{"id":936,"date":"2015-09-27T13:51:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T13:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/?p=936"},"modified":"2021-03-10T05:09:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T05:09:57","slug":"god-is-greater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/god-is-greater\/","title":{"rendered":"GOD IS GREATER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Listen online<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-936-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/audio\/082615GodIsGreaterWPM.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/audio\/082615GodIsGreaterWPM.mp3\">https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/audio\/082615GodIsGreaterWPM.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> Download audio<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">    <a href=\"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/audio\/082615GodIsGreaterWPM.mp3\" target=\"_self\" class=\"emd_dl_blue_four\" download>Download<\/a>\r\n        <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n    .emd_dl_blue_four {\r\n        -moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #97c4fe;\r\n        -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #97c4fe;\r\n        box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #97c4fe;\r\n        background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #3d94f6), color-stop(1, #1e62d0) );\r\n        background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #3d94f6 5%, #1e62d0 100% );\r\n        filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#3d94f6', endColorstr='#1e62d0');\r\n        background-color:#3d94f6;\r\n        -webkit-border-top-left-radius:0px;\r\n        -moz-border-radius-topleft:0px;\r\n        border-top-left-radius:0px;\r\n        -webkit-border-top-right-radius:0px;\r\n        -moz-border-radius-topright:0px;\r\n        border-top-right-radius:0px;\r\n        -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;\r\n        -moz-border-radius-bottomright:0px;\r\n        border-bottom-right-radius:0px;\r\n        -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;\r\n        -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:0px;\r\n        border-bottom-left-radius:0px;\r\n        text-indent:0;\r\n        border:1px solid #337fed;\r\n        display:inline-block;\r\n        color:#ffffff !important;\r\n        font-family:Georgia;\r\n        font-size:15px;\r\n        font-weight:bold;\r\n        font-style:normal;\r\n        height:25px;\r\n        line-height:25px;\r\n        width:90px;\r\n        text-decoration:none;\r\n        text-align:center;\r\n        text-shadow:1px 1px 0px #1570cd;\r\n    }\r\n    .emd_dl_blue_four:hover {\r\n        background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #1e62d0), color-stop(1, #3d94f6) );\r\n        background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #1e62d0 5%, #3d94f6 100% );\r\n        filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#1e62d0', endColorstr='#3d94f6');\r\n        background-color:#1e62d0;\r\n    }.emd_dl_blue_four:active {\r\n        position:relative;\r\n        top:1px;\r\n    }\r\n    <\/style><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>1 Chronicles 11:9<\/strong> <em>So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>1 John 4:4<\/strong> <em>Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Hebrews 11:40<\/strong> <em>God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">1. GOD IS GREATER THAN ALL OTHERS.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">One of the things which Israel had to deal with was that all the surrounding countries had their own gods. Sometimes there were many to each country. Israel had to prove that the one true God was greater than all of them. An example of doing that is David slaying Goliath, or Moses bringing out the children of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT SHOWS THAT OUR GOD IS GREATER THAN THE GODS OF THIS WORLD ?<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">A. GOD&#8217;S PEOPLE IN THE PAST SHOWED THAT GOD IS ABOVE ALL OTHERS.<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Exodus 18:11<\/strong> <em>Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly He was above them.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">B. GOD&#8217;S WISDOM IS GREATER THAN MAN&#8217;S, AND IT IS AVAILABLE TO BELIEVERS.<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Luke 11:31<\/strong> <em>The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">C. GOD&#8217;S KNOWLEDGE IS GREATER THAN OURS.<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>1 John 3:20<\/strong> <em>For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">D. GOD&#8217;S POWER IS GREATER THAN ALL OTHERS.<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Luke 11:32<\/strong><em> The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> <strong>John 5:36<\/strong> <em>But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given Me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father hath sent Me.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">2. TRUE BELIEVERS SHOULD BE EXALTING THE SUPERIORITY OF THEIR LORD.<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong> John 15:20<\/strong> <em>Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept My saying, they will keep yours also.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">A. BEARING TROUBLES FOR CHRIST IS GREATER THAN ALL THE RICHES OF THIS WORLD.<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Hebrews 11:26<\/strong> <em>Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">B. WE HAVE A BETTER, MORE POWERFUL LOVE.<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>John 15:13<\/strong><em> Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> <strong>1 John 3:16<\/strong> <em>Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">D. OUR WILLINGNESS TO DIE SHOULD SHOW THAT WE HAVE A BETTER PLACE TO GO TO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">&#8211;WE HAVE A PLACE IN HEAVEN.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Hebrews 10:34<\/strong> <em>For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> <strong>Hebrews 11:16<\/strong> <em>But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for He hath prepared for them a city.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> <strong>Hebrews 11:35<\/strong> <em>Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">&#8212; WE DON&#8217;T HAVE TO DEPEND UPON THIS WORLD. INSTEAD WE APPEAL TO A HIGHER POWER.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Luke 12:24<\/strong> <em>Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">3. WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US IS BETTER THAN GREAT MATERIAL RICHES ON EARTH.<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Proverbs 15:16<\/strong> <em>Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> <strong>Proverbs 16:8<\/strong> <em>Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u201dGod Is Greater\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">A Bible Study with Dr. Ed J. 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