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God’s Majesty and Greatness

God’s Majesty and Greatness. I. Job needed to learn that our God is a great and majestic God! Notice how God shows His greatness as He questions Job: Creation of the earth (38:4-6) Rising and setting of the sun (38:12) Origin of light and darkness (38:19-21)

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God’s Majesty and Greatness

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  1. God’s Majesty and Greatness I. Job needed to learn that our God is a great and majestic God! • Notice how God shows His greatnessas He questions Job: • Creation of the earth (38:4-6) • Rising and setting of the sun (38:12) • Origin of light and darkness (38:19-21) • Stars and other heavenly bodies (38:31-33) • Workings of nature (39:26-27)

  2. God’s Majesty and Greatness I. Job needed to learn that our God is a great and majestic God! • “Job, if you are going to question Me, you better know the answers to My questions!” (40:1-5) • Can you save and destroy? (40:6-14) • When Job fully appreciates God’s greatness he repents (42:1-6)

  3. God’s Majesty and Greatness II. David spoke of God’s omniscience and omnipresencePsalm 139 • 5, 7-12 -- I can hide from other human beings, but I cannot hide from God, He is too great. • 1-4, 13-16 -- Other human beings have only limited knowledge of me, but God is so great that His knowledge of me is unlimited. • 6, 14, 17 -- Notice the Psalmist’s response to God’s greatness.

  4. God’s Majesty and Greatness III. What is the magnitude of God’s greatness? Isaiah 40 • God gives people 5 reasons to change their faulty thinking, all centered on His majesty and greatness: • Consider the deeds I have done (12-14) • Consider the nations (15, 17) • Consider the vastness of our earth (22) • Consider the rulers and powers (23-24) • Consider the stars, the universe (26)

  5. God’s Majesty and Greatness IV. How should we respond to the greatness and majesty of God? • Isaiah asks three questions in God’s name to help us make the proper application of God’s overpowering greatness • He rebukes our wrong thoughts about God’s Greatness (Isa. 40:25) • He rebukes our wrong thoughts about how God sees us (Isa. 40:27) • He rebukes our slowness to believe in God’s ultimate control (Isa. 40:28)

  6. God’s Majesty and Greatness IV. How should we respond to the greatness and majesty of God? • Isaiah’s conclusion encourages us to develop God’s view of the world (30-31) • God considers both the physical and spiritual realms. (See the five uses of “heavenly places” in Ephesians 1:3, 20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12) • Isaiah (Heb. 11:32-38) • Abraham (Heb. 11:10-16) • Paul (2 Cor. 4:16-18)

  7. Will You Become A Christian? HearThe Gospel (Rom. 10:17) BelieveThat Jesus is the Son of God (John 8:24) Repentof Your Sins (Acts 17:30) ConfessThat Jesus is the Son of God (Acts 8:37) Be Baptizedfor the Forgiveness of Sins (Acts 2:38) Live FaithfullyUntil You Die (Rev. 2:10)

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