We watched the scene where 'God' appears to King Arthur and the knights.
Each person had to write words that describe their vision and characteristics of God and/or draw how they view God and shared them. Then ask the following questions:
How does the movie’s portrayal of God compare to your own?
What stuck out to you about King Arthur’s response to God suddenly showing up? How would you have responded?
How do you picture God? Has that picture of God changed?
What kind of God did you see in this movie’s portrayal?
How does this portrayal of God compare with the God of the Scriptures?
Do you think God ever gets tired of people saying, “I’m sorry” or “Forgive me”?
Isaiah 40:12-18 7Who has scooped up the ocean in his two hands, or measured the sky between his thumb and little finger, Who has put all the earth's dirt in one of his baskets, weighed each mountain and hill? Who could ever have told God what to do or taught him his business? What expert would he have gone to for advice, what school would he attend to learn justice? What god do you suppose might have taught him what he knows, showed him how things work?
Why, the nations are but a drop in a bucket, a mere smudge on a window. Watch him sweep up the islands like so much dust off the floor! There aren't enough trees in Lebanon nor enough animals in those vast forests to furnish adequate fuel and offerings for his worship. All the nations add up to simply nothing before him— less than nothing is more like it. A minus. So who even comes close to being like God? To whom or what can you compare him?
Isaiah 40:28-31 Don't you know anything? Haven't you been listening? God doesn't come and go. God lasts. He's Creator of all you can see or imagine. He doesn't get tired out, doesn't pause to catch his breath. And he knows everything, inside and out. He energizes those who get tired, gives fresh strength to dropouts. For even young people tire and drop out, young folk in their prime stumble and fall. But those who wait upon God get fresh strength. They spread their wings and soar like eagles, They run and don't get tired, they walk and don't lag behind.
Note: Isaiah asks a number of questions within this passage that should be considered rhetorical. The obvious answer is that no one can fully comprehend who God is. Only God understands God. Isaiah demonstrates how we often attempt to identify God’s characteristics through creation. While this is one of the ways He has chosen to reveal himself to us, we must realize that our knowledge and understanding of God will always be limited. Isaiah’s main emphasis is to never underestimate who God is and what He is capable of doing. Isaiah couples this emphasis on the almighty power of God with His desire to care for each one of us personally.
Ask:
How is God portrayed in these scriptures?
What images stuck in your mind about God’s power as you read the passages? What did it symbolize for you?
How does the God of Isaiah compare with the image of God from the movie? Give both similarities and differences.
Throughout Scripture, the overall idea is that God is love. Everything God does is in and through His love. Consider both the Isaiah passage and the movie clip through the perspective of a loving God.
Does God appear to be loving in the movie? How?
Does God appear to be loving in the Isaiah passage? How?
If you were to remake the clip based on the image of God in the passage in Isaiah, what would you change?
Why does almighty God care about human kind? How might knowing the various "traits" of God help you form a stronger connection with God?
Can a human being achieve anything without God’s help? Why or why not? How can a person even know that God is or is not involved in every action?
Why is complete understanding of God beyond human comprehension? Why do people want to try and understand God anyway?
Does this apply to your life? If so, how?
Silently close in prayer asking God for greater understanding of God’s will and also the ability to respectfully honor the awesomeness of God.
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