God presides over every event , great or small , and He is in control of our lives . To be sovereign ,He must be all - knowing and all - powerful , and by His sovereignty He rules His entire creation .
Over my 40 years of being a member of some church or body or group I've never heard such a fundamental foundational teaching as this well done well done well done thank you
I long past learnt that many supporters of calvin and Luther are mostly ignorant of what they actually taught or believe, none of which is biblical and sadly I suggest, is just what Prince of Darkness wants gullible believers to embrace. Calvin’s logic is totally flawed in his beliefs of double Predestination partial atonement. Recall Paul said that God “is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe” (1 Tim. 4:10). God clearly sent his Son to save us all not only those who believe. Ergo, God makes salvation available to all, even if all do not choose to receive it. Yes, God has chosen to limit His sovereignty in asking us to love Him which by definition can never be forced upon another! In Calvin's own words, "man's will (if it exists at all) is torn between two beasts of burden. We are just depraved animals to be riden either by his god or by the devil, inevitably to our eternal fate, one heaven and the other hell. Man has no say whatsoever in his Final Destiny and yet somehow they pretend we still have freewill? Give me a break! In the first five years of Calvin's rule in Geneva, 58 people were executed and 76 exiled for their religious beliefs. Calvin allowed no art other than music, and even that could not involve instruments. Under his rule, Geneva became the center of Protestantism. we sometimes hear "If you could lose your eternal salvation then it wouldnt be eternal". So say Calvinists who know it would totally destroy their false suppositions and dangerous doctrines if true. So tell me where do we find the claim "you can NOT lose your salvation" OR "once saved always saved". Proponents merely retort "Ah but many like pastors Dan Barker and Ravi Z werent really genuine Christians to begin with." Nice get-out-of jail reaction but is it true? www.openbible.info/topics/losing_your_salvation
@@Gericho49Yes of course it is a general call to Buse, but I don't see a problem by far... 1 Peter 2:4: "4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,"
What a wonderful god we have.Thank you Bro.John piper for your way of teaching about the sovernity of god.I Cried with excellent joy in my Heart.Thank you
Hi Pastor John - thank you for helping your listeners find clear biblical passages on the sovereignty of God! Just a quick thing I picked up on: the verse you mentioned was Proverbs 16:33, not 6:33 for "The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord." God bless your ministry!
Damn! Evil jinn influences all who equate G*D with Jesus or any creation, pastor started out correct until he equated Jesus the Servant creature of G*D with G*D. W/o belief in Qur'an+Infallible 14 Ppl @12thImam Mahdi pbuThem, ppl can't go to Heaven... czcams.com/video/WSIXYI4vgYU/video.html
Thank you for posting this presentation and this Truth of God's sovereignty, according to Charles Spurgeon, is a pillow on which I can rest my head at night. Also, when it comes to this topic, I'd like to add that I've been partially blind since birth and one passage that came to me as I was listening to what pastor John had to say was the beginning of John 9, where Jesus is passing by and he comes across a man who is born blind. His disciples ask Him whether or not this man's blindness is a result of his sin or that of his parents. He tells them that it is neither. It is so that the power of God might be displayed through Him and what I'm able to get out of this passage is that I may never know exactly why the Lord allowed me to be born blind, but all I can do is trust that He had a good purpose for it. 👨🦯 ⛪
Why has my life been trash for 27 years in a row? Losing siblings, being abused, etc… I’ve held onto his promises for my whole life but as I look back, life has been nothing but struggle and disappointment. Do I just keep working hard for a better life?? Thanks y’all keep your heads up! It ain’t easy. ❤️💪🏼
Look at the life of Jacob in Genesis, he lied to his father and had to flee from his home because his brother wanted to kill him. Then ended up at his uncle’s house who lied & made him serve him much longer than their deal. He couldn’t have children with the wife he loved yet when he finally did, she died. His other sons were jealous and sold one of them (Joseph) and left Jacob devastated thinking he died. Yet in all this GOD was with him, He continued to bless him and prosper him because of his faith and the faith of his fathers; he was chosen. This shows GOD allows us to face and endure hardships of all kinds yet He is still with us. He blesses us, speaks to us, guides us, and strengthens our faith in Him through all the suffering and opposition. So have faith brother. 🕊 God is good & He is with us, working out His plan & purpose in our lives. “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;” -2 Corinthians 4:17
All I can tell you is this: You may never know exactly why the Lord has allowed this to happen, but all you can do is trust that He had a good and loving purpose for it. Also, if I may, I'd like to remind you of the words of a verse from this classic hymn: When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, my grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply. The flame shall not hurt thee, I only design thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.
