Does Christ Govern Every Storm?

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  • čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
  • Ask Pastor John
    Episode: 1474
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Komentáře • 136

  • @HearGodsWord
    @HearGodsWord Před 4 lety +23

    As R.C. Sproul said "There is no maverick molecule if God is sovereign."

  • @tuilikaandreas4776
    @tuilikaandreas4776 Před 4 lety +8

    He's Got The Whole World In His Hands🙏🏽❤

  • @HearGodsWord
    @HearGodsWord Před 4 lety +15

    This question made me think of the book of Job, with all of the disasters affecting Job but he stayed trusting in The LORD.

    • @kathleenwharton2139
      @kathleenwharton2139 Před 4 lety

      Jobs “friends” are Christians today. God told me to stop listening to them too. I did! Much better!

    • @HearGodsWord
      @HearGodsWord Před 4 lety +3

      @@kathleenwharton2139 and yet you're here wanting people to listen to you when you won't listen to them! That sort of hypocrisy will not help you.

    • @kathleenwharton2139
      @kathleenwharton2139 Před 4 lety

      Hear God's Word
      Not any More! It is fine with me if you are a Christian..But I no longer have to be! God is my Soul Provider..just as in the story of Job. I have no need to listen to Christians and be mislead any more. I will leave you all to God..He will Correct you.

    • @AtamMardes
      @AtamMardes Před 4 lety

      Please don't pretend to be able to think if you believe in made up religious fairy tales and superstitions like: Talking snake/donkey, demon pigs, 900 yrs old man, virgin birth, walking on water, resurrection, flying chariots of fire, Noah's Ark, curses, and levitation into clouds.

    • @HearGodsWord
      @HearGodsWord Před 4 lety

      Kathleen I'm wondering if/when you might do that. You keep saying you'll leave yet you're still commenting. Guess you can't help yourself or maybe your "god" is telling you to stalk Pastor John.

  • @selah778
    @selah778 Před 4 lety +5

    He governs the pain in my life too. Somehow knowing this strengthens me to continue on for His name’s sake and my good.

    • @2ndPigeon
      @2ndPigeon Před 4 lety

      He's torturing you? That's horrible.

    • @maxaplin4204
      @maxaplin4204 Před 4 lety +1

      @@2ndPigeon Governing pain does not equal torturing. That's much too simplistic.

    • @2ndPigeon
      @2ndPigeon Před 4 lety

      @@maxaplin4204 If somebody has control of you nerve endings and can make you suffer when you can. This is what's she's say and it's highly immoral.

    • @selah778
      @selah778 Před 4 lety +2

      Vincent Kierkels thank you for your reply. There’s so much I’d like to share that I’ve discovered about the sweetness of God’s sovereignty that continues to sustain me through the injustices in this life. My pain has not been sickness but a broken heart.- severe injustices. However, this is what I know-Satan, sickness, sabotage, fate, or chance does not have the last say in my life or yours. That’s good..great news. That God reigns is great news. Why? Because God is holy, righteous and good and wise and all
      of this stands in the service of those who trust in his Son, Jesus Christ. I believe this even when I can’t see it so many times- but I do in fact see his mercies everyday constantly when the sun rises, in a smile, in laughter and even in communicating with you. 😊 God promises to work it all for my good and even give me all things for His glory - Yahweh will make it satisfy what has gone so wrong. Its guaranteed by the blood of his Son. All things. Romans 8:28-32

    • @heavnxbound
      @heavnxbound Před 4 lety

      Vincent Kierkels, how can a mere human decide what is moral or immoral? How can you set up boundaries for God’s morality? Perhaps you are the immoral one? I’m not sure why you’re watching all these Christian videos and CZcamsrs, but from all of your questions it seems you’ve either had a Christian/Catholic background and maybe someone hurt you or you felt trapped in religion, so you now want to tear others away from it too: or you’re searching for *truth.* If the prior is the case then I’d suggest using your precious time on something else, maybe your loved ones, or going directly to God with your concerns from a place of sincerity, but trying to get faithful people away from Christianity? I fail to see how that benefits you or anyone else. If the latter is true, then I’ll leave you with this video: Cross Examined “If There Is A Good God, Why Does He Allow Evil And Suffering,” and these two verses: John 14:6 “I am the way, the *truth* and the life,” Mark 8:36 “For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, but loses his own soul?”

  • @terryhenderson3424
    @terryhenderson3424 Před 4 lety +2

    God is in control

    • @mr.c2485
      @mr.c2485 Před 4 lety

      Terry Henderson
      Makes for a great bumper sticker but few will ever find the truth in it.

