Gavin Knight on Vox

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part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJdiwvb_wtg

part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snKj2dKN0_Y

part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWODI1MJ8yI

Indescribable ... The God Who Leaves You Speechless ... How Big Is Your God?

originally presented at The Salvation Army Johnsonville, Sunday 25 March 2007, 10am

audio recording attached as an MP3

Speaking notes follow ...

How Big is Your God?

• Some aspects of God’s character are indescribable
• In fact if you could completely describe God by doing so you would make him less God
• The idea is that some facets of God's character simply can't be described adequately in words but can, to a degree, be understood in other ways
• So, the question I ask you this morning
• How Big is Your God?
• or put another way, Is your God too small?
• Is Your God Big Enough?
• Do you believe in a God that is big enough?
• A God big enough to have created the world?
• A God big enough to care for our world?
• A God big enough to have created you?
• A God big enough to care for you?
• A God big enough to care for you, when times are good?
• A God big enough to care for you, when times are bad?
• Do you think God is even interested in you?

A.W. Tozer put it this way: "A small god is the cause of a hundred lesser evils!  A big God is the solution to ten thousand temporal problems!"

God can be seen in nature

• Psalm 19 "The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship."
• Mt Ruapehu from the road
• view from atop Mt Tongariro
• flying past the
• flying Invercargill to with no clouds
• Lightening storm in
• flying over Ayers Rock (Uluru)
• Earth from Space
• A mother duck guiding her ducklings
• A spider building a web
• A Tuatara sunning itself on a rock
• A dolphin playing in the wake of a boat
• An Eagle soaring on the wind currents
• Standing underneath a giant tree (Tane Mahuta)
• A newborn baby

some Old Testament characters with a big God

• Noah … building the before it even started raining
• Elijah … and the 400 prophets of Baal
• Moses … plagues, desert, Red Sea
• Joshua … spying the land, battle of Jericho
• Ruth … left her own country to travel to an unknown land with her mother-in-law … “your God will be my God”
• David … Psalm 29 … “In awe before the glory, in awe before God's visible power.”
• Daniel … in the Lion’s Den
• Jeremiah “But the God of is no idol! He is the Creator of everything that exists”

The Lads, songs

• Whoa ... “One + God is a Majority”
• "My Best Friend is the Creator of the Universe"

stories from within SAJ of people who have experienced a big God

Tongariro Crossing – a Metaphor for journeying through Life

• 19km  ………………..…….……  life’s a journey, not a stroll around the park
• Mangatepopo Valley……………  easy going, beside a pleasant stream
• Mangatepopo Saddle ...….……  steep climb, knocked about
• South Crater …………...………  desert, with no view out
• Ridge Line up to Red Crater  …  long hard slog
• Red Crater ……………..……….  spectacular but steep drops either side
• Emerald Lakes .……………..…  beautiful, time for a rest
• Central Crater …………..………  another desert, with no view out
• Blue Lake ……………...…….…  calm and tranquil
• Northern Cutting ………..………  what a view, good bye desert
• Ketetahi Track ………...……..…  on my way out

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