Alright, turn in your Bibles to the last book of the Bible, but please leave it open as we're going to go back to the book of Psalms where we were at earlier in our study and turn to Revelation chapter number 19. That's where I want to kick off tonight, Revelation chapter number 19. We've been talking about knowing God. And if you are building a notebook of these lessons, of these study sheets, there is a cover sheet that you can put inside your notebook or on the outside, sort of like in the cover area. They've made one that matches the series. You can pick that up at the Information Center. If you haven't received your Vision Night packet, Bible Strong, you can pick up one of those at the Information Center, or should be able to. And if you have extra calendars that you're not using, we can use those. If you'll turn those back into our office or information center, we'll be glad to take those as well. All right, Revelation chapter 19, and look, if you would, verse number 6. We're going to find something about the greatness of our God. We're wanting to know God in His greatness. That's our first-up message, and we've been preaching on the greatness of God and knowing Him in His... knowing Him in His knowledge, knowing God that He's great in knowledge, great in presence, and tonight we're going to talk about He's great in power. Notice what he says in verse number 6, And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thundering, saying, Alleluia! For the Lord God omnipotent, there it is, the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Don't you underline that word omnipotent in your Bible, if you would. That's the only time you find this word omnipotent. Now you find the truth of it throughout the Bible, but you only find the word used one time in the Bible. It's the last book of the Bible, and it's used only of God. We need to recognize tonight that only God is omnipotent. Tonight we're going to know God and the greatness of His power. Already number one in your notes. I'm going to just catch you up. God is great in His knowledge. Number two, God is great in His presence. That's omniscient. He is omnipresent. We learned that. Omniscient meaning that God is all-knowing. God knows everything all the time. God doesn't have to learn. Nothing's ever occurred to our God, and so God knows all things, and He knows it all the time. And then we learned last Wednesday night that God is omnipresent. That means that God is everywhere present all the time. We learned that the last revealed name of God in order in the Old Testament is found in the last chapter of the book of Ezekiel. And it's Jehovah Shammah, the Lord is there. Well, what we learned was, it doesn't matter where you go, the Lord's there. Amen? It doesn't matter where you're at, He's there. And so we can take comfort tonight, and we can be blessed by the fact tonight that the Lord is there. And then tonight we want to see that God is great in His power. That God is omnipotent. Now we're going to meet and we're going to learn and get to know God in His eternality. We're going to get to know God in His sovereignty. We're going to get to know God in His providence. But tonight we're going to understand God in His omnipotence. Now notice that the word omnipotent is again a compound word. Omni meaning all and potent meaning power, that God is all-powerful. And so we learned the fact of God's omnipotence. Now, somebody's defined it like this, that omnipotence is the ability and the strength whereby God can bring to pass whatsoever He pleases. You realize tonight that our God can do anything He wants to do. Amen? Now listen, there's a lot of things I might want to do, but I don't have the power to do. Some of you say, boy, if I get down on my knees, I don't have the power to get back up. And you might want to get down on your knees, but you can't get on your knees because you don't have the power to get back up. There's times that I say, boy, I want to go do this or go do that, but yet my granddaddy used to say this, and some of you folks might relate to it. He said, My get up and go has already got up and went. How many of you know what I'm talking about right there? And he used to say that. And what he's saying is, boy, I've got a lot of things I want to do, but I can't do it. I don't have the strength, I don't have the power to do it. Do you realize tonight that God can do anything that He desires to do? That God's power, now catch this, is as great as God's will. God's power is as great as His will. Now, what do you mean, preacher? I mentioned it earlier. You may have willpower, but you don't have go-power. Alright? But can I promise you this? That God has a will and that God can do and at what He desires to do, and that God's power is as great as His will, so that only He can say, I will do all my pleasure. Only God can say, I have spoken it. I also will bring it to pass, Isaiah 46, verses 10 and 11. And what God's saying is, listen, I'm the one who spoke it, I'm the one who wills