When God says No - 10am

Pericope: 2 Cor 1: 20

Sermon Text: 2 Cor 1: 20 20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

Sermon Title:  When God Says No – 10am

Point 1: God has a greater purpose.  PS. 57:2 “I cry out to God Most High, who fulfills his purpose for me.”

1 PET. 1:7 “The purpose of these troubles is to test your faith as fire tests how genuine gold is.  Your faith is more precious than gold…”

2 COR. 4:17-18“These present troubles are quite small and won't last very long. Yet they will produce for us an immeasurably great glory that will last forever!  So we don't look at the troubles we can see right now; rather, we look forward to what we have not yet seen. For the troubles we see will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever.”

DEUT. 29:29  “There are some things the Lord our God has kept secret, but there are some things he has let us know.”  (NCV)

ECCL. 11:5 “Just as you'll never understand how the mystery of life forms in a pregnant woman, so you'll never understand the mystery at work in all that God does.” (Mes)

Point 2: God has a bigger perspective. Hebrews 4:13 “He knows about everyone everywhere.  Everything about us is bare and wide open to the All-seeing eyes of our living God; nothing can be hidden from Him…”

Sometimes God says “no” to protect you from unforeseen problems!  PR. 2:8 “God GUARDS the course of the just and PROTECTS the way of His faithful ones.”  

Point 3: God has a better plan. ISA.55:8-9 God: “This plan of mine is not what you would work out, neither are My thoughts the same as yours! For My WAYS are higher than yours.”   

Many are the plans of men but it is the Lords purpose that will prevail.  Prov. 19:21

HEB.11:39-40 “These were commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised.  God had planned something better...”