Just beg God to show you mercy in His supremacy. A lot of time God does not need to make sense to us or explain Himself. He just God around everything. And that is supremacy. Ask for mercy in His supremacy. I pray He hears you.
I also like the Children's Ministry Resource Bible definition of God's Sovereignty " God is Ruler over all. No one can tell God what to do. All earthly rulers and angelic powers must submit to Him. He cares for all creation and does His will in the affairs of men. Although He allows you free will, He wants you to submit to his right to plan your life." (Ps. 22:28; 47:2; Is. 44:6...)
"Immutability of God Unchanging infinite eternal, perfect, God does not mature or develop he does not get stronger or weaker or wiser as time goes on HE cannot change For Better or For Worse HE is Infinite. ETERNAL Immutable unchanging God is the same yesterday today and forever. We Blossom and flourish as leaves on a tree ,and wither ,and Perish , but nothing changes Thee oh God Self-existence God's has always BEEN . Totally other. Not restrained by time space , distance. The Lord the Lord Yahweh, the compassionate and gracious God slow to anger abounding in love and faithfulness maintaining love to thousands and forgiving wickedness rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished he punishes the children and their children's children. God is both omniscient an omnipotent. A sovereign most high God that changes not. God Almighty AWSOME creator Almighty to save to the utermost. Sovereign Supreme Supremacy Majestic"
One would tend to think so, until one of those decisions is sinful and the “coin” decides you make that decision. God would not lead you to commit sinful acts, at that point I suppose it would be simple physics at the point, deciding the coin.
Calvinist have to take their interpretation of God’s sovereignty, that He controls every thought, action, sin, good deed, etc, to the logical conclusion that it’s not just God’s will that people sin, but that God Himself even compels a person to sin. Their sinful acts are mandated by God. I believe this error can be debunked with just one verse, “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.”
Hi im new to being religious and god has already helped me through some tuff times but i would like to ask you a question and its will god help me and my girlfriend be together because she is going to be moving far away and im worried for the future
Being religious and being Christian are two different things. I hope things work out with you and your gf! Would love to hear what God has done for you!
This is how a PhD former presbyterian minister and doctor of theology explains God's so-called irresistible will or Sovereinty: Whereas most Christians believe the Bible teaching which emphasizes both God’s grace and man’s cooperation, there is no room in Calvinist teaching except for a staunch denial of St. Paul’s inspired notion of man as “CO LABORER” with God (1 Cor. 3:9). In Calvin’s words: If [by free will] is meant that after we are once subdued by the power of the Lord to the obedience of righteousness, we proceed voluntarily, and are inclined to follow the movement of grace, I have nothing to object… If, again, it is meant that man is able of himself to be a fellow-laborer with the grace of God, I HOLD IT TO BE A MOST PESTILENT DELUSION (Institutes, Bk. 2, Ch. 3, Para. 11) “Freewill” for the Calvinist means acting in accord with irresistible grace (aka God’s irresistible Will) that he cannot do anything but accept. Is the god you want to believe in who loves us all? John 3:16 Of course, the consensus view asserts that man cannot “of himself” merit anything from God- meaning, apart from God’s empowering grace. But Calvin’s meaning is very different. For him, “Subdued by the power of the Lord” means that man cannot resist the movement of God’s grace. If God wills for you to go to heaven, he will give you grace to that end and you will be irresistibly moved to act in accord with it. If God wills for you to go to hell, then you will not be given grace and you will be moved to sin by God’s eternal decree. Such is the damning indictment and absurdity of such an unjust notion. if God predestines every person, and not all are called, elected, or predestined for salvation, then God has predestined (the Westminster Confession says “fore-ordained”) some persons to hell or eternal damnation. Second, if God has predetermined the ultimate fate of all persons, then the individual has no power to make any important decisions. Presbyterians have learned to believe, also, in free will, realizing that these two doctrines are logically impossible to hold at the same time, but that each is true, as taught in the Westminster Confession… but that impossibility doesn't seem to hold back those sitting on Salvation mountain waving their get out of jail free pass having assumed their is nothing that a righteous person can do like turning from his righteousness and losing salvation. Perhaps they missed the 75 texts that contradict this heresy?
