He'll Do It Again
“I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.” Malachi 3:6
CALL to REPENTANCE
God has Patience!!!
God has forgive you Before….God Can forgive you AGAIN
PROVIDING A SUPPLY OF OIL
1 Kings 17:10-12New International Version (NIV)
10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” 11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”
12 “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”
What God has provided before…God CAN PROVIDE AGAIN
Some people believe that God is like a genie in a bottle.
All you get is two or three good wishes out of him, so you had better pick them wisely.
After your wishes are gone he is once again powerless.
PARTING THE WATER
Exodus 14:21 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
God made a way before… God can make away again!!!!
Other people treat God like a vending machine.
You just keep picking the thing that you want from God
and push that button until the machine is empty, and then It’s all over.
Then some treat God like he is able to handle little problems
but the big problems we had better handle on our own.
Some people treat God like he is a weak and puny God and not able to do very much at all.
But the Good News is that he is well able to meet your needs right now!
his arm is not short
his ear is not deaf
he is not slack concerning his promise
his promises are true and sure
his love is far reaching
his power has not dried up
his word is still true
When you need him he will be there and what he has done in the past he can do it again!
He is not a vending machine or a genie in a bottle.
He is not a weak and puny God.
But he is God almighty.
He said in his word that “I am God and I change not”.
If he did it for someone else he can do it for you!
If he did it before he can do it again!
I. The Bible proves this idea that he can do it again.
in many different times and ways lets look at just a few
God did it once for the widow of Zarapheth and God did it again for the widow of Bethel.
Maybe you have a financial need today?
God met financial problems in the bible and he can do it again today!
The cattle on a thousand hills belong to him.
The wealth of the wicked is laid up for the just.
He is able to meet every need that you have today!
Joshua 3:12-13New International Version (NIV)
12 Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. 13 And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord—the Lord of all the earth—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.”
2 Kings 2:8 - And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
2 Kings 2:14 - And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
God did it once for Elijah and then he did it again for Elisha.
I want you to know today that if you are facing a Red Sea situation in your life, where you can’t go:
forward
backward
left
right
there’s no way out
God is still able to part the waters of the mighty Red Sea in your life.
God is still able to make a way when there is no way.
God is still able to bring light to darkness.
TAKING OUR LOVED ONES HOME.
Genesis 5:24 - And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
2 Kings 2:11 - And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
John 11:38-44New King James Version (NKJV)
Lazarus Raised from the Dead
38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying.[a] And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
God did it once for Enoch and he did it again for Elijah.
God will do it again for the Church
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
POURING OUT THE HOLY GHOST
Acts 2:1-4 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 10:44-46 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.
Acts 19:6 - And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
God poured out the Holy spirit on the Day of Pentecost to the 120.
And then he poured out the Holy spirit again at the house of Cornelius
And then he did it again for the disciples of John at Ephesus
I’m preaching to you today that if God poured out the Holy spirit in the Bible that he still wants to pour it out today here at the maple street church.
If God poured out the Holy spirit once for someone he wants to do it again for you today!!!
and he is able!!!
God has proven himself time and time again
in sickness he has healed
in financial problems he has been a provider
in trouble he has been a savior
in crisis situations he has been a waymaker
in the storms of life he has been a shelter
in loneliness he has been a friend
What I want to preach to you today is that if he did it for me, he can do it again for you!!!!
The bible says “his compassions fail not”.
The bible says that he will never forget you.
that he will never leave or forsake you
like the songwriter wrote
You may not know how and you may not know when but HE’LL DO IT AGAIN!!!!
CLOSING: I don't know what needs you might have today.
Financial
physical
Salvation
sins that need to be forgiven
burdens that you can't carry anymore
maybe you just need a personal Revival
God can do it again!!! Lets pray!
