Faultless (Titans)

We have been in a series where we are discussing Greek Mythological gods and how no matter how powerful or gifted they are that they all have a fault.

 

Despite what you've been told, despite any disappointments you might have encountered, despite what culture, society, or the media might have tried to show you our God is faultless.

 

Illustrate here: clash of the Titans Video

 

 

Titans are a race of godlike giants who were considered to be the personifications of the forces of nature.

They were immortal giants of incredible strength and stamina they were overthrown by a race of younger gods, the Olympians, in the "War of the Titans."

 

Gaea

Greek earth goddess and mother of the Titans.

 

Uranus

Uranus is the sky god and first ruler.

Cronus

The offspring of Cronus and Rhea were first of the Olympians. To insure his safety Cronus ate each of the children as they were born. This worked until Rhea, unhappy at the loss of her children, tricked Cronus into swallowing a rock, instead of Zeus. When he grew up Zeus would revolt against Cronus and the other Titans, defeat them, and banish them to Tartarus in the underworld.

 

Rhea

Rhea was the wife of Cronus and she tricked Cronus into swallowing a rock, saving her son Zeus.

 

Oceanus

Oceanus is the unending stream of water encircling the world. Together with his wife Tethys produced the rivers and the three thousand ocean nymphs.

 

Tethys

Titan goddess of fresh water. Tethys is the wife of Oceanus.

 

Hyperion

Hyperion is the Titan of light, an early sun god. He married his sister Theia. Their children Helius (the sun), Selene (the moon), and Eos (the dawn).

 

Mnemosyne

Titan of memory and the mother of Muses.

 

Themis

Titan of justice and order.

 

Iapetus

Titan of mortality.

 

Coeus

Titan of Intelligence.

 

Crius

Titan of astrology.

 

Phoebe

Titan of the Moon. Virgin huntress.

 

Thea

Titan goddess of sight.

 

Prometheus

Prometheus was the wisest Titan. His name means "forethought" and he was able to foretell the future. He tricked Zeus into allowing man to keep the best part of the animals sacrificed to the gods and to give the gods the worst parts, then he stole fire from heaven giving it to humankind.

 

For this Zeus punished Prometheus by having him chained to a rock with an eagle tearing at his liver. He was to be left there for all eternity or until he agreed to disclose to Zeus which of Zeus children would try to replace him. He was eventually rescued by Hercules without giving in to Zeus.

 

Epimetheus

Epimetheus was a stupid Titan, father of excuses, whose name means "afterthought." He also accepted the gift of Pandora(box filled with all evils) from Zeus, which lead to the introduction of evil into the world.

 

Atlas

Unlike his brothers Prometheus and Epimetheus, Atlas fought with the other Titans supporting Cronus against Zeus. Due to Cronus's advance age Atlas lead the Titan's in battle. As a result he was singled out by Zeus for a special punishment and made to hold up the world on his back.

 

Metis

Metis was the Titaness of the forth day and the planet Mercury. She presided over all wisdom and knowledge.

 

Dione

Titan goddess of the oracle of Dodona in Thesprotia, and the mother of Aphrodite by Zeus. Her name is simply the feminine form of Zeus.

 

 

Myth-false belief or idea. 

•                  There are myths all around us.

•                  There are false ideas, religions, half-truths trying to destroy mankind that have come straight from the mouth of the Devil whose whole mindset, career, and existence is to destroy.

•      We have to know truth.

•      We have to engage in truth.

•      When our lives disengage from truth we live just like hell itself in the fact that we try to engage those false ideas, religions, and half-truths into our lives therefore into culture, society, even the church.

 

"Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly.” (John 7:24 NLT)

 

1.Many people have a surface relationship with God.

1.They simply see the things He has done for others, they have heard of the things He has done for others, or they somewhere witnessed God moving.

2.There is no depth to their relationship where they actually "know Him."

Know-be absolutely certain or sure about something, have personal experience of.

•      To "know" Him.

•      Not just His healing, not just His provision, not just His power, nor His gifts, but Him.

 

John 7:27 NLT "But how could he be? For we know where this man comes from. When the Messiah comes, He will simply appear; no one will know where he comes from.”

 

2. Another surface account.

•      Jesus is just gonna appear right?

•      Is that what the bible says?

•      Did it say this or did it say that? I'm confused.

•                  People get confused about God when they only have a surface relationship with Him and truly don't know Him.

•      Why should I read the bible for myself when I have someone else tell me what it says, cause that's only surface relationship!

•                  You should know Him.

•                  Not just know about Him.

 

Illustrate here: guacamole or a type of weird looking food that when you actually taste it or engage in it, you love! Or something deceptive from the outside looks great, try it and it's horrible.

 

•      Surface-the outside part or upper most layer of something.

•                  Many people never get any deeper in their God relationship than the surface.

•      Surface relationship says, "God please do what I want, when I want, your my genie in a bottle, your my wish list giver, you give me stuff, you give me things, you are just here to give, give, give.

•      God no matter how much I disappoint you, no matter how much I ignore you, no matter how much I try my very best to dodge your house, your word, your worship, or service to others you should do what I say when I say it.

•                  Surface relationship is mainly about what everyone sees but not what God sees.

•      I go to church, I'm good when everyone is looking, I do all the right things, and make all the right decisions when it counts but inside your as evil, deceptive, and conniving as the Devil.

•                  When no one is looking your mind goes to places that it should never go, when no one is looking you make different decisions with your heart, your actions are shameful not faultless.

 

1 Samuel 16:7 (NLT) "But the Lord said to Samuel, "Don't judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn't see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."

 

•      God does not work for you!

•                  He is not employed by you, He is not salaried by you, He..is..God!

•      Faultless God means I can trust Him, I can confide in Him, I can rely on Him, I can expect Him to never fail me, I can expect Him to lead and instruct me.

•      Faultless means free from defect or error. 

 

Jude 1:24 (NLT) "Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into His glorious presence without a single fault."

 

John 17:3, NLT "And this is the way to have eternal life--to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth."

 

How do we get eternal life? Jesus tells us clearly here--by knowing God the Father himself through his Son, Jesus Christ.

 

Eternal life requires entering into a personal relationship with God in Jesus Christ.

•      When we admit our sin and turn away from it, Christ's love lives in us by the Holy Spirit.