    • @AtamMardes
      @AtamMardes Před 4 lety

      You thank God for giving you life & also for giving life to animals for you to take their lives away & eat them. You thank God for picking you out of many patients to recover from illness. *QUESTION:* Are you unable to realize how the religion scam has fooled you to believe in its imaginary God by exploiting your hypocrisy, narcissism, ignorance, & arrogance?

    • @terryhenderson3424
      @terryhenderson3424 Před 4 lety

      @@AtamMardes funny comment you wrote right there unoriginal not your own thoughts. People choose not to follow God not because lack of evidence but rather they don't want to accountable for the wrong they have done. People like you will be the first to scream for justice but lack what that truly means.

  • @jesuschristbiblebiblestudy

    Yes. Amen
    Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature. Sin and a child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony. The gospel is NOT preached if Christ is not preached.
    God bless you and keep you.
    Amen

  • @maxaplin4204
    @maxaplin4204 Před 4 lety +2

    Good teaching about the all-encompassing sovereignty of God.
    However, the fact that God is sovereign over the weather doesn't mean that there is no place for praying to him to change the weather at times. Nor does it mean that climate change is not an issue that Christians need to take seriously.
    And nor does God's sovereignty over the actions of human beings mean that human beings have no free will.

    • @mr.c2485
      @mr.c2485 Před 4 lety

      Max Aplin
      Sooo. The question...”God made us like this why doesn’t he like us”...is valid?
      And since we are all very flawed, who should we believe in scripture? Were they not flawed as well?
      I know....they were inspired mouthpieces for God...but does that necessarily mean that they couldn’t make mistakes in judgement or errors in what they wrote?

    • @maxaplin4204
      @maxaplin4204 Před 4 lety +1

      @@mr.c2485 A major part of the Christian faith is the authority of the Bible. We believe that it infallibly teaches us what is true in everything that is of importance for life and faith.
      If you are interested, I have written an article where I go into this in some depth, which can be found here:
      maxaplin.blogspot.com/2016/10/is-bible-completely-free-from-error-in.html

    • @mr.c2485
      @mr.c2485 Před 4 lety

      Max Aplin
      I read your article. It’s apparent that you are a presup. Problem is...claims are not evidence and characterizations are of your own making.
      At what point does all this religious apologetic jargon become what scripture refers to as worthless doctrines of men? It’s an endless attempt to defend a book, and no matter how relevant one thinks it is, it’s still inherently flawed because humans touched it. Are we not called to defend the gospel? And, can you see that the Bible is not the gospel...but rather simply exposes it?

  • @marcianoyaa
    @marcianoyaa Před 4 lety +1

    Glória a Deus!

  • @Tina-fi2wy
    @Tina-fi2wy Před 4 lety

    We live in a fallen world. There will be storms.

  • @maxaplin4204
    @maxaplin4204 Před 4 lety

    Good comments on sparrows falling. Jesus surely does mention sparrows falling as an illustration of an extremely insignificant event. And he is surely implying that God governs the sparrows falling and doesn't just watch this happen.

  • @pyramus2968
    @pyramus2968 Před 4 lety +1

    Does God govern every little things? , the emotional/mental aspect I mean. Im struggling with anxiety , depression and ptsd, I sometimes dont understand why God would allow “triggers” towards my anxiety and depression. At one point I was close to killing myself because of my mental health and I feel so alone and forsaken. Does God govern that?

    • @mr.c2485
      @mr.c2485 Před 4 lety +1

      Eliezer Sanchez
      How will you ever love and forgive anyone if you don’t know how the mind works? Ours is to capture thoughts...bring them into submission...and then use all info for God and neighbor. Do that first and everything else will be given to you freely.

    • @maxaplin4204
      @maxaplin4204 Před 4 lety

      God does govern everything. But that doesn't mean that he doesn't love you and care for you. Fix your eyes on him and keep praying and hoping in him.

    • @asnlunatic
      @asnlunatic Před 4 lety +1

      While I do struggle with anxiety as well, I cannot relate to everything else you’re going through. But God knows. God knows more about what you’re going through than anyone else in this comment section. I HATE any type of pain. No one likes pain. But I know God uses it for good. I want you to know right now. God knows every pain we go through. And he’s holding you right now. Trust God. It’s hard. I know. Trust me. But he is our living hope. Pray to him. Cry out to him. He’ll never leave you nor forsake you. He loves you. The pain draws us closer to him. I’ll pray for you right now. God is STILL holding you! And he’s loves you like no one else.

  • @afcprasad4203
    @afcprasad4203 Před 4 lety

    Can you please answer these questions,
    1. What is the oder of these in a believer - Faith, Repentance, Conviction ?
    2. Does Rapture occur before or after Tribulation ?