I thought proverbs were general principles that we see play out in life.Most of the time and are not hard-and-fast rules or spiritual laws yet.John quotes them to say that god controls every aspect of an individual person's decision making and their life. He would not say the same about proverbs that talk about health and healing
The problem with this definition of sovereignty is that Christians end up thinking that everything that happens in their life is what, how and when God wants. "My spouse had an affair......well, God is sovereign." "My child started doing drugs......well, God is sovereign." And when we accept everything as God's will we stop living by faith and live simply by hope. Hope is good but the Bible is clear when it says "the righteous shall live by faith." It also says, the "without faith it is impossible to please God."
@TheGladeUp faith is believing that something is true, hope is not being sure but desiring it to be true. When you go into a dark room you know the light will go on when you flip the switch. That is faith in the switch. If you walked down the hall saying, "I'm not sure if the light switch will work, I hope the light comes on" That would be hope.
@@Todd_Kuhns Todd this sounds more like a human/emotional problem rather than a theological one. Like saying that "once saved always saved" has to be false because people take advantage of that phrase.
@@Todd_Kuhns It seems like what you're describing is someone who is failing to remember and practice the responsibility they have in their lives. But this doesn't mean that God is not sovereign or that we don't have responsibilities. The Christian life, our call to obedience, stands on two pillars. The promise of God ordained by His sovereign will, and the infinite power of God. We are called to live righteously even though we are born again and righteous in God's eyes because of Jesus Christ. God is totally sovereign and we have the ability to make choices with real consequences that we are held responsible for. This is beautifully supported in Scripture when Paul tells us to, "work out our salvation with fear and trembling, because it is God who is at work in us." in Philippians 2:12-13
@@robertoesquivel4447 I don't disagree. My point was that God is not sovereign in the sense that He controls everything. A person doesn't have cancer because God wanted them to have it. God does not sovereignly cause someone to cheat on their spouse.
@@Todd_Kuhns Your right Todd It is Gods will that all repent, Acts !7:30 But most have not repented. Its God's will that Christians abstain from fornication (1Thess4:3) and yet many professing Christians fall into this sin. There is a difference between what God's will is and what actually happens because God does not force His will on people Alternately God can use His sovereign will to delegate authority. For example Jesus said believers wil do the things that He did (John 14:12) So when Peter said to the lame man on the steps of the temple "such as I have give I thee" What Peter had to give was the authority Jesus had given him to heal the sick. Believers today are still able to use this delegated authority and heal just like Peter did Praise God.
Problem; there's a big difference between "knowing" and KNOWING. The kind of "knowing" that comes from personal experience, what we've been taught, the ideas of others, etc. boils down to little more than "opinion". It is known by neuroscientists, psychologists, biologists, etc. [scientists] that what people often accept as knowing something is nothing more than opinion. The only real KNOWING is that which comes from scientific research, experimentation, etc. Things that can be objectively "measured". It is well known that perception alone can be far from objective. Personal interpretation of events or understanding of words can be far from true empirically. Most people falsely believe their personal experience is in fact objectively true/factual but that is not necessarily the case. So try to imagine the objectivity of ancient documents or world of mouth myths recorded by people who didn't even have any "formal" education such as Jesus' disciples. The ONLY thing that stands up to objective scrutiny is science and the scientific method.
Well,He’s merciful and just. Because of it-He allows us to have free will. He doesn’t *make* us come to Him. Because of His grace,we come to Him. All of which were spoken about here.
"Sovereignty" needs to be properly defined and understood. It is "Supreme power and autonomy". That does NOT mean that it is always exercised or used down to the minutest detail, even though it could be. Rom.9 is God's sovereignty over ISRAEL to bring about the sacrificial atoning blood of Jesus Christ to make salvation available to all.
Where exactly in the kjv bible does it say God is sovereign ? Help me with actual verses that say God is sovereign. When you find that verse we can then use that verse to put a meaning on the word sovereign.
