The Awesome Power Of God

Human beings are always impressed with power.
A. At an Air Force base....... when there is an air
show...no matter what one feels about the military
and warfare...you can’t help but be impressed with
the awesome power of these air machines.
1. When I was in the Navy, it was impressive to
watch a jet take off from the short runway
provided for it on the carrier.
B. There are some films that one can see which are
records of the nuclear tests that were done on the
Bikini Atoll.
1. A person can see gigantic ships being sucked
up this column of water.
a. Scientists were a little nervous duringthis
explosion.
1.) They wondered at what they had
unleashed...they wondered if it was
under control or if it would start a
chain of events which would end
this world.
2. I am sure that the ones who survived the
explosions at Hiroshima and Nagasaki were
more than impressed.
a. The Japanese high command were so
impressed, that they surrendered.
C. There is tremendous power which one can witness
in the “Saturn” rockets.
1. A flame which is almost blinding if it is seen
in person.
2. A noise which could deafen a person if they
did not have their ears plugged in some way.
3. Vibrations so intense that a person’s body
starts to vibrate in sympathetic resonance.
D. Then there is the awesomness of God’s great
creation.
1. Waterfalls around the world.
a. Angel falls.
1.) The tallest.
b. Niagara falls.
2.) The widest.
** In my personal experience with Niagara Falls...I felt the
ground vibrate beneath my feet and the air was filled
with mist (even in the parking lot...far away from the
falls).
1. We are impressed because our senses can register
the awesome power....be it from man’s creations,
or God’s.
a. We can see it...feel it....hear it.........In short,
we experience the power and we can’t help
but be impressed.
2. They tell me that the power potential found in
a hurricane can add up to hundreds of
thousands of megatons of TNT.
a. Many of you are believers in the
awesome power of God being revealed
in tornadoes.
Even though there is a MUCH MORE awesome power in
existence...so often we are not really very impressed,
because we cannot always experience this power in
physically measured terms.
A. This is the power of God.
1. Far greater than a hurricane...more impressive
than a nuclear explosion...a power which is
able to create and destroy the universe.
a. This is a power that can create from
nothing.
b. This is a power that is able to change
anything and anybody.
c. It is a power which can over-ride or
suspend all of the physical laws which
we are familiar with (and possibly some
that we don’t even know of, yet).
As impressive as this can be if one would take the time to
contemplate and understand it...we need to understand
this...........Every Christian HAS ACCESS TO ALL OF
THIS POWER!!!!!!!
A. We have access to it, but it is not utilized because
we so often will not take advantage