Resting in God’s Sovereignty
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Philippians 4:11
Please take God's word and turn with me to Paul's epistle of joy and of course I'm talking about the New Testament book of Philippians. It's from this fourth chapter I want to talk to you for a few minutes about the sovereignty of God.
Now whenever you talk about the sovereignty of God, sometimes people think of it as rigid, like a huge iron vice which holds everything in an unrelaxing grip. But we're going to see today that the sovereignty of God never tramples on human free-will. It continually adapts itself to the responses of human hearts. Yes, man is free, but God is sovereign. There is no incompatibility between divine sovereignty and human will.
So, what does the sovereignty of God mean? Well, it means that God possess all power and is the ruler of all things. We read in Psalm 136.6, ''The LORD does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the depths.'' And listen to Psalm 103.19, ''The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules overall.''
Do you know what his ''kingdom'' includes? It includes everything! He rules over everything! Let me ask you this: who rules over a kingdom? Who is over a kingdom? A King, right? So, when we talk about God being sovereign, we're talking about God being King. In fact, this word translated ''kingdom'' refers to royal power or dominion.
Learn this: His is an absolute monarchy! That's how we can read in Proverbs 16.4, ''The LORD has prepared everything for his purpose.'' Psalm 97.1, ''The LORD reigns!'' God is sovereign.
Consider the last book of the Bible: Revelation 1.8, ''I am the Alpha and the Omega,'' says the Lord God, 'the one who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.''
In Revelation 4, we find a description of the throne room of heaven and living creatures' day and night saying in verse 8b, ''... Holy, holy, holy. Lord God, the Almighty, who was, who is and who is to com ...
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Philippians 4:11
Please take God's word and turn with me to Paul's epistle of joy and of course I'm talking about the New Testament book of Philippians. It's from this fourth chapter I want to talk to you for a few minutes about the sovereignty of God.
Now whenever you talk about the sovereignty of God, sometimes people think of it as rigid, like a huge iron vice which holds everything in an unrelaxing grip. But we're going to see today that the sovereignty of God never tramples on human free-will. It continually adapts itself to the responses of human hearts. Yes, man is free, but God is sovereign. There is no incompatibility between divine sovereignty and human will.
So, what does the sovereignty of God mean? Well, it means that God possess all power and is the ruler of all things. We read in Psalm 136.6, ''The LORD does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the depths.'' And listen to Psalm 103.19, ''The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules overall.''
Do you know what his ''kingdom'' includes? It includes everything! He rules over everything! Let me ask you this: who rules over a kingdom? Who is over a kingdom? A King, right? So, when we talk about God being sovereign, we're talking about God being King. In fact, this word translated ''kingdom'' refers to royal power or dominion.
Learn this: His is an absolute monarchy! That's how we can read in Proverbs 16.4, ''The LORD has prepared everything for his purpose.'' Psalm 97.1, ''The LORD reigns!'' God is sovereign.
Consider the last book of the Bible: Revelation 1.8, ''I am the Alpha and the Omega,'' says the Lord God, 'the one who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.''
In Revelation 4, we find a description of the throne room of heaven and living creatures' day and night saying in verse 8b, ''... Holy, holy, holy. Lord God, the Almighty, who was, who is and who is to com ...
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