How to Understand God's Ways

Amen Podcast

Alex Wilson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Alex Wilson delivers a sermon from his garage church in Kauai, Hawaii, exploring the biblical theme of how God chooses the unlikely to accomplish His purposes. Drawing from 1 Corinthians and the story of Mordecai and Haman from the Book of Esther, Wilson illustrates how God often uses those the world considers weak or foolish to demonstrate His wisdom and power. The message emphasizes that Christians don't need to prove themselves because they're already approved by God, concluding with a practical analogy comparing this truth to a Costco membership card. This sermon is part of the House Church series, aimed at encouraging spiritual growth within local church communities.

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0:00.0	What it means to be Christian is you don't have to prove yourself to anyone because you've already been approved.
0:06.0	Welcome back to House Church. My name is Alex Wilson. And this sermon that you're about to hear is a sermon that was given Sunday morning at House Church in our garage in Kauai, Hawaii.
0:14.9	We post it here because we pray that it would encourage you in your ongoing spiritual development in your local church.
0:22.9	We pray that you're a part of a community that is spurring you on to follow Jesus,
0:27.7	and that this would just be an extra pat on the back to help you grow even closer to God
0:33.2	and grow in your love for Him.
0:34.3	And if you love these messages and they help you, please go to amenpodcast.com to support this podcast and this ministry.
0:42.3	Amen.
0:42.9	So yeah, Isaiah chapter 55, 8 through 9.
0:45.8	That's where we get that verse.
0:47.5	His ways are not our ways.
0:49.1	His thoughts are not our thoughts.
0:51.0	And so we're not thinking about getting ahead of God,
0:53.9	but is there a way for us to
0:55.4	understand how he works? Because of his attributes, because of his different aspects of God,
1:02.0	he seems to work the same way all throughout history. And so if we can familiarize ourselves with that,
1:08.2	then we can start to say, okay, God, I know things about your character.
1:13.3	I know how you are. And so I'm going to reorient my life so I can make sure I'm staying in your will.
1:20.2	Because that's where the fullness of life is. Okay. So look at verse 27. God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise. He chose what is
1:29.7	weak in the world to shame the strong. In verse 28, he chose what is low and despised in the world,
1:35.1	even things that are not. That word not is the word things that don't exist. So God, you chose
1:42.9	things that don't even exist in the world's eyes. Things are of
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