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How Big is Your God?

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Today’s post is primarily directed at believers…..Christians.

I talk to a lot of people who identify as Christians. I am struck by the broad range of attributes that Christians assign to God…….their God. If you asked those Christians at the two extremes to describe God……you might find it hard to reconcile the two descriptions to the same God. And yet, there is only one God…….one trinity.

Some Christians see God as all powerful…….omnipotent……in control of everything. Others see him as a benevolent observer…..who is not very involved in our daily struggles.

And that is the question this week:

How big is your God?

So, I have developed an assessment tool to try to measure your image of your God.

Grab a pen and paper.

For each statement below, rate your response from 0 to 10 with 0 being “strongly disagree” and 10 being “strongly agree”.

God created the universe and everything in it.

God created the universe and everything in it…..in seven 24 hour days……..5 or 10 thousand years ago.

God created every living creature independently, Darwinian evolution was not involved.

God created Adam from dirt.

God created Eve from Adam’s rib.

God breathed life into Adam and Eve……lightning striking a puddle of “primordial ooze” had no part.

Lazarus was stone cold dead and Jesus brought him back to life.

Jesus was crucified and was stone cold dead……then he returned to life.

God knows everything that you say, do, and think.

God sent a flood that killed all people except Noah and his family.

God created paradise.

God created hell.

God will decide who goes to paradise.

God will decide who goes to hell.

Jesus can remove your sin……no matter how bad it is……and give you an eternal home……in paradise.

Add up your score. It will fall between 0 and 150. If you are an atheist……..you will score 0 or close to it. If you are a strict Biblical fundamentalist your score will be 150 or close to it.

In short…….the higher your score…….the bigger your God…….the more powerful your God. The lower your score……the smaller your God………the weaker your God. This is a pretty basic measurement of your opinion of God’s power…….a measure of how big your God is.

Now, I want you to think about your prayer life.

Do you pray often? Do you pray with confidence? Do you ask God to meet specific needs?

It is likely that the answers to these last three questions may be influenced by the size of your God. In fact, the answers to these three questions likely reflect your vision of God’s power. If you worship a tiny, weak, distant God……if your score on the assessment is low……it should come as no surprise that you don’t rely on him very much. It should come as no surprise that you don’t waste your time praying to a wimpy God.

As for me……..I choose to believe in a mighty God…….a God who created the universe just as it is……in 7 days…….who breathed life into Adam……..who has created my eternal soul…….a God who has created an eternal heaven and hell……..and who will one day commit my soul to one or the other.

This is the God I know and love……..the God who knows me and loves me.

Btw………God also knows my score on the assessment.

He knows yours too.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Paul, ESV

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

John, ESV

Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Jesus, ESV

So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Jesus, ESV

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