DOES GOD HAVE RIVALS? (1 OF 2)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Isaiah 40:9-31
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Does God Have Rivals? (1 of 2)
Series: God Matters
Scott Maze
Isaiah 40:9-31
The spiritual temperature of our churches must be above lukewarm. People need to see that God is the all-consuming reality in our lives. Our sincerity and earnestness in worship matter ten times more than the style we use to display our sincerity and earnestness. We need to start talking about zeal. Young people want to see that our faith actually matters to us. They are like Ben Franklin who was asked why he was going to hear George Whitefield preach. Someone said to him, ''You don't even believe what he says'' To which he replied, ''I know. But he does.'' We cannot pass on to the next generation something that we do not feel. Whitefield blasted the church in his day because ''the generality of preachers [in New England] talk of an unknown and unfelt Christ. The reason why congregations have been so dead is because they have had dead men to preach to them.'' The next generation, every generation really, needs to hear the Gospel with personal, passionate, pleading.
There is a time for dialogue, but there is also a time for declaration. People need to hear of the mighty deeds of God. And they need to hear the message from someone who not only understands it, but has been captured by it. I want you to see the GLORY of our God. God's majesty is bigger than we could ever dream of or imagine. We are here this morning to worship a GREAT, BIG GOD. Our God is a HUGE, MASSIVE God of splendor and majesty. My goal for the next several weeks is to have our view of God e x p a n d e d.
I want you to have the confidence that: God's Glory is Bigger than You Think
The Bible tells us the following about God: ''There is none holy like the Lord; there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God'' (1 Samuel 2:2). In order to see the BIGNESS of God I want you to turn in your Bibles to Isaiah 40. This is the beginning of the second major division of Isaiah's prophecy.
[ASK THEM TO ...
Series: God Matters
Scott Maze
Isaiah 40:9-31
The spiritual temperature of our churches must be above lukewarm. People need to see that God is the all-consuming reality in our lives. Our sincerity and earnestness in worship matter ten times more than the style we use to display our sincerity and earnestness. We need to start talking about zeal. Young people want to see that our faith actually matters to us. They are like Ben Franklin who was asked why he was going to hear George Whitefield preach. Someone said to him, ''You don't even believe what he says'' To which he replied, ''I know. But he does.'' We cannot pass on to the next generation something that we do not feel. Whitefield blasted the church in his day because ''the generality of preachers [in New England] talk of an unknown and unfelt Christ. The reason why congregations have been so dead is because they have had dead men to preach to them.'' The next generation, every generation really, needs to hear the Gospel with personal, passionate, pleading.
There is a time for dialogue, but there is also a time for declaration. People need to hear of the mighty deeds of God. And they need to hear the message from someone who not only understands it, but has been captured by it. I want you to see the GLORY of our God. God's majesty is bigger than we could ever dream of or imagine. We are here this morning to worship a GREAT, BIG GOD. Our God is a HUGE, MASSIVE God of splendor and majesty. My goal for the next several weeks is to have our view of God e x p a n d e d.
I want you to have the confidence that: God's Glory is Bigger than You Think
The Bible tells us the following about God: ''There is none holy like the Lord; there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God'' (1 Samuel 2:2). In order to see the BIGNESS of God I want you to turn in your Bibles to Isaiah 40. This is the beginning of the second major division of Isaiah's prophecy.
[ASK THEM TO ...
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