God Has No Plan B - Why? #5

God Has No Plan B - Why? #5
If God, then why …?
Since God, then why …?
James 1:12-18 NASB

Sermon in a sentence
"God gives us beauty for ashes"

Why ??? - Looking at the BIG questions of life
Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
I Corinthians 4:1

God is

• God is never surprised!
• God is not evil.
• God is not a failure that had to start over!
• God is neither a puppeteer nor a masochist.
• God is a provider, He had a solution to the “love” problem before man’s sin occurred.
• God is willing to pay the greatest price for our restored life in Him.

Man is

• Man is made in God’s image
  • a free moral agent
  • existing in multi-dimensions
• Man is a finite creature – a limited parameter.
• Man is able (within God’s generous parameters) to choose his destiny and create his reality.
• Man is living the consequences of his choices.
• Man is in need: The consequences of his choices produce the need for God’s mercy, providence and intervention.
• An image bearer of God in His creation.
• Called into cooperation with God in His creation as kings and priests.
• Created to live by faith!

Job 1 – 2:10

• The conclusion:
  • Job 42:10-17
• The promise:
  • Romans 8:28
• The illustration:
  • Genesis – The story of Joseph
  • A Tapestry of Grace!