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ISAIAH 45:9

STRIVING WITH GOD

I. TO FIGHT AGAINST GOD IS TO FIGHT AGAINST YOUR OWN GOOD.
        A. God has a better way for your life.
        B. God always calls to a better way.
        C. God loves us more than we can realize.
                1. He wants us eternally with Him.
                2. He gave His son so we might be.

II. TO FIGHT AGAINST GOD IS TO INVITE DISASTER.
        A. Christ only answer for our sin.
                1. Sins not forgiven by Christ must be punished in hell.
        B. To reject Christ is to reject only hope.
                1. God has made only ONE provision for our sins.
                        a. He refuses all substitutes good as they might be.

III. TO FIGHT AGAINST GOD IS TO FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE.
        A. God has three claims on us.
                1. He made us.
                2. He sent His son to redeem us.
                3. He has preserved us to accept His grace.
                        a. You owe your very existence.
        B. Who is man to strive with God?
                1. How pitifully weak we are beside Him!
        C. To win is to lose!
                Read Ezekiel 7:8,9.