it, I'm the one who desires it, and God said, I can and will bring it to pass. Aren't you glad tonight that what God promises, He can perform? That what God desires, He can do. And boy, that's important tonight. Look if you would in Psalm 62. Would you turn there? Turn to Psalm 62. We're going to finish up tonight in a couple of different places. Turn to Psalm 62, and we're going to get on in our notes in just a moment. These are some additional things that I put in. Psalm 62, if you would please, and find verse number 11. Psalm 62 and verse number 11. I'll give you a moment to turn there. Here the psalmist speaks about the omnipotence of God. Now while that word is not used here, the truth of it is here. Notice what he says, Psalm 62 verse number 11. He said, God has spoken once, twice have I heard this. Now watch what he says, that power belongeth unto God. Isn't that something? Power belongs to God. And can I tell you, His power is never diminished. It is absolute power. It never diminishes. Now you know what, as we get older, our strength decreases, our ability decreases. We don't have the ability, we don't have the power that maybe we one time did, or maybe we work hard at something and we exert energy And suddenly, I don't have as much energy at the end of whatever I was doing that I did at the beginning. What happened is, is the power that I did have, it diminished as I exerted that strength and I exerted that power. Well, listen, I'll tell you something tonight. God can create the universe and it never diminished His power one iota. God said, Let there be, and there was. He spoke, and it came into existence. God didn't get tired. God didn't get weary. God didn't have to say, My, I don't have to have the strength to do what I want to do next. No, God's power is absolute, and it never diminishes. That means God's just as powerful today as He always has been. He'll be just as powerful tomorrow as He is today. Can I tell you, friend, our God is not weak. His hand is not short that it cannot save. And the God of yesterday who did mighty things is the same mighty God that can do things in your life today. His power has not diminished. Now let's look at another place, if you would. Turn to Genesis chapter 17, and I want you to find another truth here. Genesis chapter number 17. We're laying foundation for our study as we go through because all of these, His omniscience, His omnipotence, His omnipresence, all flow together and go together. They sort of flow out one from another, out of His person. And when we get to know His sovereignty, we get to know His providence, we recognize that because God knows all things, because God is everywhere present, because God can do all things, then God's sovereign. God is providential, that He can bring things to pass and none can stay or stop His hand. And that's important to know. Look at Genesis chapter 17 and verse number 1, and I want you to notice how God revealed Himself to Abraham. Notice what He says in Genesis chapter 17 verse 1, And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram and said unto him, I am, now watch this, the Almighty God. He didn't say, I am a mighty God. He said, I am the Almighty God. You know what, tonight, as you saw that video, there are people in Nagaland that they worship statues. There are people in that country, much like Georgetown, Guyana, and other places in India, that they are Hindus, and they worship millions of gods, and in their minds, their God has might. in their minds. Now, we know they're not real gods. We understand that. They're gods with a little g. Our God is the God with the big G. But here's what I'm saying tonight, is God is reminding us that there is no other God than Him. He is alone in the heavens. He is unique. And God is saying to Abraham, who lived amongst people that were polytheistic, they were pagans, who worship many gods and they were false gods, and he looks to Abraham and he says, I am the Almighty God. Now you know what? The word Almighty is found 56 times in the Bible and it's always used of God, never of man. He is the Almighty God. He's the God that possesses all power and all might. In our English Bible, Almighty God comes from the Hebrew name El Shaddai. El Shaddai. It means the God who is enough. I'm going to talk about that at the end of the message tonight. Aren't you glad that our God is the God who's enough? Now the Hindu, they've got 500 million gods and it's still not enough. They can keep adding on because you know what? Their God can't do anything. But we have our God tonight who is the true and the living God. And He said, I'm the God who is enough. I'm the God that can meet your need tonight. I'm the God that's enough in your life. You don't need to look anywhere else other than me. I am the Almighty God. And He says to Abraham, now I want you to walk before me and be thou perfect. He said, I want you to honor me. I want you to please me. I want you to worship me. I want you to recognize, Abraham, I'm your God and I'm