Message series i mustache you a question part 1 10 12 14 presentation

Question 1:

Where Did God Come From?

Before the mountains were born, before You gave birth to the earth and the world, forever and ever, You are God. (Psalm 90:2 – New Life Version)

Before the mountains were born and before you created the earth and the world, you are God.

You have always been, and you will always be.

(Psalm 90:2 – New Century Version)

“I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God.

“I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come — the Almighty One.”

(Revelation 1:8 – New Living Translation)

Your throne is set up from long ago. You have always been.

(Psalm 93:2 – New Life Version)

Your throne, O LORD, has been firm from the beginning and you existed before time began.

(Psalm 93:2 – Good News Bible)

FACT: God has existed forever

FACT: He has no beginning or end

FACT: God’s greatness can never be fully comprehended by

humans with finite minds and limited understanding

Eternity

God is measureless!

Infinity

God is limitless!

Transcendence

God is incomprehensible!

Self Existence

God is God!

Question 2:

Are Tattoos And Piercings Wrong?

Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood.

Do not practice fortune-telling or witchcraft.

Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.

Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the LORD. (Leviticus 19:26-28 – New Living Translation)

Spiritual

Moral

Ceremonial

Civil

Cultural

ISSUE: Content

ASK: Will this honor God?

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

(1 Corinthians 10:31 – New Living Translation)

ISSUE: Witness

ASK: Will this help point people to Christ?

No man has any hold on me, but I have made myself a slave to all. I do all of this so I might lead more people to Christ . . .

Everything I do, I do to get the Good News to men . . .

(1 Corinthians 9:19, 23 – New Life Version)

ISSUE: Esteem

ASK: Am I doing this to feel better about myself?

You are beautiful in every way. . . there is no blemish on you.

(Song Of Solomon 4:7 – God’s Word Translation)

I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way.

(Psalm 139:14 – New Century Version)

ISSUE: Conformity

ASK: Am I doing this to fit in?

Do not follow the crowd . . .

(Exodus 23:2 – New International Version)

Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let God remold your minds from within.

(Romans 12:1 – Phillips Bible)

ISSUE: Permanence

ASK: Is this a wise thing to do?

Only fools would trust what they alone think, but if you live by wisdom, you will do all right.

(Proverbs 28:26 – Contemporary English Version)

ISSUE: Ownership

ASK: Who does my body belong to?

You are not the owner of your own body, you have been bought, and at what a price!

Therefore bring glory to God both in your body and your spirit, for they both belong to him.

(1 Corinthians 6:20 – Phillips Bible)

See, I have tattooed your name upon my palm . . .

(Isaiah 49:16 – Living Bible)

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him,

and by his wounds we are healed.

(Isaiah 53:5 – New International Version)

Question 3:

Is There A Correct Way To Pray?

Once Jesus was in a certain place praying . . . one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1 – New Living Translation)

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything . . .

Always keep on praying.

(Philippians 4:6. I Thessalonians 5:17 – New Living Translation)

Our Father in heaven: May your holy name be honored; may your Kingdom come;

may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today the food we need.

Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us

Do not bring us to hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

(Matthew 6:9-13 – Good News Translation)

PRAYER ESSENTIALS:

FAITH Pray confidently

PERSEVERANCE Pray aggressively

SURRENDER Pray unselfishly

COMMITMENT Pray obediently

Perseverance

Consistency

Obedience

PRAYER INGREDIENTS:

Adoration

Petition

Confession

Intercession

Let’s Pray

Bonus Question 1:

If someone were to guess the correct date of the second coming, would God change it?

Bonus Question 2:

Explain how Jesus died on Friday and raised on Sunday is three days?