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  WE CAN DO IT ALSO
  by Theodore Epp
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes that, like Elijah, we can achieve great
things through faith and trust in God despite our human limitations.

Topics: "Faith", "Empowerment through God"
Scripture References: Deuteronomy 33:27, Matthew 7:7, Philippians 4:13, James 5:16-18

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DESCRIPTION
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Theodore Epp emphasizes that Elijah, despite being a man of like
passions and nature as us, achieved great things through his unwavering
faith in God. He reminds us that Elijah's accomplishments are attainable
for us today if we trust in God and seek Him earnestly. Epp encourages
believers to recognize their shared humanity with Elijah, highlighting
that we can also seek God's will and strength in our lives. He reassures
us that just as Elijah walked with God, we too have the privilege to do
so and can rely on God's promises to empower us. The sermon calls us to
believe in our potential to fulfill God's calling in our lives.

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James 5:16-18

The Bible says Elijah was a man subject to like passions, or as another
translation says it, "A man of like nature" (James 5:17, RSV). God
permits us to see where Elijah failed so that we need not think we are
dealing with a perfect man. He was human just as we are; what sets him
apart from most of us is that he fully believed God.

What Elijah accomplished is possible to us today if God should call us
to such a ministry and if we will believe and trust Him for it. It is
true that we know nothing of Elijah's family background or of his life
before his public ministry began. He appeared suddenly, and he went away
suddenly. Yet he was a man who had the same fallen nature that we have;
he was subject to temptations similar to ours; he faced the same tests
and trials that all humans face. He walked with the same God we have the
privilege of walking with. He sought the Lord for the same things that
you and I seek Him for. We may seek the Lord as Elijah did, for our
Saviour made God's will very plain: "Ask, and it shall be given you;
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you" (Matt.
7:7). The Apostle Paul said, "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me" (Phil. 4:13).

"The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms"
(Deut. 33:27).

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/theodore-epp/we-can-do-it-also/
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