@@HearGodsWord "Unless you want to prove God doesn't exist?" You are even dumber if you can't realize the fact that it's retarded to ask others to disprove something that was never proven to you by way of evidence to begin with.
Job 42:2 ✅
Daniel 4:35✅
Isaiah 46:9✅
Ephesians 1:11✅
Proverbs 6:33✅
Psalms 135:6 ✅
Matthew 8:27✅
Matthew 10:29✅
2 chronicles 26✅
Psalms 33:10✅
Proverbs 16:1✅
Proverbs 16:9✅
Proverbs 19:21✅
Proverbs 21:1✅
Genesis 50:20✅
Psalms 15:3✅
Romans 11:33✅
Isaiah 30:18✅
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Thanks for sharing. Instead of Proverbs 6:33 it should be Proverbs 16:33
@@supersmart671God allowed that typo for His purposes.
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All praise and glory to our Majestic, Powerful, Gracious, and Merciful, Loving God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Do not pray to jesus for god said worship no false idol
@@boxofficebrown9809 Jesus is God fam.
God is sovereign!! 🙌🙌🙌
My God is Greater , My God is Stronger !!!!
Glory To GOD!!!
God presides over every event , great or small , and He is in control of our lives . To be sovereign ,He must be all - knowing and all - powerful , and by His sovereignty He rules His entire creation .
I’m looking forward to reading the book. Keep rolling John 👍🏽 by the sovereignty and grace of God.
Same
Over my 40 years of being a member of some church or body or group I've never heard such a fundamental foundational teaching as this well done well done well done thank you
I long past learnt that many supporters of calvin and Luther are mostly ignorant of what they actually taught or believe, none of which is biblical and sadly I suggest, is just what Prince of Darkness wants gullible believers to embrace. Calvin’s logic is totally flawed in his beliefs of double Predestination partial atonement. Recall Paul said that God “is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe” (1 Tim. 4:10). God clearly sent his Son to save us all not only those who believe. Ergo, God makes salvation available to all, even if all do not choose to receive it. Yes, God has chosen to limit His sovereignty in asking us to love Him which by definition can never be forced upon another!
In Calvin's own words, "man's will (if it exists at all) is torn between two beasts of burden. We are just depraved animals to be riden either by his god or by the devil, inevitably to our eternal fate, one heaven and the other hell. Man has no say whatsoever in his Final Destiny and yet somehow they pretend we still have freewill? Give me a break!
In the first five years of Calvin's rule in Geneva, 58 people were executed and 76 exiled for their religious beliefs. Calvin allowed no art other than music, and even that could not involve instruments. Under his rule, Geneva became the center of Protestantism.
we sometimes hear "If you could lose your eternal salvation then it wouldnt be eternal". So say Calvinists who know it would totally destroy their false suppositions and dangerous doctrines if true. So tell me where do we find the claim "you can NOT lose your salvation" OR "once saved always saved". Proponents merely retort "Ah but many like pastors Dan Barker and Ravi Z werent really genuine Christians to begin with." Nice get-out-of jail reaction but is it true?
www.openbible.info/topics/losing_your_salvation
@@Gericho491 Peter 2:4: "4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,"
@@Gericho49Yes of course it is a general call to Buse, but I don't see a problem by far...
1 Peter 2:4: "4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,"
Praise God for speaking to the meaning of our Great God's Sovereignty.
What a wonderful god we have.Thank you Bro.John piper for your way of teaching about the sovernity of god.I Cried with excellent joy in my Heart.Thank you
Such a blessing to know He is in control; I'm amazed at how He orchestrates so many things in our lives, my life.
Hi Pastor John - thank you for helping your listeners find clear biblical passages on the sovereignty of God! Just a quick thing I picked up on: the verse you mentioned was Proverbs 16:33, not 6:33 for "The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord." God bless your ministry!
Damn! Evil jinn influences all who equate G*D with Jesus or any creation, pastor started out correct until he equated Jesus the Servant creature of G*D with G*D. W/o belief in Qur'an+Infallible 14 Ppl @12thImam Mahdi pbuThem, ppl can't go to Heaven... czcams.com/video/WSIXYI4vgYU/video.html
@@EmamMuhammedd What's all the mumbo jumbo? _w/o belief in Qur'an+Infallible 14 Ppl @12thImam Mahdi pbuThem_ English not your 1st langauage?
