Clear Biblical Truths of Almighty God and His Sovereignty over mere flesh-and-blood men

  

Throw Down your Weapons of Rebellion

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Bow to the KING OF GLORY, Christ Jesus!

 

Possessing infinite intelligence, God can't do other than behave as God. He has one mind and one will. He acts in the wisest and truest possible way. If one's understanding begins with the wicked world, he will conclude either God doesn't exist or isn't sovereign. If one begins with the scriptures, he will do no other than conclude God is sovereign.

Purpose - God acts according "to His good pleasure which He hath purposed in Himself" (Ephesians 1:9). Job concluded of God: "He is in one mind, and who can turn Him?" (Job 23:13). God's will is eternal and immutable. It's guided by His holiness and love. It's effectual and conditioned on nothing outside of Himself.

Power - Consider this exaltation. "Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty... Thou reignest over all...in Thine hand is power and might..." (1 Chronicles 29:11-12). God never exercises sovereign-power, except to fulfill His purpose; and, HE NEVER FAILS TO FULFILL HIS PURPOSE. Man's inability contrasted with God's ability is a persistent Bible theme.

Providence - In Daniel, this is recorded of the Almighty: "He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His hand, or say unto him, What doest Thou?" (4:35). What God "doeth" is His providence. It would seem, our chaotic culture would welcome the truth of God's sovereign providence. However, the marriage was consummated in the first century between subjective humanism and conditional Christendom. It's largely unchanged.

The disavowal or diminishing of God's sovereignty in premise or practice IS THE DENIAL OF THE GOD OF THE BIBLE. Gospel preachers proclaim God's sovereignty in grace conditioned exclusively on Christ.

-preacher T. David Simpson


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