## God Is Able

## Hebrews 7:25

Read text. The person who limits God simply does not know God! The one who reads the Word of God and scoffs at what is recorded there does not know the power of God Almighty! The Scriptures tell us that "With God all things are possible" that He has "All power in heaven and earth". And God is able!

In 2 Kings we have a great demonstration of the power of God when Sennacherib and his mighty Assyrian army came against Hezekiah, the king of Judah (2 Kings 18:28-30). When Hezekiah heard this challenge he immediately went to God in prayer (2Ki. 19:1). God answered his prayer (2Ki. 19:20). Hezekiah wasn't able to deliver them from Assyria, but God was able! Note: 2 Ki. 19:35-36. God destroyed 185,000 of the Assyrian army. Now some might not realize the magnitude of this. On August 6, 1945 we dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima that resulted in 129,558 killed, injured, or missing. God is more powerful than all the power that man could ever manufacture! "Is any thing too hard for the Lord?" If you think so, then you need to think again! God is absolutely sovereign and there is nothing impossible with Him.

I. He is able to save unto the uttermost.

A. Note the Apostle Paul:

1. Paul said, "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief." cf. 1 Ti. 1:15

2. God is able to turn the "chief of sinners" around and make him the chief of saints!

3. B.R. Lakin used to say that God could save from the guttermost to the uttermost.

B. Salvation in Christ is complete salvation!

1. He is able to save to the uttermost means that salvation in Christ is lacking nothing!

2. He saves from the uttermost sin and to the uttermost completeness.

3. Those who teach and preach that we must add to the salvation that Christ offers do not understand who God is!

4. God is able!

C. Note: 1 John 1:7b

1. "...the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin."

2. When a person comes to God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ he is completely saved.

3. Saved from the past, saved in the present, and saved for the future!

II. God is able to transform lives.

A. Salvation is more than a fire escape from Hell!

B. As we come to Christ, not only does He save our souls, but He changes our lives!

C. Note the words to a familiar hymn:

1. What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought, I have light in my soul for which long I had sought.

2. I have ceased from my wand'ring and going astray, and my sins, which were many, are all washed away.

3. All of this "Since Jesus came into my heart."

D. God is able to change our lives! And He will!

III. God is able to keep us from falling.

A. Note: Jude 24

1. "Now unto Him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy."

2. God is not only able to save, but He is able to keep forever those whom He saves!

3. Many people have trouble seeing this great truth.

4. They would have us believe that God's ability fails when it comes to eternal security!

B. Noah and the ark is a great example of God's salvation.

1. God instructed Noah and his family to come into the ark, and then God shut the door.

2. They were safe from God's judgment on the unbelieving world.

3. But many today would have us believe that God put pegs on the outside of the ark and told Noah and the rest of his family to hang on, because it was up to them whether they would be delivered from the flood!

4. That is just as ridiculous as people today who think that they must hold on tight or be lost for eternity!

C. A belief that says you can be saved today and lost tomorrow brings no joy and no peace.

D. God is able to keep! cf. 2 Timothy 1:12

IV. God is able to use us in His service.

A. Many would say, "NO!"

1. Some say, "Oh, I have no talent, I can't do anything for the Lord."

2. What they really mean is that they WON'T do anything for the Lord.

3. If serving God required talent the Lord would certainly have one less preacher!

B. Note: 1 Corinthians 1:27-29

1. "That no flesh should glory in His presence."

2. God is more interested in our availability than our ability!

3. God is able to use us in His service!

4. The question is this: will we make ourselves available?

Conclusion: God is able 1) to save us 2) to transform us 3) to keep us and 4) to use us in His service. Do you know the Savior personally? He wants to save you today. He shed His blood on Calvary's cruel cross that you might be saved today. Has He changed your life? His desire is to shape us and mold us into the image of His dear Son. Do you posess the joy of knowing you are saved eternally? He is able to keep us. He wants us to serve Him with our lives. Are we available for His service, without reservations? Come today!