@@Gericho49 786 Sir, if unable to understand my reply then i suggest U take some reading comprehension courses.
I am in awe of the Divine intervention of The Father and Son. Truly we are dealing not with amateurs.
The ministry was beautifully said. I thank you for your time sir.
@S.g. W I'm healing every single day.
All praises to the Most High God Almighty through Messiah
Thank you for posting this presentation and this Truth of God's sovereignty, according to Charles Spurgeon, is a pillow on which I can rest my head at night.
Also, when it comes to this topic, I'd like to add that I've been partially blind since birth and one passage that came to me as I was listening to what pastor John had to say was the beginning of John 9, where Jesus is passing by and he comes across a man who is born blind. His disciples ask Him whether or not this man's blindness is a result of his sin or that of his parents. He tells them that it is neither. It is so that the power of God might be displayed through Him and what I'm able to get out of this passage is that I may never know exactly why the Lord allowed me to be born blind, but all I can do is trust that He had a good purpose for it.
👨🦯 ⛪
Yes indeed!
Why has my life been trash for 27 years in a row? Losing siblings, being abused, etc… I’ve held onto his promises for my whole life but as I look back, life has been nothing but struggle and disappointment. Do I just keep working hard for a better life?? Thanks y’all keep your heads up! It ain’t easy. ❤️💪🏼
Look at the life of Jacob in Genesis, he lied to his father and had to flee from his home because his brother wanted to kill him. Then ended up at his uncle’s house who lied & made him serve him much longer than their deal. He couldn’t have children with the wife he loved yet when he finally did, she died. His other sons were jealous and sold one of them (Joseph) and left Jacob devastated thinking he died. Yet in all this GOD was with him, He continued to bless him and prosper him because of his faith and the faith of his fathers; he was chosen. This shows GOD allows us to face and endure hardships of all kinds yet He is still with us. He blesses us, speaks to us, guides us, and strengthens our faith in Him through all the suffering and opposition. So have faith brother. 🕊 God is good & He is with us, working out His plan & purpose in our lives.
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;”
-2 Corinthians 4:17
Trust God
All I can tell you is this:
You may never know exactly why the Lord has allowed this to happen, but all you can do is trust that He had a good and loving purpose for it.
Also, if I may, I'd like to remind you of the words of a verse from this classic hymn:
When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, my grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply.
The flame shall not hurt thee, I only design thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.
Just beg God to show you mercy in His supremacy. A lot of time God does not need to make sense to us or explain Himself. He just God around everything. And that is supremacy. Ask for mercy in His supremacy. I pray He hears you.
I’m in the same boat with ya.
I also like the Children's Ministry Resource Bible definition of God's Sovereignty " God is Ruler over all. No one can tell God what to do. All earthly rulers and angelic powers must submit to Him. He cares for all creation and does His will in the affairs of men. Although He allows you free will, He wants you to submit to his right to plan your life." (Ps. 22:28; 47:2; Is. 44:6...)
wow god is unstopable what a wonderful reminder abba father nothing can stop our father.s well
This is amazing, i love this very simple yet profound explanation/answer to the question posed.
Thanks for answering some questions and confirming such a time as this... very amazing....🙏
Amen
Thank you...
Hallelujah 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
Awesome!
Amen 🙏🙏
Awesome
"Immutability of God Unchanging infinite eternal, perfect, God does not mature or develop he does not get stronger or weaker or wiser as time goes on HE cannot change For Better or For Worse HE is Infinite. ETERNAL Immutable unchanging God is the same yesterday today and forever. We Blossom and flourish as leaves on a tree ,and wither ,and Perish , but nothing changes Thee oh God Self-existence God's has always BEEN . Totally other. Not restrained by time space , distance. The Lord the Lord Yahweh, the compassionate and gracious God slow to anger abounding in love and faithfulness maintaining love to thousands and forgiving wickedness rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished he punishes the children and their children's children. God is both omniscient an omnipotent. A sovereign most high God that changes not. God Almighty AWSOME creator Almighty to save to the utermost. Sovereign Supreme Supremacy Majestic"
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Does this mean if I have a hard decision to make, I can just flip a coin and it is God that's making the decision for me??
