Good morning,
God rules over His creation. Is that theology or practicality in our lives? Another election cycle will be over this week. The results will not be known for days, weeks, or months.
God is not a politician.
This week we see, from the Scriptures, that God reigns over His creation. It is His. He made it. Whether we agree with the outcome of the election, God is still in control. Never forget that.
GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY
GOD’ OMNISCIENCE
PSALM 103:19
INTRODUCTION:
1) GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY means that He is the Supreme Ruler who immanently and personally rules over all the affairs of the universe—and this includes our personal lives both as individuals and as a local body of believers. God’s sovereignty is a place of rest for the child of God.
A. GOD REIGNEST OVERALL (1 CHRON 29:11-12) V12
B. THE WORLD IS GOD’S (PSM 50:10-12)
C. GOD CREATED (GEN 1:1) V1
D. GOD CHOOSES ISRAEL DOES WHAT HE PLEASES (PSM 135:4-6) V4,6
E. GOD IN CONTROL (1 SAM 2:6-9)
F. GOD CONTROLS RULERS (PSM 75:6-7) V7
G. GOD DOES HIS PLEASURE (IS 46:9-10)
H. CAN NOT FLEE FROM GOD (PSM 139:7-10) V10
I. GOD’S WORD WILL NOT RETURN VOID (IS 55:11)
J. GOD REIGNS OVER DEATH (JOHN 5:21)
K. GOD ‘S COUNSEL (EPH 1:11)
2) GOD’S OMNISCIENCE is defined as “the state of having total knowledge, the quality of knowing everything.” For God to be sovereign over His creation of all things, whether visible or invisible, He has to be all-knowing. His omniscience is not restricted to any one person in the Godhead—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all by nature omniscient.
A. GOD KNOWS EVERTHING (1 JOHN 3:19-20) V20
B. GOD IS PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE (JOB 37:16)
C. GOD’S UNDERSTANDING HAS NO LIMITS (PSM 147:5)
D. GOD’S EYES ARE EVRYWHERE (PROV 15:3)
E. GOD IS WATCHING US (PSM 33:13-15) V13
F. GOD CHOSE US BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD (EPH 1:3-4)
G. GOD KNOWS WHAT WE DO (PSM 139:1-4)
H. GOD MADE KNOWN TO US THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL (EPH 1:9-10)
CONCLUSION:
1) GOD RULES IN THE LIVES OF MEN
2) GOD KNOWS ALL THINGS
3) TRUST GOD IN THE CRISIS
4) GOD WILL WORK OUT ALL THINGS FOR HIS HONOR AND GLORY
5) HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskaseniors.com
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