Christ Community Olathe
Hope - Hopeful Believer - 9:00 & 10:30am
Genesis 50:1-26 ESV
Title: Hope - Hopeful Believer
Scripture: Genesis 50
Speaker: Nathan Miller, NathanM@ChristCommunityKC.org
>> We cannot take the place of God
- Where are you trying to take His place?
>> Evil will be meant for us
- Where does fear get the best of you?
"..the world should have been otherwise. From the beginning of the Bible to its end, there is no shred of ambiguity about evil. Evil is totally, radically, and flagrantly counter to the character and purpose of God… Evil is...a rupture in the cosmic order of things, a cancer whose malignancy has spread to every part of life, a form of red-handed mutiny against life as it was supposed to be." - Os Guinness
>> God can make it good
"I was ready to give up. With my cup of coffee sitting untouched before me I tried to think of a way to move out of the picture without appearing a coward. In this state of exhaustion, when my courage had all but gone, I decided to take my problem to God.
At that moment I experienced the presence of the Divine as I had never experienced Him before. It seemed as though I could hear the quiet assurance of an inner voice saying: ‘Stand up for righteousness, stand up for truth; and God will be at your side forever.’ Almost at once my fear began to go. My uncertainty disappeared. I was ready to face anything."
- Martin Luther King, Jr
>> God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here
>> Where will you put your bones?