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Introduction
There is a story about a Sunday School teacher who was examining her pupils after a series of lessons on the omnipotence of God.
She asked, ''Now that we've studied all about the greatness of God, is there anything God can't do?''
Well there was dead silence.
Finally one little boy held up his hand.
The teacher couldn't believe it.
She had hammered for weeks and weeks about the omnipotent power of God.
She looked at that young man and said, ''Well, Sammy, just what is it that God can't do?''
The little boy said, ''Well, He can't please everybody.''
Its one thing to say that God is all powerful, and its another to truly and deeply believe it!
The bible has many examples of disbelieve or doubt about exactly God is capable of .
When God told Abraham that Sarah would give birth in her old age, she laughed.
When the Israelites were in the wilderness they complained to Moses that they rather have died in Egypt as slaves than trust God would guide them to the promise Land.
And in the time of Jeremiah, the people of Judah shrugged off the message to repent and God’s coming judgement.
This attitude lives on today.
Christians sometimes doubt what God can do and is willing to do.
Can God or is God willing to do this or that?
Does he keep His promises, etc.
You would think these questions only come from unbelievers, but they are asked by Christians just as much.
To all doubts and questions God would say what he said to Jeremiah (27),
27 “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind.
Is anything too hard for me?
I am the LORD, the God of all mankind.
Is anything too hard for me?
The easy answer is of course not Lord!
But just like with Jeremiah, God really wants to know if you fully believe and trust in His power to deliver.
Lets see what God’s words say about those questions.
Does God Care?
This question is and can be the lead in to the Gospel itself.
Does God care about mankind or has he washed his hands of us.
The answer can be found in ,
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us
Does God care, lets see.
He sends His only Son Jesus into this world to be in cased in weak flesh and live in a sin infested world.
He preaches truth but is rejected, he is betrayed, beaten, wiped, humiliated and suffered crucifixion which is one of the most painful ways to die.
And He did all this, despite the fact that we as humans have lived a endless cycle of sin and disobedience, for all of us - because He loves you!
So does he care YOU BETTER BELIEVE HE CARES!
During World War II, a US marine was separated from his unit on a Pacific island.
The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades.
Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction.
Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the rock.
Quickly he crawled inside one of the caves.
Although safe for the moment, he realized that once the enemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search all the caves and he would be killed.
As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, if it be your will, please protect me.
Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you.
Amen."
After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw close.
He thought, "Well, I guess the Lord isn’t going to help me out of this one."
Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over the front of his cave.
As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the while, the spider layered strand after strand of web across the opening of the cave.
“Hah, he thought.
"What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has sent me is a spider web.
God does have a sense of humor."
As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideout and could see them searching one cave after another.
As they came to his, he got ready to make his last stand.
To his amazement, however, after glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on.
Suddenly, he realized that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as if no one had entered for quite a while.
So does God care?
Hes does, even when we doubt Him and even when we were sinners he still dies for us.
God is a holy God and just God but he is also patient and loving.
I think of God love for us when ever I see this picture: (Old man holding umbrella for wife)
I'm sure our sin and doubt upset God all the time but he still loves us and is faithful to us when we repent.
Where is God’s justice?
Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction.
Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the rock.
Quickly he crawled inside one of the caves.
Although safe for the moment, he realized that once the enemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search all the caves and he would be killed.
As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, if it be your will, please protect me.
Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you.
Amen."
After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw close.
He thought, "Well, I guess the Lord isn’t going to help me out of this one."
Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over the front of his cave.
As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the while, the spider layered strand after strand of web across the opening of the cave.
“Hah, he thought.
"What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has sent me is a spider web.
God does have a sense of humor."
As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideout and could see them searching one cave after another.
As they came to his, he got ready to make his last stand.
To his amazement, however, after glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on.
Suddenly, he realized that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as if no one had entered for quite a while.
The age old question of why do the bad guys always win, or will God punish evil.
In this life apart from God’s promises it looks like they do always win, and that there is no prefect justice.
The Writer of the 73 Psalm, Asaph, started to think the same thing.
12 This is what the wicked are like—always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
and have washed my hands in innocence.
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