God Attribute, 200

 

~ God Is Sovereign Over All Things, 6 ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Introduction ~ When we say God is sovereign, we are saying that He is in absolute control at all times and that He rules over all things.

 

Scripture ~ “In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will” (Ephesians 1:11).  

 

“The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord” (Proverbs 16:33).  

 

Jesus said, “Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will” (Matthew 10:29).  

 

“Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, when the Lord has not commanded it? ³⁸ Is it not from the mouth of the Most High?” (Lamentations 3:37-38).  

 

“I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things’” (Isaiah 45:7).

 

“Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure,’ ¹¹Calling a bird of prey from the east, the man who executes My counsel, from a far country. Indeed I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it” (Isaiah 46:10).  

 

“But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases” (Psalm 115:3).

 

“Whatever the Lord pleases He does, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deep places” (Psalm 135:6).

 

“With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.

¹⁴ If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.

¹⁵ If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.

¹⁶ With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

¹⁷ He leads counselors away plundered, and makes fools of the judges.

¹⁸ He loosens the bonds of kings, and binds their waist with a belt.

¹⁹ He leads princes away plundered, and overthrows the mighty.

²⁰ He deprives the trusted ones of speech, and takes away the discernment of the elders.

²¹ He pours contempt on princes, and disarms the mighty.

²² He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings the shadow of death to light.

²³ He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them.

²⁴ He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.

²⁵ They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man” (Job 12:13-25).

 

“I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You” (Job 42:2).  

 

“All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done’?” (Daniel 4:35).  

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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God Attribute, 199

 

~ God Is Sovereign Over Life, Health, and Death, 5 ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Introduction ~ When we say God is sovereign, we are saying that He is in absolute control at all times and that He rules over all things.

 

Scripture ~ “Now see that I, even I, am He, and there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; nor is there any” (Deuteronomy 32:39).  

 

“The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up” (1 Samuel 2:6).  

 

“My times are in Your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me (Psalm 31:15).

 

“Our God is the God of salvation; and to God the Lord belong escapes from death” Psalm 68:20).

 

Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them” (Psalm 139:16). 

 

“And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified” (Daniel 5:23). 

 

“So the Lord said to him, ‘Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord’?” (Exodus 4:11). 

 

Comment ~ Throughout the four Gospels we find Jesus Christ healing and even restoring life to some who were physically dead!

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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God Attribute, 198

 

~ God Is Sovereign Over Salvation, 4 ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Introduction ~ When we say God is sovereign, we are saying that He is in absolute control at all times and that He rules over all things.

 

Scripture ~ “For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” ¹⁶ So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy” {Romans 9:15-16).

 

“But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” ⁵ Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. ⁶ And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work” (Romans 11:4-6).

 

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: ¹³ who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God (John 1:12-13).

 

“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me” (John 6:44-45).  

 

“And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, ²⁵ in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, ²⁶ and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will” (2 Timothy 2:24-26).  

 

“Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed” (Acts 13:48).

 

“Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul” (Acts 16:14).  

 

Important Comment ~ Salvation is very much like the two sides of any coin. [1] On the heads side of the coin we know that God chooses who will be saved – that is in His foreknowledge he knows the results of all things. [2] On the tales ide of the coin there are many passages of Scripture that indicate that any and all can be saved. The most well-known of these passages is:

 

“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, ¹⁵ that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved” (John 3:14-17).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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God Attribute, 197

 

~ God Is Sovereign Over the Plans of Men, 3 ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Introduction ~ When we say God is sovereign, we are saying that He is in absolute control at all times and that He rules over all things.

 

Scripture ~ “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit’; ¹⁴ whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. ¹⁵ Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that’” (James 4:13-15).

 

“A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps” (Proverbs 16:9).

 

“There are many plans in a man’s heart, nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand” (Proverbs 19:21).

 

“A man’s steps are of the Lord; how then can a man understand his own way?” (Proverbs 20:24).

 

“The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes” (Proverbs 21:1).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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God Attribute, 196

 

~ God Is Sovereign Over the Weather, 2 ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Introduction ~ When we say God is sovereign, we are saying that He is in absolute control at all times and that He rules over all things.

 

Scripture ~ “And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, ‘Master, Master, we are perishing!’ Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm. ²⁵ But He said to them, ‘Where is your faith?’ And they were afraid, and marveled, saying to one another, ‘Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him’!” (Luke 8:24-25).    

 

“Whatever the Lord pleases He does, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deep places. ⁷He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain; He brings the wind out of His treasuries” (Psalm 135:6-7).

 

“Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountain” (Psalm 147:8).

 

“He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes; ¹⁷He casts out His hail like morsels; Who can stand before His cold? ¹⁸He sends out His word and melts them;

He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow” (Psalm 147:16-18).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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God Attribute, 195

 

~ God Is Sovereign, 1 ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Introduction ~ When we say God is sovereign, we are saying that He is in absolute control at all times and that He rules over all things.

 

Scripture ~ “Our God is in heaven; He does whatever pleases Him” (Psalm 115:3 NIV).

“The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved. Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, than the mighty waves of the sea.

Your testimonies are very sure; Holiness adorns Your house, O Lord, forever” (Psalm 93:1-5).

 

“All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: ‘What have you done’?” (Daniel 4:35 NIV).

 

“The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes” (Proverbs 21:1).

 

“And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.” (Daniel 2:21)

 

Comment ~ “But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? ‘Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this”?’” (Romans 9:20 NIV).

 

“I don’t know who needs to see this but Isaiah 60:22 says, ‘When the time is right, I the Lord, will make it happen.’  Sleep in peace tonight, God is in control.” 

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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