- Read Genesis 1:1-2:3. What do we learn about God from the opening refrains of Scripture?
*Is any of what you find in Genesis 1:1-2:3 contained in Article 1 of the SOF?
- Read Genesis 1:26-27 and then Genesis 2:18-25. What significance do you see in the plural references to this one God?
*Why was it not good for the one made in God's image to be alone?
*Is it important to know that God is a relational God who loved—indeed, always has loved? Why?
- Read Revelation 7:9-12 and then Revelation 21:1-5. Discuss why this combination of God's infinite perfection and his loving/relational nature provides hope that people from all nations will come into God's family and that everything will someday be made new.
- What have you learned (or re-learned) about God in this study?
Story of Our Faith, 2011 Study Series • Copyright © 2011, Lake Avenue Church