the Almighty God. And tonight, folks, we need to rejoice tonight because our God is the Almighty God. Now, let's go to Psalm 139, where we've been for some time. And we want to see this played out, because in this psalm, you have all three of these characteristics or these attributes of the nature of God together. And David is extolling the greatness of his God. He's extolling the uniqueness of his God. And he begins to talk about how that God knows everything. He's great in His knowledge. We saw in this text, that he begins to exalt and magnify God because He is the God that's there. He is everywhere present. He said, God, it doesn't matter where I go, You're there. But then he ends up and he talks about the greatness of his God and His power, not just His knowledge, not just His presence, but also in His power. Look, if you would, in verse number 13. He comes down and he says, For thou hast possessed my reins, thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well. He said, My substance was not hid from Thee when I was made in secret and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Then eyes did see My substance being yet unperfect. And in Thy book all My members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are Thy thoughts unto Me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with Thee. And here's what He's saying. He's saying, God, You're great tonight. today, and I'm exalting you, and I'm worshiping you, and I'm magnifying your might, and your power, and your omnipotence, because you created me." Do you realize tonight, church, that one of the testimonies of the greatness of our God in His power is that He is the Creator God of the universe? When you go back to Psalm 62 verse 11, don't turn there, it says that power belongeth unto the Lord. The very next verse talks about the creative power of God. This world is not a cosmic accident. God didn't just get it all going and then let an evolutionary process come into being over millions and millions of years till poof, here we are today. Oh no, God in six literal 24 hour days said, let there be and there was. When there was nothing, God spoke and suddenly everything comes into existence. the universe and everything in it in a creative act of God over six literal 24-hour days. And God crowned His creation in the creation of man and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. Notice what David says in verse 13. He says, for thou hast possessed. That means to form. That means to create. The word reigns. refers to His innermost being, the immaterial part, the soul and the spirit of man. Hey, there is a great gulf between man and the animal world. We're not another species of animal. We're not animals. God created a great gulf between them. An animal does not have a soul. An animal does not have a spirit in the sense that you and I do. We're going to learn about God and we're going to know Him in His triunity. That God is a triune being. Father, Son, Holy Spirit, One God who exists in three persons. And you realize tonight that God made you a triune being. God gave you a body. You have flesh. God gave you a soul, an immaterial part of you that's going to live forever somewhere, that living part of you inside this house. But God also made you a spiritual creature. You have a spirit, a body, soul, and spirit. And David said, you knew my reins, God. You knew the very immaterial part of me, my soul, my spirit. You've brought it all together in one person. Notice, he's covered me. That means to weave or knit together, and it describes the skillful fashioning of the human body. The word substance in verse number 15 and 16 speaks of the bones or the skeleton. And David here describes his body being formed, curiously wrought, so to speak, in the womb of his mother. And listen, it's powerful proof right here that life begins at conception. Can I tell you, friend, what's in the womb of a mother is not a fetus. It is a baby. Hey, it's not a blob in there. That is a baby that God has created. It is a separate person in the womb of that mother. A woman says, nobody will tell me what to be able to do with my body. Ma'am, it's not your body. It's the baby's body. You're just the vehicle that God's chosen to allow that baby to come into the world. But it's a separate body. It's a separate person. Reminds us of the sanctity of life. And David knew that the human body was not a cosmic accident that was thrown together by chance, but a physical, creative miracle put together by the power of an omnipotent God. I'm reminded of God's almighty power. You see, only an almighty, all-powerful, all-knowing God could have made you and me. I thought about the human heart, the most powerful part of the human body, a little bigger in size than a clenched fist. The heart expands and contracts 70 plus times per minute in the average human, pumps an average of 1,500 gallons of blood Every day, in a lifetime, the heart will pump enough blood to fill thirteen super tankers, each holding one million