One would tend to think so, until one of those decisions is sinful and the “coin” decides you make that decision. God would not lead you to commit sinful acts, at that point I suppose it would be simple physics at the point, deciding the coin.
No. You ask for wisdom, as the Bible in James 1 encourages you to.
Calvinist have to take their interpretation of God’s sovereignty, that He controls every thought, action, sin, good deed, etc, to the logical conclusion that it’s not just God’s will that people sin, but that God Himself even compels a person to sin. Their sinful acts are mandated by God. I believe this error can be debunked with just one verse, “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.”
Hi im new to being religious and god has already helped me through some tuff times but i would like to ask you a question and its will god help me and my girlfriend be together because she is going to be moving far away and im worried for the future
Conner Reed God will do what’s best for you both. You should be open to the possibility that you may not know what’s best. He does
New or old I would recommend every Christian read this book.
www.amazon.com/Decision-Making-Will-God-Alternative/dp/1590522052
Being religious and being Christian are two different things. I hope things work out with you and your gf! Would love to hear what God has done for you!
This is how a PhD former presbyterian minister and doctor of theology explains God's so-called irresistible will or Sovereinty: Whereas most Christians believe the Bible teaching which emphasizes both God’s grace and man’s cooperation, there is no room in Calvinist teaching except for a staunch denial of St. Paul’s inspired notion of man as “CO LABORER” with God (1 Cor. 3:9).
In Calvin’s words: If [by free will] is meant that after we are once subdued by the power of the Lord to the obedience of righteousness, we proceed voluntarily, and are inclined to follow the movement of grace, I have nothing to object… If, again, it is meant that man is able of himself to be a fellow-laborer with the grace of God, I HOLD IT TO BE A MOST PESTILENT DELUSION (Institutes, Bk. 2, Ch. 3, Para. 11)
“Freewill” for the Calvinist means acting in accord with irresistible grace (aka God’s irresistible Will) that he cannot do anything but accept. Is the god you want to believe in who loves us all? John 3:16
Of course, the consensus view asserts that man cannot “of himself” merit anything from God- meaning, apart from God’s empowering grace. But Calvin’s meaning is very different. For him, “Subdued by the power of the Lord” means that man cannot resist the movement of God’s grace. If God wills for you to go to heaven, he will give you grace to that end and you will be irresistibly moved to act in accord with it. If God wills for you to go to hell, then you will not be given grace and you will be moved to sin by God’s eternal decree. Such is the damning indictment and absurdity of such an unjust notion.
if God predestines every person, and not all are called, elected, or predestined for salvation, then God has predestined (the Westminster Confession says “fore-ordained”) some persons to hell or eternal damnation. Second, if God has predetermined the ultimate fate of all persons, then the individual has no power to make any important decisions. Presbyterians have learned to believe, also, in free will, realizing that these two doctrines are logically impossible to hold at the same time, but that each is true, as taught in the Westminster Confession… but that impossibility doesn't seem to hold back those sitting on Salvation mountain waving their get out of jail free pass having assumed their is nothing that a righteous person can do like turning from his righteousness and losing salvation. Perhaps they missed the 75 texts that contradict this heresy?
1 Peter 2:4: "4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,"
I thought proverbs were general principles that we see play out in life.Most of the time and are not hard-and-fast rules or spiritual laws yet.John quotes them to say that god controls every aspect of an individual person's decision making and their life. He would not say the same about proverbs that talk about health and healing
The problem with this definition of sovereignty is that Christians end up thinking that everything that happens in their life is what, how and when God wants. "My spouse had an affair......well, God is sovereign." "My child started doing drugs......well, God is sovereign." And when we accept everything as God's will we stop living by faith and live simply by hope. Hope is good but the Bible is clear when it says "the righteous shall live by faith." It also says, the "without faith it is impossible to please God."
@TheGladeUp faith is believing that something is true, hope is not being sure but desiring it to be true. When you go into a dark room you know the light will go on when you flip the switch. That is faith in the switch. If you walked down the hall saying, "I'm not sure if the light switch will work, I hope the light comes on" That would be hope.
@@Todd_Kuhns Todd this sounds more like a human/emotional problem rather than a theological one. Like saying that "once saved always saved" has to be false because people take advantage of that phrase.
