Hope in Action/Answers
A force cannot love you. A Father can.
Is There a Difference Between a Higher Power and God?
Plenty of people are comfortable with a “higher power.” It asks very little and offends almost no one. But when life gets specific — grief, guilt, a child, a diagnosis — a vague force is not enough. You need a God with a name, a heart, and a face. His name is Jesus.
God is a person, not a mist
Paul stood in Athens looking at an altar to an unknown god and said, in essence: you are already hungry, and the One you are reaching for has revealed Himself. God is not an energy field we bump into. He is the Father who sent His Son. He speaks, He keeps covenant, He forgives, He heals.
A higher power can be whatever you need it to be this week. The God of the Bible will not be edited. That is actually good news, because a God you can reshape cannot save you.
“Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you.”
Acts 17:23 (NKJV)
Jesus is what God looks like
If you want to know what God is like, look at Jesus. He said, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father.” Gentle with the broken. Fierce toward religious pride. Willing to go to a cross rather than leave you in the dark.
That is not a higher power. That is a Savior. At Church Four Eighteen we are not interested in helping you manage spirituality. We want you to know the Father.
“Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?””
John 14:9 (NKJV)
You do not have to figure this out alone
Come sit with people who are living this out.
Church Four Eighteen is a family in Titusville learning to receive what Jesus already finished — and to put hope in action. Saturdays at 5:00 PM. Kids are welcome. Come as you are.