barrels of liquid. Listen, God put in your body, just the heart is a marvel in itself of the mighty creative power of God. Think about the thought power of the human brain. The information content of the human brain is staggering. If you took the information stored in your brain and wrote it out in English, it would fill 20 million volumes. Think about that. That's the equivalent of 20 million books in the heads of every one of us. When I use that illustration and I'm preaching to teenagers, I usually say, ladies, maybe referring to the boys, I say, well, maybe just most of us. Referring to the guys beside us. Aren't you glad tonight that God is a great God? And when we consider His omniscience, we consider His omnipresence, we consider His omnipotence, it causes us to bow in humble adoration and there proclaim, My God, how great Thou art, the greatness of God in His power. He created me. But I want you to notice a second way that God shows His power tonight. He redeemed me. This Creator God is the Redeemer God. You think about the power that it took to create you. All God had to do to create and make you and me was to speak. But in order to redeem us, He had to die. Have you thought about what Job said in Job 23 and verse number 11? He said there, "...for as our Redeemer is mighty." Psalm 47 verse 4, "...as for our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name." He recognized the Bible teaches us that not only is this omnipotent God our Creator, this omnipotent God is our Redeemer. Have you ever thought about the work of redemption? Turn to your Bibles because I want you to see another creative miracle of God. Turn to Luke chapter number 1. Now we were here just a few months ago, not even months ago, just weeks ago over Christmas time. And we talked about the miracle of the virgin birth. Turn to Luke chapter number 1. And here's a great testimony. I'm going to find it here in a moment. I have a new Bible and so my pages are stuck together. Luke chapter number 1 and find if you would verse number 34. The angel has made an announcement to Mary. told her that she's going to, verse 31, conceive in her womb, bring forth a son, call his name Jesus, going to be great, be the son of the highest, Lord God shall give him the throne of his father David, reign over him. Mary asks a question, verse 34, how shall this be, saying, I know not a man? Not a question of doubt, but a question for more revelation, verse 35. And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee. Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." Now think about it right here is omnipotence in redemption. That God unites himself with a human body and becomes a man. That's omnipotence. that God becomes man. And notice what the angel says as he speaks to Mary. And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, verse 37, for with God, watch this, say it with me church, nothing shall be impossible. And what he's saying is because she's saying, boy, this is an impossibility! And you know what God's saying? Listen, in this work of redemption, nothing's impossible with God. There's nothing that our God can't do. And so, listen, in order to redeem us, God had to unite Himself with human flesh, go to a cross and there bleed and die for our sins, be buried and be raised again. And the Bible said that He was raised with power, Romans chapter 1 and verse 4. And so we find that there the God of glory, second person of the Trinity, unites Himself, takes upon Himself a human nature, a human body, bears upon Himself the sins of the entire world, is buried, and three days later gets up from the grave. That is omnipotence. Omnipotence. Now let me give you some quick things very quickly. Not only is He our Redeemer, not only has He created me, but here's the last thought under this matter of God's omnipotence. He cares for me. See, the God that created me and the God that redeems me is the God who's able to care for me. And I want to just look at some verses tonight real quickly, and we're going to close up our study. I want you to notice, number one, because He's omnipotent, God has ability. Almighty means that God has ability. Might belongeth unto the Lord, and power belongs to the Lord. It's absolute power. It's undiminished power. Let's look at some verses real quickly. I want you to see some things that God's able to do. Because God's almighty, because He created me and because He redeemed me, purchased me with His shed blood on the cross, He's able to save me. Look at Hebrews chapter 7. Would you turn there? If you can't get there as quick as I do, just jot it down. Hebrews chapter 7. Find, if you would, verse number 25. Hebrews chapter 7 and find verse number 25. And normally I don't have you turn as much as I am tonight, but I thought it was important that we turn to the places in Scripture for you to see it yourself, write it down. Hebrews chapter 7, find verse number 25. Wherefore He is, say it with me church, able. Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. You see, the Bible says He's able to save. Listen friend, isn't it good tonight that God's able to save? You know there's nobody that God can't save. God can save anybody here that calls on His name. It doesn't matter if they're in Nagaland, it doesn't matter if they're in Vietnam, it doesn't matter if they're in Latin America. For in all who call upon His name and believe on His Son, God is able to save. And if you're here tonight and you're not sure you're saved, the good news is He's able to save you. And watch this, not only is He able to save us, He is able to secure us. Notice what he says, he is able to save them to the uttermost. That word uttermost means to completely save. It has the idea of completion, of security, that the God who saved you and gave you life is the God who secures your salvation. Jude verse number 24 says now to him, "...that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless." Aren't you glad that our God is able to keep us tonight? So He saves us. Now this is not in your notes. You're just going to have to jot this down. I added this this afternoon. He's able to save. He's able to secure. Number three, He is able to succor us. Look if you would in Hebrews chapter 2 and verse number 18. Would you turn there, Hebrews chapter 2 tonight, and find if you would please verse number 18. Aren't you glad that God's able to create, God's able to redeem, and God's able to care for us? He's able to save, and in this idea of caring, He's able to save, He's able to secure, He's able to succor us. Look what He says, verse 18, of temptation. God knows your load limit. We already learned that in 1 Corinthians 10 and 13. Who will not suffer or allow you to be tempted above that you are able, but will with the temptation also make it a way to escape that you may be able to bear it. And what God is saying is that in times of trial, in times of great temptation, that God is able to succor or sustain us. Listen, the God that saves us and secures us is the same God that will see us through life. See us through life. But don't you notice something else God can do tonight? He's able to establish you. Turn to Romans chapter 16. Just back in your Bible, Romans chapter 16. Find Romans chapter 16 in verse number 25. Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery which is kept secret since the world began. Now I want to read the first part of verse 25 again and see if you see what I see, alright? And it's not going to be overly profound, but I think it will resonate with us. Verse 25, now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, would you not call that make you Bible strong? Establish. He's able to make your Bible strong. He's able to strengthen you spiritually. Establish has the idea of making you steadfast. I told one of our members here the other day, they've been going through so much in their life, and I said, you know, remind me of those old Weebles. How many remember those toys that was a Weeble? The Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down. Some of our folks, they've been hit with some of the most difficult things in their lives. For some people, this past year has been one of the most difficult years in their life. But you know what? It was sort of like that, you remember when they made those punching bags, you know those little toy punching bags, and you'd hit that thing and try to knock it over, and it's that and the other, and you'd come right back up again, and all that and the other. And you know, it's just like those weebles, you know, they come back up again. It just reminds us, you know, that when God establishes us, life can hit us. But isn't it amazing? He upholds us with His right hand. We're not utterly cast down. We can come back up again. Friend, let me just say something to you tonight. Because you have an omnipotent God, failure doesn't have to be final in the Christian life. Failure doesn't have to be final in the Christian life. We all fail in the Christian life. But aren't you glad it doesn't have to be final? God It holds us. He's able to establish us. And I'm going to give you the last thing and I'm done. He's able to supply. Turn to 2 Corinthians 9. Would you turn there? Well, it might not be quite the last thing, okay? Not quite the last thing. I just noticed one other thing here in my notes. I'm being biblical. Paul said, and finally, brethren, And then he went on for another chapter and he said, and finally, brethren, if Paul can do it, surely I can, once in a while. Look at 2 Corinthians chapter 9. Do you know that God's able to supply? You will never outgive God in your Christian life. You never will. In 2 Corinthians chapter 8 and 9, you find a truth here called grace-giving. The phrase was coined faith-giving, giving by faith, giving beyond your means or beyond your power by faith. Actually, 2 Corinthians 8 and 9, the Bible term for it is grace-giving. It's the grace to give by faith beyond what we have. It's grace-giving. And what God says is that you will never