C S Lewis Good philosophy exists because bad philosophy needs to be answered A few premisses There is a REAL Spiritual realm There are gods lowercase g and angels ID: 809826
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Slide2Col. 2:8
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8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world , and not according to Christ.
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Slide3C. S. Lewis
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Good philosophy exists because bad philosophy needs to be answered.
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Slide4A few premisses:
There is a REAL Spiritual realm.
There are “gods” (
lowercase g
) and angels.
They are created.
They interact with the natural world in a very tangible way.
We are both physical and spiritual - made to intersect.
The term ‘Sons of God’ includes women.
Slide52 Cor 4:18 (NLT)
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18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.
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Col 3:2 (NLT)
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2 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.
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Slide6What on earth are we going to do in Heaven?
Slide72. What does it mean to
be called ‘Sons of God’?
Slide8CS Lewis
- The Weight of Glory "
Almost all our modern philosophies have been devised to convince us that the good of man is to be found on this earth.
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Slide9Neo
“
you trying to tell me I can dodge bullets?
”
Morpheus
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no Neo, I’m trying to tell you that when you’re ready, you won’t have to.
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Slide17Is any of it real?
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Slide19Luke 17:20-21
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20 One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, “When will the Kingdom of God come?” Jesus replied, “
The Kingdom of God can’t be detected by visible signs
. 21 You won’t be able to say, ‘Here it is!’ or ‘It’s over there!’ For the Kingdom of God is already among you.”
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Slide20Gen. 6:1-2
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1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
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Slide21Old Testament
‘Sons of God’ are clearly not human beings.
Job 38:7
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7 when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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Slide22Old Testament
Multiple Terms:
Sons of God
The Counsel of God
The Watchers (as ‘guardian’ Daniel 4)
Holy ones
The Host of Heaven
“gods” (elohim - plural and lowercase)
Slide23Psa. 82:1-8
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1 God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: 2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” 5 They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. 6 I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; 7 nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.” 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations!
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The gods exist
and, at least some, have messed up really badly!
v5
“
without wisdom
” but
v6
“
you are gods, sons of God
Most High
”
el-yone
- The Supreme God
.
Angels
are
not
called
God’s Children
in the Old Testament
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They interact with earth
Father children, eat, talk,
interact in our “
Minecraft
” world.
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We don’t see them directly
Spiritual reality is invisible to us
except
Relationally
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God judges the earth
Why?
v8
“
Arise, O God,
judge the earth
; for you shall inherit all the nations!
”
1. God dispersed the nations under the gods.
2. So
God judges accountable rulers
over earth.
Slide28Through Jesus Christ God “
inherits
” back
all the nations of the world
Matt 28:18-19
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18 And Jesus came and said to them, “
All authority in
heaven
and on
earth
has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of
all nations
,...
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Every “Ethnos”
Slide29New
Testament
“Sons of God” used for
Believers
,
Human disciples of Christ,
as
promotion or
Identity.
Slide30Matt. 5:9
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9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
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Slide31John 1:12
"But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,”
Slide32John 10:34-35
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34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
[quoting Psalm 82]
35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came...
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Slide33Col. 1:15-20
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15 He is the
image of the invisible God
, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
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Slide34God is making a Newniverse
And we have an eternal
place
and
purpose
there.
Slide35So then…
what are we going to be doing in Heaven
?