God and Why’s? Part 1

Lessons Learned So Far We See Only A Part Of The Picture. God Isn’t Limited To What We Think He Ought To Do. – We continually make the mistake of thinking that our plans and God’s plans are the same plans. – “Write your plans in pencil and give God the eraser!” – If your God always does what you want, He’s probably not the God of the Bible.

We need a bigger God – Habakkuk got his mind messed up because he thought he knew what God should do. – He was wrong twice: ‘ He thought God was ignoring Judah’s Sin. He couldn’t believe God would use the Babylonians to judge His own people.

First, Habakkuk thought God was ignoring Judah’s sin. Second, Habakkuk thought God would never use Babylon to judge Judah.

C.S. Lewis remarked that the problem of suffering is atheism’s greatest weapon against the Christian faith.

We can frame the Book this way: – The issue is not Judah and her sin. – The issue is not Babylon and it’s evil. – The issue is not Habakkuk’s doubts. – The issue is God!

Question #1 Who Are You? What do you do when God makes no sense? Either you walk away from your faith or you remind God yourself of who God is. Look what Habakkuk calls God: – Everlasting- Sovereign – Lord- Personal God of Israel – God- Strong One, Creator, majestic ruler – Holy- In a class by yourself – Rock- Safe Place

Consider: If you remove God’s Sovereignty, you will forever question His wisdom. If you remove God’s loyal love, you will forever question His faithfulness. If you remove His majesty, you will forever question His power. If you remove His holiness, you will forever question His fairness. If you remove His protection, you will forever question His goodness.

The question is not, “Do I believe in God?” but rather, “What sort of God do I believe in?”

First Principle of Life God is good, holy, knows all things, is love, makes mistakes. The Bible is true; Jesus Christ is the Son of God; He died on the cross and rose from the dead and ascended back to heaven and someday will return to the earth to rule and reign

The Holy Spirit is real. I am sealed by the Holy Spirit and God is always with me. All things work together for my good and God’s glory. God will complete His work in me and in you.

Say it with me: – God is good all the time; all the time God is good. – Now say it again but I’m going to add one thing: – “God is good all the time; all the time God is good. – “I am a Witness!” – Are you?