Omnipresent
Pastor Samuel Burba
July 21, 2024
A. What is
1. God is the Creator of
Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
2. God is Present
Deuteronomy 4:39 “know therefore today and lay it to your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.”
Psalm 139:7-12 “Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, ‘Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,’ even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.”
Jeremiah 23:23-24 “Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD.”
3. God
1 Kings 8:27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!”
Acts 7:48-50 “Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says, ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?’”
4. God’s Manifest Presence
a. To
(Amos 9:1-4)
b. To
(Colossians 1:15-17; Hebrews 1:3)
c. To
(Numbers 6:24-27; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18; Romans 8:9-10)
B. Common Questions on Omnipresence
1. Is Jesus omnipresent?
2. Is Satan omnipresent?
3. Is God present in Hell?
4. If God is omnipresent, how can there be evil?
C. Application
1. Your
Proverbs 5:21 “For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths.”
1 Corinthians 10:13 “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.”
2. You Do Not Face
Psalm 23:4 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
Hebrews 12:7-8 “It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.”
3. As You Draw Near to God, You Enjoy His Manifest Presence By
a. Your
b.
Psalm 16:7-8 “I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.”
c.
(Isaiah 66:1-2)
James 4:8 “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”
d. Your Greatest
(Psalm 73:16-28; Revelations 21:3)