exhaust the grace of God in your life, and you'll never out-give God in your life. That God, because of His omnipotence, is able to do more than you're ever able to do. And notice what He says in 2 Corinthians 9 in verse 8, alright? And notice what He says in verse number 7, He says, God loves a cheerful giver. Now, He will take it from a grouch. But he likes the cheerful giver, verse 8. Now that's not in your Bible, I just added that in there, okay? Verse 8. And God is, say it with me church, able, that's omnipotence, that's might, that's power, to make all grace abound towards you. that she always, not some of the time, not part of the time, not most of the time, but always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work. You know, it doesn't matter what God calls you to do. You say, well, preacher, I believe God's leading me to get involved in the bus ministry, or God's leading me to get involved in the choir, or God's leading me to do this or to do that, and I don't know if I can. Well, you know what? That's the best news I've heard all night. Because the moment you come to grips with the fact that you can't, we can begin to come to grips with the fact that God can. And that with God's calling comes God's enablings, and God will not lead you to do what God will not enable you to do. And God said that He's able to make all grace abound towards you, that you always, having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. God said you're not just able to do everything. You're able to abound in every good work. God's able to enable us to give. He's enabling us to serve. He's enabling us to do good work for Him. And God says that I have the strength, I have the ability. Listen, we're not sufficient, church. We're not, but thank God He is. We're not sufficient. You talk to these men that are involved in missions. Listen, around the world, there's seven and a half billion people and God said, preach the gospel to every creature. And we look at the world and we look at ourselves and we say, We're not able, but aren't you glad we have a God who's able to make us able? We're not sufficient, but aren't you glad we have a God who makes us sufficient? Let me tell you one thing God can't do. Well, there's actually two things in the Bible that He can't do, but I'm just going to give you one of them tonight. One of them is that He can't deny Himself. He can't do that. And the second one is, He's able to save you. He's able to secure you. He's able to succor or sustain you. He's able to establish you. He's able to supply your needs. But let me tell you what God can't do. He can't deceive you or lie to you. Let's look at one more verse and I'm done. Right on time tonight. Look at Titus chapter number 1 and verse number 2. This right here is a great verse. It's another one of those verses every Christian ought to know. Because you know what the devil wants to tell you? He wants to slander God and tells you that God doesn't always tell you the truth. That God's let you down. That God won't keep His Word. A person gets saved today, the devil will tell them they're not saved by tomorrow. Promise you that. He'll even tell you and me that at times. He will? Well, you don't know the Lord. God will when He saves somebody like you. But aren't you glad that God can't lie? Look what he says, Titus chapter 1 verse 2, in hope of eternal life, which God underlined these three words that, say it with me church, cannot lie, promised before the world began. Now you know what? You say, preacher, wait a minute, you said at the beginning of the message that God can do anything He wants to do. Yeah, but you know what? God's not going to ever do anything that's contrary to who He is. Never will. Now I'm not going to say it like this, that God can't lie because He doesn't want to lie. No, that's not true. No, God can't lie because of who He is. It's impossible. And He is omniscient. He is omnipresent and He's omnipotent so that our God can do anything He desires to do that's in keeping with who He is, because God will never do anything that is not in keeping with who He is. His righteous and holy nature, which are part of His attributes or His character, and God will never do anything outside of His character. He is the God, now watch this, who always keeps His word. Isn't that a blessing tonight? And I can go away with great comfort in my heart that the God who created me and the God who redeemed me is the God who cares for me and He's going to be the God who sees me through and He's promised that what He started in my life He'll see it to completion and therefore I don't have to worry about that. Listen, that's God's business, not my business. He's the one going to see me through and He's not going to fail me and He's not going to lie to me because He can't lie to me. He will see me through. Isn't that a blessing? And friend, He'll see us all the way to glory. Boy, aren't you glad tonight that we have an omnipotent God? Let's bow our heads in prayer. Heads are bowed.