{"id":676,"date":"2016-08-15T22:59:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T03:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/god-omnipotence\/"},"modified":"2016-08-15T22:59:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T03:59:55","slug":"god-omnipotence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/god-omnipotence\/","title":{"rendered":"God, omnipotence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><b>What God Can\u2019t Do<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>A young boy traveling by airplane to visit his grandparents sat beside a man who happened to be a seminary professor. The boy was reading a Sunday school take-home paper when the professor thought he would have some fun with the lad. \u201cYoung man,\u201d said the professor, \u201cIf you can tell me something God can do, I\u2019ll give you a big, shiny apple.\u201d The boy thought for a moment and then replied, \u201cMister, if you can tell me something God can\u2019t do, I\u2019ll give you a whole barrel of apples!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:right; line-height:normal'>Today in the Word, April, 1989, p. 43<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><b>Pascal<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>The greatest single distinguishing feature of the omnipotence of God is that our imagination gets lost when thinking about it.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:right; line-height:normal'>Blaise Pascal, in Pensees<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><b>Guarded on All Sides<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>The Christian is guarded on all sides by the Lord. We have God before us (Isa. 48:17), God behind us (Isa. 30:21), God on our right (Ps. 16:8), God to our left (Job 23:9), God above us (Ps. 36:7), God\u2019s arms underneath us (Dt. 33:27), and His Spirit within us (I Cor. 3:16). God is our true environment. What protection!<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>An Australian missionary told a thrilling story of the Lord\u2019s special care for him as he made a lonely and dangerous journey on foot. He had no problem getting to his destination, but was uneasy on the return trip because he carried with him a large sum of money. A man was waiting at a lonely spot, planning to rob and kill anyone who passed by. The missionary, unaware of this but concerned about the risk of traveling alone, prayed aloud to God for protection as he walked along. Before the bandit saw him, he heard him talking, and immediately he thought there must be two men, so he decided not to attack.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height: normal'>Later, he told someone what he had intended to do that day, and the news got around. When the missionary heard it, he realized that God\u2019s Spirit had prompted him to pray aloud as he journeyed. His heart rejoiced as he thought of the Lord\u2019s wonderful protection from harm.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:right; line-height:normal'>Source unknown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What God Can\u2019t Do A young boy traveling by airplane to visit his grandparents sat beside a man who happened to be a seminary professor. 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