Everything Depends on God
Colossians 1:16
Intro. In weeks past we have talked about how…
Everything Begins With God
Everything Is For God
Everything Belongs To God.
Colossians 1:12-17
Everything Depends on God
By Him all things consist.
soon-is-tah’-o – holds together
By Him all things hold together.
He holds it all together with His power. Heb. 1:3
Everything depends on God.
1. The Creation
-The Universe is held together by God’s power
--The stars are held in place
--The Sun rises and falls on schedule
--The planets remain in their obits.
--Questions from God. Job 39-
II. The Christian.
-Your Physical life depends on God.
--Your next breath
--Your next heartbeat
--Your age…What is your life?
-Your Spiritual life.
--Salvation depends on God
--Eph 2:8 And that not of yourselves.
--The trials that come depend on God.
-Your daily walk.
--We walk by faith and not by sight.
--We must follow God every day.
--Where He leads me, I will follow.
-Your future life.
--God has a plan for you.
--God knows where you will be 20 years from now.
----Your time here on earth.
-Your eternity in heaven. (Read the book!)
-The last days are all planned out.
Conclusion.
We must trust God like everything depends on Him.
-Not conniving
-Not even planning James 4:13-16
We must pray like everything depends on God.
We must live like everything depends on God.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
He is trustworthy