    • @maxaplin4204
      @maxaplin4204 Před 4 lety +1

      On your first question:
      When you say 'conviction', if you mean conviction of sin, this comes before faith and repentance. If you mean conviction of the truth of Christianity, this also comes before faith and repentance.
      On the logical relationship between faith and repentance, Christians disagree. Even Christians who hold very similar theological views disagree. Personally, I think faith leads to repentance.
      Faith and repentance are closely related. True, saving faith will always be accompanied by repentance.
      On your second question:
      Firstly, the entire Christian era is a tribulation of a sort, although I think it is right to expect a time of increased suffering shortly before Jesus returns.
      Secondly, the rapture will occur after the tribulation, when Jesus returns. As far as I am aware, no Christians disagreed with this before the 1830s, when J. N. Darby began to promote his strange idea that the church will be raptured up before the tribulation. However, this idea is completely wrong.

    • @CONQUISTADOR79
      @CONQUISTADOR79 Před 4 lety

      Max Aplin thank you max for sharing question if I die right now will I go to be with God right away to be judged or do i stay in a deep sleep basically o don’t know honest question

    • @afcprasad4203
      @afcprasad4203 Před 4 lety

      @@maxaplin4204 Thank you Brother Max. Can quote the References so it will be more clear.

    • @maxaplin4204
      @maxaplin4204 Před 4 lety +1

      @@CONQUISTADOR79 If a person dies saved, I am pretty sure they go to be with God right away and don't sleep.
      In Phil 1:23 Paul says that he wants to die and be with Christ, and he does seem to be implying that he will go to be with Christ immediately upon death.
      In Luke 23:43 Jesus tells the criminal on the cross: 'Today you will be with me in paradise', which suggests that the criminal won't sleep.
      2 Cor 5:6-8 also seems to support this.
      It seems that upon death, the saved go in a disembodied state to be with Jesus until the day he returns to earth. On that day they will get immortal bodies and the saved who are alive on earth will be transformed (Phil 3:21; 1 Cor 15:52).
      But I don't think the saved (or the unsaved) will be judged until the day Jesus returns to earth. See John 5:28-29; Matt 25:31-46.

    • @maxaplin4204
      @maxaplin4204 Před 4 lety

      @@afcprasad4203 Well, firstly, it is just logical that conviction of sin and conviction of the truth of Christianity must come before faith and repentance. Someone must obviously be convinced that they are a sinner and that Christ can save before they turn to him in faith and repentance.
      Secondly, I can't think of biblical texts that show that faith leads to repentance, but I think it just makes sense. In Gal 5:6 Paul talks about 'faith working through love'. This implies that faith leads to love in some sense. And I think at the point of conversion the same principle applies: faith leads to the act of repentance.
      Thirdly, the New Testament is full of references to Christians suffering, for example, in John 16:33. And I think passages like Mark 13:18-24 suggest that there will be especial suffering of God's people very soon before the end.
      Fourthly, nothing in Scripture leads us to believe that Christians will escape the period of great suffering before the end. See how in Mark 13:18-20 Jesus says that the days of unparalleled suffering will be cut short 'for the sake of the elect [i.e., God's saved ones]'. This clearly implies that they will experience this suffering.

  • @davidcrane6593
    @davidcrane6593 Před 4 lety

    Yes

  • @davestanton3822
    @davestanton3822 Před 11 měsíci

    Psalm 89
    [God has said] “I have made a covenant with MY CHOSEN ONE (Christ);
    I have sworn to David My servant (Jesus) ,
    4
    I will establish your seed forever
    And I will build up your throne for all generations.” Selah.(Eternally)
    5
    The heavens (angels) praise Your wonders, O Lord God,
    Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
    6
    For who in the heavens can be compared to The Lord GOd?
    Who among the divine beings is LIKE THE LORD?
    7
    A God greatly feared and reverently worshiped in the council of the holy [angelic] ones,
    And awesome above all those who are around Him?
    8
    O Lord God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Lord?
    Your faithfulness surrounds You [as an intrinsic, unchangeable part of Your very being].
    9
    YOU RULE THE SWELLING OF THE SEA;
    WHEN THE WAVES RIZE, YOU STILL THEM.
    When you see the one who rules over the seas and calms them
    you will see and know HE IS LIKE UNTO GOD
    - and CAN BE COMPARED TO HIM and iIS LIKE UNTO HIM.
    PSALM 65
    5
    By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION (Christ),
    You who are THE TRUST and THE HOPE of all the ends of the earth
    and of the farthest sea;
    6
    Who creates the mountains by His strength,
    Being clothed with power,
    7
    WHO STILLS THE ROARING SEAS ,
    THE ROARING OF THEIR WAVES,
    And the tumult (Fear) of the peoples,
    8
    So they who dwell at the ends of the earth (That's us)
    stand in awe of Your signs [The evidence of Your presence demonstrated].

