Main Idea: God’s Omnipresence provides incredible Christian blessing and comfort while warning us about the dangers of sinful thoughts and behaviors.
I. God’s Omnipresence Means There Is No Place Where God Cannot Be Found
A. God is present with you wherever you go
Psalm 139:7-8 - Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
1. Even when you go to the spiritual places
Psalm 139:9-10 - If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, even there Your hand will lead me, and Your right hand will lay hold of me.
2. Even when you go to the remotest places on earth
Psalm 139:11-12 - If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me will be night,” even the darkness is not dark to You, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.
3. Even when you go to the darkest places
Psalm 23:4 - Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
B. God is never too busy nor out of touch
1 Kings 18:26-28 - Then they took the ox which was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, “O Baal, answer us.” But there was no voice and no one answered. And they leaped about the altar which they made. It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.” So they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them.
1 Kings 18:36-40 - At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and I have done all these things at Your word. Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that You, O Lord, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again.” Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God.”
C. God always sees everything because He is there
Proverbs 15:3 - The eyes of the Lord are in every place, watching the evil and the good.
D. God judges perfectly because He knows perfectly
Hebrews 4:12-13 - For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
E. The Lord Jesus’ special presence with His people and the Spirit as our guarantee
Matthew 1:23 - “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”
Hebrews 13:5 - Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you”.
Ephesians 3:14-17 - For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith…
Ephesians 4:30 - Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
II. Embrace the Practical Implications of God’s Omnipresence
A. God is with you during your moments of faithfulness and He keeps track of it
1 Corinthians 3:12-14 - Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work. If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.
B. God is with you during moments of hurt, fear, worry, or despair
Psalm 34:18 - The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
1 Peter 5:7 - …casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
C. God’s presence can encourage you to desire Christ to be your savior or to witness to others
Romans 2:4 - Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
D. God’s presence can motivate you to live faithfully
E. God’s presence ensures you do not get away with your rebellion
F. God’s presence ensures that you can be freed from the powerful addictions of the world
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