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Exodus 6:2-8
John 18:28-38
Sermon outline
God is not almighty – process theology perspective
1. Illustration – church served with a cease and desist order
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Where is our almighty God?
3. Jesus in story as inept – character scripts from class
4. God as “almighty”
a. God Almighty = El Shaddai
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Controversy of names in OT (El Shaddai vs YHWH vs I am that I am)
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Different gods, different characteristics
5. Process Theology perspective
a. God is not all-powerful
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Love, knowledge can be multiplied – power cannot
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Example: designing and making a rocking chair (creator and doer vs buyer and designer)
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Example: US government (democracy) vs dictatorship
e. God gives up God’s power by giving us free will
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Scripture and process theology
a. Jesus could have taken control – could have called upon the angels
b.
John 18:36
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Jesus empowers Pilate and empowers the Sanhedrin
d.
Took risk – no telling how this would work out – knew he would die, but hoped humanity would progress – and it did – this very group of Jews birthed the Christian church
7. Following the example of Jesus
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We are leaders in Christ and called to imitate the example of Jesus
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Run into problems when we try to control everything
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When we empower others, that is when creativity can happen
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