"Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: Is there anything too hard for me?"
The text from the book of Jeremiah, is God's answer to Jeremiah concerning His power. The answer to the question is "no." This is a part of the story of God's dealings with the world. Of course, this is a take on God's history with the world, which becomes His Story. What is "His Story" with the world? It is a story of great power. (We can also call it "ultimate power.") God is omnipotent, meaning that He is all powerful. This power is illustrated in many ways in the Bible, but no clearer than in God's creation of the world. He literally spoke the universe into creation. Everything we observe in the night sky is evidence of God's power to create. The universe did not just happen because of a great explosion, called "the big bang." Chapters one and two Genesis tell us the story of God's creative power. When you look up into the sky at night, everything that you see was created by God. It is, indeed, a story of great power. It is a story of great love. Of course, this is revealed in John 3:16: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Considering the great power of God, it is better that He love us than to be indifferent about us, or worse, to actually hate us. The history of the world would seem to cause Him to hate us. It is true that he hates sin that destroys our lives, but in spite of sin, He loves us and will save us through belief in His Son. Romans 3:23 reminds us of our sinfulness: "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." However, Romans 3:24 reminds us that we can be "justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." There is much more to "His Story" than what I have covered, but the two that I have shared are enough evidence to know that "His Story" is good news for us. The four accounts of God's Son, Jesus, as recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, are called "the four gospels." The definition of "gospel" is good news. "His Story" is good news for us. Thank God! Bro. Joe
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