• GOD IS ABLE
• Ephesians 3:20-21
• "Now to Him WHO IS ABLE to do exceedingly abundantly above all
that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory
in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen"
• Introduction
• Defined the word “able” means: Having the ability to perform
a duty or task successfully.
• Too often, we cannot help but think of everything in human terms.
• Sometimes, this includes the limitations we place upon God.
• An example would be that we think we can hide anything from God, including
our own actions.
• Of course, God exceeds all human comprehension, and we fail in limiting
God.
• God Is Able:
• Able to deliver (Daniel 3:17) “if it be so, our God whom we serve
is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver
us out of your hand, O king”.
• Able to raise up children from stones (Luke 3:8) “Therefore bring
forth fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves,
‘We have Abraham for our father’, for I say to you that God is able
from these stones to raise up children to Abraham”.
• Able to fulfill all promises (Romans 4:21) “and being fully assured
that what He had promised, He was able also to perform”.
• God Is Able
• Able to make us stand (Romans 14:4) “Who are you to judge the
servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and stand he will,
for the Lord is able to make him stand”.
• Able to make all grace abound (2 Corinthians 9:8) “And God is
ale to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything,
you may have an abundance for every good deed”.
• Able to subdue all things (Philippians 3:21) “who will transform
the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by
the exertion of the power that he has even to subject all things to Himself”.
[NIV— “the power that enables Him”.]
• God Is Able
• Able to keep what we have committed to Him until that day (2 Timothy
1:12) “For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed;
for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard
what I have entrusted to Him until that day”.
• Able to save Him from death (Hebrews 5:7) “In the days of His
(Jesus) flesh, He offered up crying and tears to the One (God) able to save
Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety”.
• God Is Able
• Able to save/destroy (Matthew 10:28 “And do not fear those who
kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able
to destroy both soul and body in hell”.
• /James 4:12) “There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who
is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?”
• Able to keep you from stumbling (Jude 24) “Now to Him who is able
to keep you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory
blameless with great joy,”
• Jesus Is Able
• Able to save (Hebrews 7:25) “Hence also, He is able to save forever
those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession
for them”.
• Able to heal (Matthew 9:28) “And after He had come into the house,
the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus said to them, ‘Do you believe
that I am able to do this?’ They said to Him, ‘Yes Lord’.”
• Jesus Is Able
• Able to drink the cup (Matthew 20:22) “But Jesus answered and
said, ‘You do not know what you are asking for. Are you able to drink
the cup that I am about to drink?’ They said to Him, ‘we are able’.”
• Able to keep us in His hands (John 10:28-29) “ and I give eternal
life to them, and they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out
of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no
one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s Hand”.
• Able to aid those being tempted (Hebrews 2:18) “For since He Himself
was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of
those who are tempted”.
• The Bible Is Able
• Able to build you up (Acts 20:32) "So now, brethren, I commend
you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give
you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified”
• Able to make one wise for salvation (2 Timothy 3:15) “and that
from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you
the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus”.
• Able to save your soul (James 1:21) “Therefore putting aside all
filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word
implanted, which is able to save your souls”.
• We Are Able
• But we must realize that we cannot do it on our own, nor can we earn
it.
• We are able to resist (Ephesians 6:13) “Therefore, take up the
full armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having
done everything, to stand firm”.
• Able to quench (Ephesians 6:16). ”in addition to all, taking up
the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming
missiles of the evil one”.
• We must strive to be able to finish the course (Luke 13:24) “Strive
to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will
not be able”.
• Conclusion
• ONLY WITH THE STRENGTH OF OUR FATHER, OUR MEDIATOR/ADVOCATE/SAVIOR JESUS
CHRIST, THE POWER OF HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE EVERLASTING WORD OF GOD ARE WE ABLE:
• To reach heaven.
• To be a good Christian.
• To be what God wants us to be.
• Proverbs 3:5-6 - "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean
not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall
direct your paths."
By Carey Scott from material I received from Eric Jones
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