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Our Mighty God Series
Contributed by Tom Shepard on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: This is the second sermon in this series. 1. He Knows Where You Are. 2. He Knows What Shape You Are In. 3. He Knows How Much Time You Have Left. 4. He Knows The Efforts You Have Made To Save Yourself. 5. He Knows That You Need Him.
Each and every one of us is in bad shape. Jesus knows that – and He loves us just the same.
Someone has said, “God loves us just as we are – but He loves us to much to leave us that way.” God knows what shape we are in – and He is willing to bring us in and build us up. What a Mighty God we have!
Jesus is our Mighty God because:
3. He Knows How Much TIME You Have Left.
Folks here is a simple fact – I don’t know how much time you have left on this earth only God knows. I don’t know how much time I have left to live – only God knows. I do know that the average white male in America right now lives to 78 years old. If I live to the average age that means I only have about 24 years left. But I may not live that long - or I could live longer.
Within the past year, two chaplain friends of mine that I know from the Army have died. Both of them were younger than I am. I know that in my ministry career I have conducted over 200 funerals – some of them were quit young - not even teenagers - some of them were near 100 years old. All of this is to say – I don’t know how much time any of us have on earth. But I do know:
“It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.” Hebrews 9:27 (NKJV)
This verse from Hebrews does not talk about the number of days a person will live – but it does talk about what happens after we die - judgment. It seems to me that we should be more concerned about the judgment than we are about how long we live. God knows how long we will walk this earth – our concern needs to be about how well we will do on the final exam. That day will determine whether we will walk the streets of gold - that day will determine whether we will live forever. Our Mighty God knows how much time we have left - let us make the best use of it.
Jesus is our Mighty God because:
4. He Knows The EFFORTS You Have Made To Save Yourself.
Let me ask you, how many of you have tried to be good? How many of you have tried to do the right thing? Yea, me too. But you know what happens – sometimes I fall flat on my face.
James Kim tried to do the right thing. He not only wanted to save himself – but he also wanted to save his wife and two little girls. But his efforts failed. His wife and daughters were saved not by his efforts but by the efforts of the rescuers. His efforts fell short even though he gave it his all. One rescue leaders called his efforts "superhuman" – but it still did not save his family. When it comes to being “saved” we are at the mercy of someone else. Look at what the Message Bible says about the idea that we can save ourselves:
“Saving is all His (God’s) idea, and all His work. All we do is trust Him enough to let Him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to finish! We don’t play the major role. If we did, we’d probably go around bragging that we’d done the whole thing!” Ephesians 2:8-9 (MSG)
Folks God knows our efforts – He knows how hard we have tried. But only He can save. Only He can rescue us - it doesn’t matter how good you have been - you still need a Savior. He is our Mighty God who can save and:
