## God Can Do Anything

## Genesis 18:1-16

Jer 32:17 "Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:"

God came to Abraham when he was hundred years old and told him that He would give he and Sarah a son. Isaac was born to them when Sarah was ninety years old. God presented Abraham with the question in v14, "Is anything too hard for the Lord?" The answer: No, God can do anything!

There is no way to measure the number of problems, difficulties, heartaches, and hardships that exist here today, but I do want to assure you that there is nothing that is too hard for the Lord.

I. There Is No Person That God Cannot Save.

(1 Tim 1:15) "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief."

A. Paul's personal testimony.

1. He said the world's most wicked person has already been saved.

2. If God has already saved the "Chief of sinners", then anyone can be saved.

3. There is no soul too hard for God to save.

4. Don't give up, just keep on praying and trusting God to save them.

B. What about you?

1. The devil wants you to believe that it cannot be done.

2. He wants us to stay enslaved to sin.

3. God wants to set us free!

4. Peter tells us that God is not willing that any should perish.

5. Look at the thief on the cross.

a. The only thing that made him different from the other thief.

b. He placed his faith in Jesus Christ.

c. That is what makes the difference in anyone's life.

C. Is anything too hard for the Lord?

1. Are there any people that the Lord cannot save?

2. No, nothing is too hard for the Lord.

3. He can change your life.

4. He can save that one that you have been praying for.

5. There is no soul too hard for God.

II. There Is No Hardship That God Cannot Correct

Luke 1:37 "For with God nothing shall be impossible."

A. Often times God may allow certain hardships to come our way.

1. He may do this to shake us out of our lethargy and indifference.

2. He may do this to strengthen us for future battles.

3. He may use it to work in the life of others.

4. But be assured that…

B. Nothing gets by God.

1. Nothing can get to us without God knowing it.

2. Personal illness or sickness; family problems; difficulties on the job; all of these and many more.

3. God is aware of what is happening to us.

4. From time to time I need to remind myself that God is omniscient…He knows what is going on!

5. And, He is still in control!

C. Not only does He know what is going on…He is able to handle the situation!

1. Think of the magnitude of the crossing of the Israelites over the Red Sea on dry ground.

2. Nearly 3 million people.

3. Not one was lost.

4. That's too hard for man to accomplish.

The little boy who went to S/S for the first time. His father asked him about his lesson. His lesson was about how the Israelites crossed the Red Sea. He said that Moses called the Corps of Engineers and they built a bridge over the sea and everyone walked over safely. The father asked, "Son, is that what the teacher told you?" The boy answered, "No, but if you don't believe that, you surely won't believe what that teacher told me."

D. The personal application.

1. What hardship are you facing today?

2. Be assured that God can take care of the situation.

3. Luke 1:37 "For with God nothing shall be impossible."

III. There Is No Prayer That God Cannot Answer

A. God delights in answering our prayers.

(Deu 4:7) "For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?"

(Psa 34:15) "The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry."

B. He may not answer our prayer just the way you want it answered, but He will answer it.

C. Pointless prayers:

1. We cannot pray, "Lord, send revival", and then fail to do everything we can to personally draw closer to Him.

2. We cannot pray, "Lord, save souls", and then refuse to witness to the lost.

3. There is no need to pray for more missionaries if we are not willing to be used of God.

4. There is no prayer that God cannot answer.

5. He can answer your prayers too.

God can do anything. What do we need this morning? Is anything too hard for the Lord? No. If you are without Christ today, come and receive Him as Lord and Savior. If you are in the midst of a hard situation, come and submit yourself to Him today and He will see you through it. If you wonder about prayer, realize that God wants to answer your prayer today.