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Saturday, February 16, 2013

God-Is Sovereign


Bible Questions Answered:
“Pastor, the other day a man, an atheist, wrote in the editorial portion of the news paper, said how upset he was with so called moral people, who were finger pointing at people and groups who were not like themselves, saying that tragedies were because of them, hurricanes, earthquakes etc. etc.. His last rant was if this is so why is God so indiscriminate in his destructions? What can we answer a man like this?...”
Dorthy, Davenport, Iowa U.S.A.

Bible Answer:
The answer is God's sovereignty, i.e. God's supreme and independent authority.

Matthew 5:43-48 KJV
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5:43-48 NLT
43 “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy.
44 But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!
45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For He gives His sunlight to both the evil and the good, and He sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.
46 If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.
47 If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that. 48 But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Into every life, some sunlight, some rain.

God Is Sovereign!

Deuteronomy 4:39 KJV
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that The Lord He is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

I Chronicles 29:11-13 KJV
11 Thine, O Lord is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
12 Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.

Job 9:12 KJV
Behold, He taketh away, who can hinder Him? who will say unto Him, What doest thou?

Psalm 29:10 NLT
...The Lord reigns as King forever.

Psalm 47:1,2 NLT
1 Come, everyone! Clap your hands! Shout to God with joyful praise!
2 For The Lord Most High is awesome. He is The Great King Of All The Earth.

Psalm 83:18 NLT
"... they will learn that you alone are called The Lord, that you alone are The Most High, supreme over all the earth.

Psalm 93:1,2 NLT
1 The Lord is King! He is robed in majesty. Indeed, the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength. The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.
2 Your throne, O Lord, has stood from time immemorial. You yourself are from the everlasting past.

Psalm 135:6 NLT
The Lord does whatever pleases Him throughout all heaven and earth, and on the seas and in their depths.

Psalm 145:17 KJV (Write this verse in the front of your Bible.)
The Lord is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works.

Isaiah 46:9,10 KJV
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure:

Isaiah 55:8,9 KJV
8 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith The Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Daniel 2:20-22 KJV
20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are His:
21 And He changeth the times and the seasons: He removeth kings, and setteth up kings: He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with Him.

Daniel 4:34,35,37 KJV
34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed The Most High, and I praised and honored Him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation:
35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest thou?
37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor The King Of heaven, all whose works are Truth, and His ways judgment: and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.

Hosea 14:9 KJV
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of The Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

Habakkuk 3:6 KJV
He stood, and measured the earth: He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: His ways are everlasting.

Matthew 6:13 KJV
"... For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Acts 17:24 KJV
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord Of heaven And earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

Romans 8:29,30 KJV
29 For whom He did foreknow*, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified.

*Foreknow: Greek, Proginosko (Prog-in-oce-ko): To know beforehand, i.e. foresee: foreknow, know before.

Romans 11:33-36 NLT
33 Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand His decisions and His ways!
34 For who can know The Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to give Him advice?
35 And who has given Him so much that He needs to pay it back?
36 For everything comes from Him and exists by His power and is intended for His glory. All glory to Him forever! Amen.

Revelation 15:3 KJV
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of The Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King Of Saints.

Yes, without doubt, God is sovereign, and it is His responsibility alone, whether it be rain or sunlight.
Judgment, testings, or blessings, all are at His disposal alone.

Does it seem that the righteous suffer, they do not suffer alone.
Life is a place of testing and proving.

Job 23:10 KJV
But He knoweth the way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Psalm 17:3 NLT
You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night. You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong. I am determined not to sin in what I say.

Daniel 12:10 KJV
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

Zechariah 13:9 KJV
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

Malachi 3:2,3 KJV
2 But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
3 And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

I Peter 1:22 KJV
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying The Truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Some sixty nine times the Psalms tell us to put our “trust,” in the Lord!
As God's people, may that always be so.

Here a just a few:

Psalm 2:12 KJV
Kiss The Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him.

Psalm 4:5 KJV
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in The Lord.

Psalm 5:11 KJV
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Psalm 9:10 KJV
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Psalm 13:5 KJV
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalm 16:1 KJV
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

Psalm 18:2 NLT
The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Savior; my God is my Rock, in whom I find protection. He is my Shield, the Power that saves me, and my place of Safety.

Psalm 18:30 KJV
As for God, His way is perfect: The Word Of The Lord is tried: He is a buckler to all those that trust in Him.

Psalm 20:7 KJV
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of The Lord our God.

Psalm 22:4 KJV
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

Psalm 32:10 KJV
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in The Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

Psalm 34:8 KJV
O taste and see that The Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.

Psalm 36:7 KJV
How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. (See also Psalm 91: See the blog  Mother-Love )

Psalm 37:3 KJV
Trust in The Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Psalm 37:5 KJV
Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.

Psalm 40:4 KJV
Blessed is that man that maketh The Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Psalm 56:3 KJV
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Psalm 62:8 KJV
Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Psalm 64:10 KJV
The righteous shall be glad in The Lord, and shall trust in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

Psalm 115:11 KJV
Ye that fear The Lord, trust in The Lord: he is their help and their shield.

Psalm 118:8,9 KJV
8 It is better to trust in The Lord than to put confidence in man.
9 It is better to trust in The Lord than to put confidence in princes.