God is able

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God is able

• Ephesians 320-21

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Gods Omnipotence

• Gods omnipotence includes the exercise of His
  choice to use His unlimited power to reflect His
  divine glory and accomplish His sovereign will.

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Ephesians 320 (pg. 1243)

• Now to him
• Who is able to do
• All that we ask and think
• Above all that we ask or think
• Abundantly above all that we ask or think
• Exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or
  think
• According to the power at work within us

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I. He is able to do

• Greek word for do means - to make, cause,
  effect, bring about, accomplish, perform, provide
  or create.
• Contrast with the false gods the Israelites
  encountered.
• Isaiah 4418-19 They know not, nor do they
  discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they
  cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot
  understand. No one considers, nor is there
  knowledge or discernment to say, Half of it I
  burned in the fire I also baked bread on its
  coals I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall
  I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I
  fall down before a block of wood?

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I. He is able to do

• Isaiah 4121-24 (pg. 765)
• God is infinitely powerful Psalm 1475 Great
  is our Lord, and abundant in power.
• He has creative power Psalm 8911 The
  heavens are yours the earth also is yours the
  world and all that is in it, you have founded
  them.
• He creates ex nihilio
• He has self generating power Psalm 336-9 (pg.
  588).

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I. He is able to do

• Examples
• Virgin Birth - Nothing will be impossible with
  God, (Luke 137).
• Rich young ruler regarding salvation who can
  be saved? With man it is impossible, but not
  with God, (Mark 1027).

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II. He is able to do what we ask

• James 43 You ask and do not receive, because
  you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
• 1 John 321-22 Beloved, if our heart does not
  condemn us, we have confidence before God and
  whatever we ask we receive from him, because we
  keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

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III. He is able to do more than we ask.

• His omnipotence is broad in scope.
• He has power over nature.
• He has power to give life Psalm 13913-14 (pg.
  662).
• He has power over the enemy Matthew 828-34
  (pg. 1033-34)
• He has power over illness.
• He has power over circumstances.
• He has power over death.

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III. He is able to do more than we ask.

• Examples
• Abraham
• Moses
• David

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IV. He is able to do far abundantly more.

• Ephesians 26-7 (pg. 1242)
• He is able to save.
• Consequently, he is able to save to the
  uttermost those who draw near to God through him,
  since he always lives to make intercession for
  them, (Hebrews 725, ESV).
• I am convinced that he is able to guard until
  that Day what has been entrusted to me, (2
  Timothy 112, ESV).

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IV. He is able to do far abundantly more.

• He is able to keep you.
• Now to him who is able to keep you from
  stumbling and to present you blameless before the
  presence of his glory with great joy, (Jude 24,
  ESV).
• Ephesians 610 we need to be strong in the
  Lord and in the strength of His might

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Conclusion

• It is according to his power that is at work
  within us.
• Resurrection power for we dead in our
  transgressions and sins, (Ephesians 21).
• What more can be said? What can be added to
  this? Nothing, but to ascribe glory to God.

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Conclusion

• Four things to know
• 1. God must have our fully committed heart.
• 2 Chronicles 169 The eyes of the Lord move to
  and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly
  support those whose heart is completely His.
• We must also have faith.
• 3. We also need to be humble 1 Peter 55-6
  (pg. 1297)
• 4. We must be ready to wait on the Lord Isaiah
  4028-31 (pg. 763-764).