GOD IS SOVEREIGN (2)
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
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Title: God Is Sovereign (2)
Series: Ecclesiastes
Author: Collin Wimberly
Text: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
CIT - Solomon declares that God is sovereign over the purposes and affairs of life.
Proposition - Because God is sovereign over life we should be in awe of Him.
INTRODUCTION:
Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote a book titled "When bad things happen to good people," in which he told the tragic story of his young son's death from a debilitating disease. As a religious person, he wrestled with why God allowed such a thing to happen. He concluded one of two things must be true. Either God is all loving, but not all powerful (He wants to heal disease but can't) or God is all powerful, but not all loving (He is able to prevent disease, but won't.)
Kushner's conclusion was the first. God is all loving but not all powerful. He cares about us, but has decided to let the world run on its own without intervention from Him. He keeps his distance from the everyday affairs of life.
Or consider Norman Mailer, a Jewish writer who wrote: "If God is good, then he is not all powerful. If God is all powerful, then he is not all good. I am a disbeliever in the omnipotence of God because of the Holocaust. But for thirty-five years or so, I have been believing that he is doing the best he can."
Norman Mailer, The Gospel According to the Son
It would be easy to agree with these guys. With everything that comes at us in this life it is tempting to think that God has taken his hands off and is just letting life on earth run its course.
But Solomon doesn't let us get by with that. He believed, and rightly, that God is sovereign. He is the ruler of the universe. He is the Lord of time and life. Even when we don't understand why some things happen, we can know that God has a purpose and intends good for us and to us.
I) IF GOD IS SOVEREIGN THAN LIFE IS NOT RANDOM - VS. 1-8
". . . all of life unfolds under the divine appointment of divine Providence. Nothing ...
Series: Ecclesiastes
Author: Collin Wimberly
Text: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
CIT - Solomon declares that God is sovereign over the purposes and affairs of life.
Proposition - Because God is sovereign over life we should be in awe of Him.
INTRODUCTION:
Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote a book titled "When bad things happen to good people," in which he told the tragic story of his young son's death from a debilitating disease. As a religious person, he wrestled with why God allowed such a thing to happen. He concluded one of two things must be true. Either God is all loving, but not all powerful (He wants to heal disease but can't) or God is all powerful, but not all loving (He is able to prevent disease, but won't.)
Kushner's conclusion was the first. God is all loving but not all powerful. He cares about us, but has decided to let the world run on its own without intervention from Him. He keeps his distance from the everyday affairs of life.
Or consider Norman Mailer, a Jewish writer who wrote: "If God is good, then he is not all powerful. If God is all powerful, then he is not all good. I am a disbeliever in the omnipotence of God because of the Holocaust. But for thirty-five years or so, I have been believing that he is doing the best he can."
Norman Mailer, The Gospel According to the Son
It would be easy to agree with these guys. With everything that comes at us in this life it is tempting to think that God has taken his hands off and is just letting life on earth run its course.
But Solomon doesn't let us get by with that. He believed, and rightly, that God is sovereign. He is the ruler of the universe. He is the Lord of time and life. Even when we don't understand why some things happen, we can know that God has a purpose and intends good for us and to us.
I) IF GOD IS SOVEREIGN THAN LIFE IS NOT RANDOM - VS. 1-8
". . . all of life unfolds under the divine appointment of divine Providence. Nothing ...
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