{"id":2996,"date":"2017-05-28T16:21:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T20:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=2996"},"modified":"2017-05-28T16:27:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T20:27:10","slug":"only-in-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=2996","title":{"rendered":"Only In God"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sermon by Rev. Richard Jones<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Sermon Series:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

“Attributes of the Almighty”<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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ONLY IN\u00a0GOD<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Various Texts<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Malachi 3:6 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>6 <\/sup><\/span>\u00a0\u201cFor I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.<\/span>
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Ezekiel 33:11 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?<\/span>
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2 Peter 3:9 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. <\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 33:11 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.<\/span> <\/span>
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Amos 7:1-3 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>1 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king\u201d\u2122s mowings. <\/span>
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, \u201cO Lord GOD, please forgive!<\/span> How can Jacob stand?<\/span> He is so small!\u201d<\/span>
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The LORD relented concerning this:<\/span> \u201cIt shall not be,\u201d said the LORD.<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah 18:7-8 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>7 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, <\/span>
\n8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 51:17 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.<\/span><\/span>
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Psalm 106:44-45 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>44 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress, when he heard their cry.<\/span>
\n45 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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THE OMNISCIENCE OF GOD<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Isaiah 46:8-11 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0\u201cRemember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors,<\/span>
\n9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other;<\/span> I am God, and there is none like me,
\n10 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, \u201d\u02dcMy counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,\u201d\u2122
\n11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hebrews 4:13 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Psalm 147:5 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>5 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.<\/span> <\/span>
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Genesis 18:14 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>14 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Psalm 113:1-9 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>1 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Praise the LORD!<\/span> Praise, O servants of the LORD,<\/span> praise the name of the LORD!<\/span>
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forevermore!<\/span>
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised!<\/span>
\n4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens!<\/span>
\n5 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high,<\/span>
\n6 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?<\/span>
\n7 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap,<\/span>
\n8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.<\/span>
\n9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children.<\/span> Praise the LORD! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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