  • @CONQUISTADOR79
    @CONQUISTADOR79 Před 4 lety +1

    I am very confused does Jesus you guys talk about cares about my storms because I feel so alone no matter who’s around me I still feel alone and walking dead 💀 I need Jesus so much in my life

    • @schhim82
      @schhim82 Před 4 lety +1

      Laguna beach California I’m so sorry about feeling alone. Continue to seek out Jesus. Make Him your top priority. Jesus cares about your storms but they are no match for Jesus. In the end He will conquer all!

    • @maryetuk7628
      @maryetuk7628 Před 4 lety

      I, too, used to feel very VERY alone... I promise you if you pray and seek him diligently he will take that feeling of loneliness away as He did mine. He is with you... I at times forget this but He is and He completely cares even though it may not seem so... God loves you SOOOOO much. Believe it and receive it( I find this hard and He is working on me as we speak).

    • @2ndPigeon
      @2ndPigeon Před 4 lety

      ​@@maryetuk7628 You would have found him already. Either he doesn't care about you or he doesn't exist. If you feel alone, go find people who you jive with. Make new friends. Real people who actually want to be with you and don't hide like jesus does apparently.

    • @maxaplin4204
      @maxaplin4204 Před 4 lety

      @@2ndPigeon You are being too simplistic. You are assuming that if God exists (as I am sure he does), you should be able to understand what he would do. But why would you assume that? That is very over-confident.
      Does a dog understand all that a human being does? But the difference in intelligence between God and humans is far greater than the difference between humans and dogs. So it makes sense that an infinite God would do some things that humans can't understand and wouldn't expect.

    • @2ndPigeon
      @2ndPigeon Před 4 lety

      @@maxaplin4204 I'm basing my assumption on that god or jesus is good, loves you, want's a relationship with you, cares for you, walks with you, protects you etc. You religion teaches that and yet I see no evidence of any such being, besides actual people. People we call friends and they are much more effective in loving and caring for you.

  • @ricodabest134
    @ricodabest134 Před 4 lety

    Here’s my way to sum this up Matthew chapter 28 verse 18

  • @Head318Hunter
    @Head318Hunter Před 4 lety

    3:49
    Sylvester the Cat ??

  • @lukewagner8871
    @lukewagner8871 Před 4 lety

    Isaiah 45:6-7 KJVS
    [6] That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else. [7] I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
    There is the difficulties due to the disobedience of Adam and Eve inherent in God’s creation. There is the capacity for evil in the actions all created beings make whether deliberate or unconsciously. Only by being trained can a child of God achieve spiritual maturity in the choices they make in life.
    Hebrews 5:12-14 KJVS
    [12] For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. [13] For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. [14] But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
    www.justifiedfreely.com/?p=372

  • @Horus_Isis_Osiris
    @Horus_Isis_Osiris Před 4 lety +2

    Until you can demonstrate that he does, or even that he can, we are forced to accept the null hypothesis in accordance with the evidence. Using the bible to prove your point is a fallacious appeal to authority.

    • @meerkat1954
      @meerkat1954 Před 4 lety

      Demonstrate that he doesn't.

    • @Horus_Isis_Osiris
      @Horus_Isis_Osiris Před 4 lety

      meerkat1954 - Demonstrate that unicorns do not exist. Demonstrate that there is no teapot orbiting the sun between Saturn and Uranus. Demonstrate that there is no flying spaghetti monster.

    • @Horus_Isis_Osiris
      @Horus_Isis_Osiris Před 4 lety

      meerkat1954 - Demonstrate that I don’t have an invisible permeable non-breathing dragon in my garage.

    • @2ndPigeon
      @2ndPigeon Před 4 lety

      @@meerkat1954Burden of proof is on you mate

  • @adrienneashby8465
    @adrienneashby8465 Před 4 lety

    How does this truth fit with Ephesians 2:2

    • @maxaplin4204
      @maxaplin4204 Před 4 lety +1

      God has ultimate authority, but there are sub-authorities under his overall authority. And one of these sub-authorities is Satan. Others are rulers of countries, husbands, parents, church leaders.

    • @adrienneashby8465
      @adrienneashby8465 Před 4 lety

      @@maxaplin4204 Thank you! I totally get that! God bless you!!