Leaving God Out (3 of 6)
Series: Strengthening The Fragile Home
Jeff Strite
Hebrews 11:8-12
(This sermon in this series is by our associate minister Scott Jewell)
Each week, we have a group of ministers that meet over lunch to encourage each other and sometimes we plan sermon series together. This month we're focusing on obstacles to healthy relationships. Last week, Jeff spoke about only giving the leftovers, today I want to discuss leaving God out.
Some of you may be thinking- Wait a minute, Scott, you just read about Abraham's faith, how does this fit? After all, God called Abraham at the age of 75 to move to a place that he didn't know, promised him he'd have a son, and Paul even tells the Romans Abraham's faith was credited to him as righteousness. How could this possibly fit in with a discussion about leaving out God?
Here's the thing- we often take the men and women of the Bible and put them on pedestals. I often here Hebrews 11 referred to as the Hall of Faith. However, God not only revealed these people's strengths, He worked through their weaknesses. When Abraham packed up his bags and left, he didn't travel a straight line from A to B. His journey looked more like this picture here, doing well for a while, faltering here or there (I showed a graphic with a straight line from A to B on the left, and a line with loops and curves going from A to B on the right).
It seems like a no brainer- why would a believer ever try to leave out the God of the omnis (meaning all)? We serve a God who is omnipotent (all powerful), omnipresent (everywhere), and omniscient (all knowing), why would we leave Him out? As I was considering this, I began getting text messages from someone I know if St. Louis. They were bummed out because they had figured out they needed to stop pursuing a relationship with a professed atheist. We messaged back and forth for a bit about what had happened, and then something she said gave me a light bulb moment. I told her this co ...
Series: Strengthening The Fragile Home
Jeff Strite
Hebrews 11:8-12
(This sermon in this series is by our associate minister Scott Jewell)
Each week, we have a group of ministers that meet over lunch to encourage each other and sometimes we plan sermon series together. This month we're focusing on obstacles to healthy relationships. Last week, Jeff spoke about only giving the leftovers, today I want to discuss leaving God out.
Some of you may be thinking- Wait a minute, Scott, you just read about Abraham's faith, how does this fit? After all, God called Abraham at the age of 75 to move to a place that he didn't know, promised him he'd have a son, and Paul even tells the Romans Abraham's faith was credited to him as righteousness. How could this possibly fit in with a discussion about leaving out God?
Here's the thing- we often take the men and women of the Bible and put them on pedestals. I often here Hebrews 11 referred to as the Hall of Faith. However, God not only revealed these people's strengths, He worked through their weaknesses. When Abraham packed up his bags and left, he didn't travel a straight line from A to B. His journey looked more like this picture here, doing well for a while, faltering here or there (I showed a graphic with a straight line from A to B on the left, and a line with loops and curves going from A to B on the right).
It seems like a no brainer- why would a believer ever try to leave out the God of the omnis (meaning all)? We serve a God who is omnipotent (all powerful), omnipresent (everywhere), and omniscient (all knowing), why would we leave Him out? As I was considering this, I began getting text messages from someone I know if St. Louis. They were bummed out because they had figured out they needed to stop pursuing a relationship with a professed atheist. We messaged back and forth for a bit about what had happened, and then something she said gave me a light bulb moment. I told her this co ...
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