@@Todd_Kuhns It seems like what you're describing is someone who is failing to remember and practice the responsibility they have in their lives. But this doesn't mean that God is not sovereign or that we don't have responsibilities. The Christian life, our call to obedience, stands on two pillars. The promise of God ordained by His sovereign will, and the infinite power of God. We are called to live righteously even though we are born again and righteous in God's eyes because of Jesus Christ. God is totally sovereign and we have the ability to make choices with real consequences that we are held responsible for. This is beautifully supported in Scripture when Paul tells us to, "work out our salvation with fear and trembling, because it is God who is at work in us." in Philippians 2:12-13
@@robertoesquivel4447 I don't disagree. My point was that God is not sovereign in the sense that He controls everything. A person doesn't have cancer because God wanted them to have it. God does not sovereignly cause someone to cheat on their spouse.
@@Todd_Kuhns Your right Todd It is Gods will that all repent, Acts !7:30 But most have not repented. Its God's will that Christians abstain from fornication (1Thess4:3) and yet many professing Christians fall into this sin.
There is a difference between what God's will is and what actually happens because God does not force His will on people
Alternately God can use His sovereign will to delegate authority.
For example Jesus said believers wil do the things that He did (John 14:12)
So when Peter said to the lame man on the steps of the temple "such as I have give I thee" What Peter had to give was the authority Jesus had given him to heal the sick.
Believers today are still able to use this delegated authority and heal just like Peter did
Praise God.
mhhh
knowing God makes you strong~
"the people that know there God will make great exploits" (bible....version?)
What is the title of this book and how can I purchase it?
Providence
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Problem; there's a big difference between "knowing" and KNOWING. The kind of "knowing" that comes from personal experience, what we've been taught, the ideas of others, etc. boils down to little more than "opinion". It is known by neuroscientists, psychologists, biologists, etc. [scientists] that what people often accept as knowing something is nothing more than opinion. The only real KNOWING is that which comes from scientific research, experimentation, etc. Things that can be objectively "measured". It is well known that perception alone can be far from objective. Personal interpretation of events or understanding of words can be far from true empirically. Most people falsely believe their personal experience is in fact objectively true/factual but that is not necessarily the case. So try to imagine the objectivity of ancient documents or world of mouth myths recorded by people who didn't even have any "formal" education such as Jesus' disciples. The ONLY thing that stands up to objective scrutiny is science and the scientific method.
I don't agree.. God is Sovereign, but He don't override anyone's free will. Every perfect gift is from God, all bad is from satan.
Well,He’s merciful and just. Because of it-He allows us to have free will. He doesn’t *make* us come to Him. Because of His grace,we come to Him.
All of which were spoken about here.
Juvenile view.
Of course he overrides people's will.
"Sovereignty" needs to be properly defined and understood. It is "Supreme power and autonomy". That does NOT mean that it is always exercised or used down to the minutest detail, even though it could be. Rom.9 is God's sovereignty over ISRAEL to bring about the sacrificial atoning blood of Jesus Christ to make salvation available to all.
1 Peter 2:4: "4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,"
Where exactly in the kjv bible does it say God is sovereign ? Help me with actual verses that say God is sovereign. When you find that verse we can then use that verse to put a meaning on the word sovereign.
KJV onlyist aren’t you?
@@chacehui6393 yes kjv only
The word trinity isn’t in the kjv translation, do you believe in the trinity?
1 Timothy 6:15
Now... Get a life.
Probverbs 16:33***
Jumalan ylin valta on sellainen että Jumalan suunnitelmia ei kukaan voi estää. Kukaan ei voi Jumalan käden toimia estää.
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First you must prove God is not just a figment of your imagination, then ask what Is the Sovereignty of God.
There is the Bible. Unless you want to prove God doesn't exist?
@@HearGodsWord "There is the Bible."
You are dumb if you can't realize the fact that the Bible is the claim, not the evidence for anything.
@@HearGodsWord "Unless you want to prove God doesn't exist?"
You are even dumber if you can't realize the fact that it's retarded to ask others to disprove something that was never proven to you by way of evidence to begin with.
@@HearGodsWord If a book was evidence for anything, then Harry Potter is real.
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"The best cure for Christianity is reading the bible."
Mark Twain