Intro: A fundamental problem with people

I. God in a boxA. Is God…An explanation for things?A genie to grant us wishes?A nice story for our culture?A being like others, but with a greater powers?B. God is …Fundamentally different than anything.C. And that makes sense but doesn’t satisfy sinful desireII. Who God IsA. God is Someone (not a force, or concept)B. God is OneC. God is ThreeD. God made the cosmos, fills the cosmos, but is outside the cosmosIII. How do you relate to that?A. Beings who a created eternal and free are created for a relationship to GodB. We had a greater capacity to relate before sinC. Philip’s struggle with God1. We can understand God’s nature in Jesus2. We can interact with one person and therefore interact with allD. Remember your placeE. Understand God’s compassion for you

Do you think that you “dumb God down” in any way?In which way do you tend to relate to God: as a friend or as an exultant being?