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Syndication

July 30, 2017

What Would You Ask?

Mike Holmes 

 

Can God be sovereign and mankind be free?

 

Yes

 

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. Genesis 50:20

 

God possesses__all_____power and is the ruler of __all______ things. God rules and works according to His eternal purpose, even though events that seemingly contradict His rule. 

Heb. 1:3; Col. 1:17; Acts 17:28; Prov 16:4, 9

 

We__freely_____make choices, and we _responsible______for those choices. Our choices have real and eternally significant results. 

 

God is setting and fixing absolutely everything the way he wants it to be, but He doesn't  do that__despite___our choices, but _through__ them.

 

Prov. 16:1; Acts 27:22-32

 

Implications on:

Fear- Rom. 8:28

Hope-Eph. 3:20

Thanksgiving-Col. 3:15

Hard Choices-Prov. 16:33, Prov.  21:5

Evangelism-Acts 18:9-11, Rom. 10:13-15, 2 Tim. 2:10

Salvation-Rom. 8:29-30, Rom. 10:9-13, John 6:44, John 16:15

Assurance-Rom.  8:39-39

 

ThisJesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.  Acts2:23

 

Direct download: IBC_20170731.mp3
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"Can Faith and Science Coexist"

Hebrews 11:1-3

 

The reality of Faith

 

The reason for Science

 

The real issues of Life

Direct download: IBC_20170723.mp3
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What Would You Ask?

“What Does God Say about Sexual Identity?”

Genesis 1

 

  1. Rooted in creation
    1. Number of genders
    2. Nature of genders
  2. Reflected in conduct
    1. Sexual boundaries
    2. Sexual brokenness
  3. Redeemed by change
    1. Checkered past
    2. Clean present
Direct download: IBC_20170709.mp3
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It happened on June 8, 2017.  A volunteer student mission team from Birmingham, AL was headed to Africa on a mission trip.  Their bus was involved in a crash.  Over 20 team members were injured and one of the teens, Sarah Harmening, 17 years old, was killed [picture of Sarah with her family]. 

 

Here was a text she sent to her younger sister, Katelyn, just before her death: “We are like a wisp of smoke. We are only here for a moment and this not about us, life is not about us, it’s about God who is eternal. So, I want to dedicate the one moment I am here, completely and entirely to Him” [Slide with full text of her quote].

 

Why would such a sweet girl, devoted to God, on a mission of kindness to impoverished people have her life come to such an abrupt end?  Why are there wars? Diseases?  Natural disasters?  Why do bad things happen to good people?  This is an ancient question.

 

Job, in what is believed to be the oldest book of the Bible, asked it.  Job 3:11, “Why did I not die at birth, come out from the womb and expire?”

 

David asked it.  Psalm 44:24, “Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?” 

 

Jesus asked it.  “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

 

At its root it wrestles with the problem of evil.  Here is how this dilemma was stated by the ancient philosopher Epicurus [put quote on screen]:

 

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. [1]

Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?

 

The Bible affirms that God is omnipotent.  The Bible teaches that God is love.  How then does evil exist?  Why do bad things happen to good people?

 

Let’s launch today’s message from the words of Jesus in John 16:33b, “In the world you will have (C)tribulation. But (D)take heart; (E)I have overcome the world.”

 

What Would You Ask?

“Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?”

John 16:33b

 

  1. The reality of suffering
    1. Guaranteed trouble
    2. Guaranteed triumph
  2. The reasons for suffering
    1. Transgressions against God
    2. Transformation by God
  3. The response to suffering
    1. Trust in the Lord
    2. Testify for the Lord
Direct download: IBC_20170702.mp3
Category:What Would You Ask? -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

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