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The God of Nothing
Rex Deckard, Pastor
Calvary Apostolic Church
Ecclesiates 3:14Ecclesiates 3:14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any
thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.fear before him.
For with God For with God nothingnothing shall be shall be impossible.impossible.
Luke 1:37
nothing (noun) - 1. a nonexistent thing
2. a quantity of no importance
(adverb)1. in no way; to no degree
nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip,
no-thing
These Scripture verses reveal to us several significant things about
our relationship to God.
First, God is eternal. He was around with nothing for a long time before man every came into being. He knows a lot about what nothing is!
When He created the world, He created it from nothing because nothing
was what He had to work with. It only took His
Word and His Spirit to make a universe
“creatio ex hilio“creatio ex hilio““
If we have His Word If we have His Word and His Spirit, we and His Spirit, we have as much as have as much as existed when the existed when the
entire universe was entire universe was created!created!
But when God got ready to create man, He made Him out of the dust
of the Earth. God became the original potter and we became His
first work of art
What becomes of the clay has as much to do with the clay, as with the potter that forms it. The clay
has to allow itself to be formed into a vessel.
It has to want to be turned from nothing into something!
Judas Iscariot was only 51 days from having his name forever
chiseled into the foundations of the New Jerusalem. 1,224 more hours
on the wheel and he would have made it.
Instead, he was cast out Instead, he was cast out to the potter’s field.to the potter’s field.
As long as the clay doesn’t As long as the clay doesn’t harden, the potter can work harden, the potter can work until nothing becomes until nothing becomes something that is beautifulsomething that is beautiful
Second, God is aware of everything. No thing happens in our life that
God is not aware of.
And things happen because we are part of the natural world
as well as the spiritual.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
11 To every thing there is a season, To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the and a time to every purpose under the
heaven:heaven:22 A time to be born, and a time to A time to be born, and a time to
die; a time to plant, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;pluck up that which is planted;
33 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to time to break down, and a time to
build up;build up;44 A time to weep, and a time to A time to weep, and a time to
laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time
to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast
away;7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a
time to speak;8 A time to love, and a time to
hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
The Bible teaches The Bible teaches that God that God
understands where understands where we are. No thing we are. No thing
happens that God is happens that God is not aware of.not aware of.
1 Corinthians 10:13There hath no temptation
taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer
you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way
to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
In other words, there are things that happen to us because we are
human
• Birth
• Death
• Relationships
• Sickness
• Work
• Hunger
• Weariness
• Frustration
• Anger
Romans 8:28-2928 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are
the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the
firstborn among many brethren.
Third, It reveals that the things that are most important
are the things things that are
eternal, not temporal
Notice our key verse in Notice our key verse in Ecclesiastes three: Ecclesiastes three:
1414 I know that, whatsoever God I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be doeth, it shall be for everfor ever: : nothingnothing
can be put to it, nor any thing taken can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men from it: and God doeth it, that men
should fear before him.should fear before him.1515 That which hath been is now; That which hath been is now;
and that which is to be hath already and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is been; and God requireth that which is
past.past.
2 Corinthians 4:17-18For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight
of glory;
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are
eternal.
We have a tendency to We have a tendency to interpret everything in interpret everything in
life in terms of the life in terms of the immediate- the “right immediate- the “right
now”now”
God looks at the big picture that is hard for us
to see
Isaiah 55:8-9
88 For my thoughts are not For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your thoughts, neither are
your ways my ways, saith the your ways my ways, saith the LORD.LORD.
99 For as the heavens are For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your my ways higher than your
ways, and my thoughts than ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.your thoughts.
It’s because God thinks in God thinks in terms of eternity, terms of eternity, while we think in while we think in terms of the here terms of the here and nowand now
Hebrews 12:1111 Now no chastening for the
present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it
yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are
exercised thereby.
The word “afterward” comes from the Greek ‘husteron,’
meaning eventually.
Finally, with God, Finally, with God, it is impossible for it is impossible for
nothing to happen. nothing to happen. When He’s When He’s
around, something around, something always happens.always happens.
Whenever Jesus came around, something
ALWAYS happened!
When you are When you are down to down to
nothing, God is nothing, God is up to up to
something!something!
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