

Sin brings grief.

Ezekiel 18:4

“The soul who sins is the one who will die.”

Daniel 4:27

“Renounce your sin by doing what is right.”

Hosea 14:1

“Your sins have been your downfall.”

Amos 5:12

“For I know how many are your offences and how great are your sins.You oppress the righteous and take bribes and you deprive the poor of justice in the courts.”

Micah 6:7

Sin cannot be covered up by empty outward actions.

Zechariah 1:4

“Turn from your evil ways.”

Matthew 5:27 –28

Inward sins are not hidden from God.

Mark 7:20 –23

Thirteen deadly sins.

Luke 18:11 –14

The Pharisee and the tax-collector.

John 16:8 –9

The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin.

Acts 2:36 –41

God offers forgiveness for sin.

Romans 7:7 –25

The “I” of self (sin) comes 32 times in Romans 7 .

1 Corinthians 15:21

“Death came through a man.”

Galatians 1:3 –4

“The Lord Jesus Christ … gave himself for our sins.”

Ephesians 1:7

“In him … we have forgiveness of sins.”

Philippians 2:15

“A crooked and depraved generation …”

Colossians 2:11

“Putting off the sinful nature…”

1Thessalonians 2:16

“They always heap up their sins to the limit.”

2 Thessalonians 2:12

Some people delight in wickedness.

1 Timothy 5:20

“Those who sin are to be rebuked publicly.”

2 Timothy 3:6

“Loaded down with sins …”

Titus 3:11

Divisive people are “warped and sinful.”

Hebrews 12:1

“Let us throw off … the sin which so easily entangles.”

James 1:15

“Sin, when it is full grown, gives birth to death.”

1 Peter 2:24

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness.”

2 Peter 1:9

A reminder about being cleansed from sin.

1 John 1:7

“The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.”

Revelation 1:5

“… [He] has freed us from our sins.”

Hebrew name

Meaning

Bible reference

Elohim

The All-Powerful One

Genesis 1:1

El (singular)

The Strong One

Exodus 6:3

El-Elyon

The Most High God

Genesis 14:18 –22

El-Shaddai

The All-Sufficient One

Genesis 17:1

El-Olam

The Everlasting God

Genesis 21:33

Jehovah (Yahweh)

The Self-Existent One

Exodus 3:14

Jehovah-Elohim

Lord God, as Creator

Genesis 1:26

Jehovah-Jireh

Jehovah Will Provide

Genesis 22:13 –14

Jehovah-Rapha

Jehovah Who Heals

Exodus 15:25

Jehovah-Nissi

Jehovah Is My Banner

Exodus 17:15

Jehovah-Shalom

Jehovah Is Peace

Judges 6:24

Jehovah-Shammah

Jehovah Is There

Ezekiel 48:35

Jehovah-Tsidkenu

Jehovah Our Righteousness

Jeremiah 33:16

Name in the Psalms

Meaning

Bible reference

Jehovah-Raah

The Lord Is My Shepherd

Psalm 23:1

Jehovah-Sabaoth

The Lord Of Hosts (God’s power in time of trouble)

Psalm 46:7

The Living God

God gives strength

Psalm 42:2

King

God rules

Psalm 44:4

Strength

God gives us power

Psalm 59:9

Redeemer

The God who saves

Psalm 78:35

The One of Sinai

The God who gives the Law

Psalm 68:8

Other titles

Meaning

Bible reference

Rock

God’s strength

Deuteronomy 32:15

Savior

God rescues

Deuteronomy 32:15

The Ancient of Days

God’s global authority

Daniel 7:9

Father

God loves his family

Ephesians 3:14

God of gods, Lord of lords

The great, mighty God

Deuteronomy 10:17

Attributes

Example

Bible reference

God is compassionate

“compassionate and gracious”

Exodus 34:6

God is merciful

“his mercy is very great”

1 Chronicles 21:13

God is holy

“I am holy”

Leviticus 11:44

God is love

“God so loved the world”

John 3:16

God is Spirit

“God is Spirit”

John 4:24