THE ALMIGHTY GOD (Acts 4:23-5:11)
The message today speaks of how the early Christian church praised God for what He is, the omnipotent Creator of the universe. They proclaimed “Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is.” Sadly, this is something that most churches do not really believe today. And you can know this is true, for if they did believe it, then they would not be taking the liberal positions in direct conflict with God’s word that they are taking.
You cannot believe that God is truly the Omnipotent Creator of the universe and then not accept His absolute truths about what is right and wrong. God is unchanging, as are His truths, they do not change with the changing of society mores. God as the all powerful Creator of the universe is the fundamental building block of the entire Bible. Satan will do all he can to create lies and deceptions about who God is, and what the Holy Spirit says that He is in His Word.
God is the all powerful Creator of this universe, and since this is absolutely, wonderfully, magnificently, true, then Satan is no more than a second hand loser. No wonder Satan hates this basic truth! No wonder he has brought up his heavy artillery to discredit it in the minds of men.
For you see, if you abandon what the Holy Spirit says in Genesis 1 as not factual and unreliable, as mere mythology, as totally unacceptable to modern science, then satan has won.
If the Holy Spirit cannot be trusted when He tells of creation, then how can He be trusted when He tells of salvation?
If what He says about earth in Genesis 1 can be questioned, then what He says about Heaven in Revelations 22 can be questioned.
If the Holy Spirit cannot be trusted in Genesis 1, then how can He be trusted in John 3:16?
So, when someone tells you that the creation account in the Book of Genesis is just a theory, you must understand they are questioning the entire message of the Bible, including the Gospel.
Click on the play button to hear a message that says, if we believe that God is the Creator. If we believe that God deserves our worship and praise. If we believe that all other beings, both spiritual and physical, are subject to the commands and permissive will of God. Then, our fears should go away, and our faith should rise up in times of trial. For who can harm us that is not under the permissive will of God? And that knowledge is what gave these early believers holy boldness in the face of persecution, and it can give you that same holy boldness.
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
Amen.
