WHEN GOD BLOWS YOUR MIND
EPH. 3:20
1. INTRODUCTION. THERE ARE SOME SIGHTS IN THIS WORLD, THAT IF YOU SAW THEM FACE TO FACE, THEY WOULD BLOW YOUR MIND. THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA, WHICH STANDS 455 FEET IN HEIGHT, CONSISTING OF 2.3 MILLION BLOCKS, WITH A BASE LENGTH OF 756 FEET, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 5.9 MILLION TONS; WHICH AT ONE TIME WAS THE TALLEST MADE STRUCTURE, WOULD NO DOUBT BLOW OUR MINDS. THE STATUE OF ZEUS, LOCATED AT OLYMPIA, THAT STANDS 43 FEET TALL, WOULD BLOW OUR MINDS. TO WITNESS THE SPLENDOR AND BEAUTY OF MOUNT EVEREST, EARTHS’ HIGHEST MOUNTAIN ABOVE SEA LEVEL STANDING AT 29,029 FEET, SITUATED IN ASIA WOULD BLOW OUR MINDS. TO VIEW THE ROMAN COLISEUM, WHERE GLADIATORS FOUGHT AND CHRISTIANS WERE KILLED, WOULD TAKE OUR BREATH AWAY. THE TREMENDOUS MAJESTY OF THE TAJ MAHAL, LOCATED IN INDIA, 240 FEET IN HEIGHT IS WITHOUT PEER. YES MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ALL OF THESE SIGHTS WOULD BLOW OUR MINDS, BUT I STOPPED BY TO TELL US THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY MAY BLOW OUR MINDS, THEY CANNOT COMPARE TO HOW THE GREAT GOD OF THE UNIVERSE CAN AND WILL BLOW OUR MINDS IF WE LIVE FOR HIM AND TRUST IN HIM! SO, IN CASE YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE SUBJECT MATTER FOR TODAY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHEN GOD BLOWS YOUR MIND.
2. THE TEXT. PAUL WANTED HIS READERS TO EXPERIENCE THE FULLNESS OF GOD’S GRACE. AND TO EXPERIENCE GOD’S GRACE, IS TO EXPERIENCE GOD HIMSELF.
a) I SUBMIT THAT IF MORE PEOPLE WOULD EXPERIENCE GOD, THEY WOULD ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO GOD LIKE OUR GOD.
b) PAUL CONCLUDES THIS THIRD CHAPTER WITH A DOXOLOGY, WHICH IS A LITURGICAL FORMULA FOR PRAISING GOD.
c) AND MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AS WE BARE WITNESS TO THE EXCELLENCY OF GOD, WE CAN STATE EMPHATICALLY THAT GOD IS WITHOUT PEER AND IS UNPARALLELED.
d) THERE IS NOTHING IN THE UNIVERSE THAT CAN BE COMPARED TO GOD BECAUSE GOD IS PERFECT IN HIS BEING AND IN ALL THAT HE DOES.
e) NOTHING ELSE IN CREATION IS PERFECT!
f) PAUL AFFIRMS THAT GOD IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY; WHICH MEANS THAT GOD CAN DO WHAT OUR MINDS CANNOT EXPRESS.
g) ABOVE ALL WE ASK OR THINK, MEANING THAT HE CAN DO MORE THAN WE CAN DESIRE IN OUR PRAYERS, AND MORE THAN WE CAN EVER COMPREHEND.
h) GOD WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!
3. LET’S TALK ABOUT GOD. BEFORE THERE WAS A WHEN OR A WHERE, THERE WAS GOD.
a) THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING HE IS GOD.
b) HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN GOD, AND HE ALWAYS WILL BE GOD.
c) GOD, UNLIKE US, NEEDS NOTHING TO SUSTAIN HIS LIFE.
d) HE IS THE SELF-EXISTING GOD!
e) GOD DOES NOT NEED TO SEARCH THE WEB FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES BECAUSE HE IS OMNISCIENT AND HE KNOWS EVERYTHING THAT CAN EVER BE KNOWN!
f) HE KNOWS THE TOTAL COMBINED NUMBER OF HEARTBEATS OF EVERY PERSON WHO HAS EVER LIVED AND WILL LIVE.
g) HE KNEW OUR THOUGHTS BEFORE WE WERE EVER BORN!
h) GOD DOES NOT NEED ANYONE OR ANYTHING, BUT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON GOD.
i) GOD WHO IS MIGHTY AND OMNIPOTENT, AND OMNIPRESENT, MEANING THAT HE IS ALL POWERFUL AND EVERYWHERE PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME.
j) THERE IS NOTHING TOO HARD FOR GOD.
k) WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GOD, THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT HEAVEN CANNOT CONTAIN HIM.
l) AS WE CONSIDER HIS AWESOMENESS, NAHUM SAYS THAT THE CLOUDS ARE THE DUST OF HIS FEET; THE MOUNTAINS QUAKE AT HIM; THE HILLS MELT BEFORE HIM; AND THE EARTH IS BURNED AT HIS PRESENCE; HE REBUKES THE SEA AND DRIES UP RIVERS.
m) YES, GOD WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.
4. SINCE GOD CAN BLOW OUR MINDS, WHY NOT…
a) SERVE A GOD THAT CAN SPEAK AND MAN WILL LIVE, SPEAK AND MAN WILL DIE
b) SERVE A GOD THAT CAN LOOK BEYOND ALL OF OUR FAULTS AND MEET OUR NEEDS
c) SERVE A GOD WHO SAID LET THERE BE AND IT HAS BEEN EVER SINCE
d) SERVE A GOD WHO SCOOPED MAN OUT OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND AND BLEW LIFE INTO HIM
e) SERVE A GOD WHO IS THE EPITOME OF HOLINESS
f) SERVE A GOD WHO TRANSCENDS TIME
g) SERVE A GOD THAT CAN BE HIS OWN FATHER AND OWN SON AT THE SAME TIME
h) SERVE A GOD THAT IF HE’S FOR YOU, HE’S MORE THAN THE WHOLE WORLD AGAINST YOU
i) SERVE A GOD WHO ALONE KNOWS THE NUMBER OF THE STARS AND THEIR NAMES
j) SERVE A GOD WHO PUT THE WETNESS IN THE RAIN, THE HEAT IN THE SUN, AND REFLECTORS IN THE MOON
k) SERVE A GOD THAT CAN GIVE PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING AND JOY UNSPEAKABLE JOY
l) SERVE A GOD THAT CAN LEAVE HIS THRONE AND STILL BE ON THE THRONE
m) SERVE A GOD THAT CAN REDEEM LOST HUMANITY
