God Is Not The Author Of Confusion

In many of these homes, from the street you see the garage doors are open, and you immediately come to the conclusion there is no way they could park a car in there because they are filled with what looks like junk. It is even dangerous to walk into some of these carports because you might get snake bit.

As we look at the homes with these carports, you can’t help but conclude that if these carports were twice the size, they would have twice that much junk in them. Why? Because this is the way some folks live their lives. But there are other carports where everything is clean, neat and in order.

Illus: A man who operates a small engine repair shop in Columbia, South Carolina, has a good business and it amazes people that he can work with so many little greasy engines and still keep his shop so clean and in order.

Every nut and screw has its place and it is usually in its container. He keeps his hands and clothes clean as he works on these small engines for his customers.

Some believe he is so neat he could take an engine apart wearing a white shirt and tie without getting his white shirt messed up. HE IS TRULY A NEAT FREAK!

He is so organized that when he needs anything, he can instantly go to where it is located and find it.

We all know some people…

• That have TOTAL ORDER in their lives. They live their lives according to the motto, "Everything has a place and everything must be in its place."

• That have TOTAL DISORDER in their lives. They spend about half of their time trying to find things that are covered under the different heaps that have accumulated over the decades.

I mention these two kinds of people only to point out to you that "God is a God of order." If you do not know this, you do not know the God of the Bible. God controls this universe. Three-hundred-sixty-five days a year everything is exactly where it should be and is doing what it is supposed to be doing.

Illus: If God was like some today who are not orderly, he would be saying,

• "Oh no, I forgot to hang the sun out today!"

• "Now, where did I put all those stars?"

• "It is spring and I have not made the first flower bloom. I'm just going to have to skip spring this year!"

No, every day everything in this universe in which we live that God created IS IN PERFECT ORDER.

Illus: It is because God is a GOD OF ORDER, that scientists are able to make the mathematical computations to guide space vehicles to the moon and other destinations in outer space.

MOST SCIENTISTS KNOW THAT SOMEWHERE THERE IS A GOD AND HE IS A GOD OF ORDER. WHY IS IT SIGNIFICANT that we come to understand that God is a God of order? Because the more we become like Him, the more our lives will become orderly, instead of being in disarray! Sometimes we need help with this.

Illus: For example, the church in Corinth was in total disarray. This church was famous for confusion and chaos, so Paul wrote to them and said that, "...God is not the author of confusion..."

Paul was saying that the devil was causing the confusion in the Corinthian church, and if their lives reflected the God of the Bible, their lives would have been in order, not in disarray!

Their testimony and their lives were a disgrace to the kingdom of God. Paul was telling them that their lives did not exemplify the Lord Jesus; instead they were bringing glory to Satan, who is the author of confusion!

Christians have let the devil trick them into getting their lives so muddled and cluttered up, that no one could ever tell that the God they serve is a God of order.

Let me show you what I mean. There are several ways the devil has cleverly brought disorder to the lives of believers.

We see . . .

I. DISARRAY IN CHRISTIAN’S MARRIAGES

We see chaos and confusion in many areas in the life of Christians. But one place we see it is IN THE CHRISTIAN HOME.

God's Word tells us that when God looked down and saw Adam alone in the Garden of Eden, in Genesis 2:18, He said, "...It is not good that man should be alone..."

What inspired the God of heaven to say such a thing? Evidently, when he saw Adam in the Garden of Eden, alone, He felt Adam was not a happy camper. He said, "...I will make him an help meet for him." In His wisdom, HE CREATED MARRIAGE.