Southview Baptist Church
Do You Believe? — Omnipotent
Pastor Nathan Wakefield continues the “Do You Believe? Practicing Doctrine” sermon series. This week in Isaiah 40, we learn that we need to admit our weakness and humbly place our hope in the LORD, drawing on His strength. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
Locations & Times
Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
From The Baptist Faith and Message:
God is all-powerful and all-knowing; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future decisions of His free creatures.
God is all-powerful and all-knowing; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future decisions of His free creatures.
1. God's power is beyond measure (40:12‑17).
• God's power is displayed in His personal creation (12).
• God's power is displayed in His unfathomable intellect (13‑14).
• God's power is displayed in His dominance over the nations (15‑17).
Action: What conversations do you need to have with the all‑powerful, all‑knowing God of the universe?
• God's power is displayed in His personal creation (12).
• God's power is displayed in His unfathomable intellect (13‑14).
• God's power is displayed in His dominance over the nations (15‑17).
Action: What conversations do you need to have with the all‑powerful, all‑knowing God of the universe?
2. God's power is beyond comparison (18‑24).
• No idol could possibly bear God's power (18‑20).
• No creation could possibly compare to God's power (21‑22).
• No human ruler could possibly withstand God's power (22‑24).
Action: Ask yourself, where do I need to be careful in comparing God to anything else?
• No idol could possibly bear God's power (18‑20).
• No creation could possibly compare to God's power (21‑22).
• No human ruler could possibly withstand God's power (22‑24).
Action: Ask yourself, where do I need to be careful in comparing God to anything else?
3. God's power is displayed in creation (25‑26).
• The absence of comparison demands recognition of God's power (25).
• The heavens declare God's power (26).
Action: Tonight, take a moment, look into the sky, and praise God for his power declared throughout creation.
• The absence of comparison demands recognition of God's power (25).
• The heavens declare God's power (26).
Action: Tonight, take a moment, look into the sky, and praise God for his power declared throughout creation.
4. God's power should be your source of strength (27‑31).
• Mankind has a tendency to complain against God (27).
• Complaining against God reveals immaturity (28).
• God makes his power available to the weak (29).
• Those who turn to God will find their strength in his power (30‑ 31).
Action: Determine right here and right now to place your hope in the LORD!
• Mankind has a tendency to complain against God (27).
• Complaining against God reveals immaturity (28).
• God makes his power available to the weak (29).
• Those who turn to God will find their strength in his power (30‑ 31).
Action: Determine right here and right now to place your hope in the LORD!
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