Sovereignty of God

God’s in Control CREATION Man has a free will-Gen. 2:15-17; 3:6-7 After sin, God was still in control-Gen. 3:14-19 JESUS MIRACLES World’s circumstances not in control BE AWARE Don’t worry-Mt. 6:25-31 Unspiritual person forgets-Jm. 4:13-16 God’s in Control

God Allowed Whatever Happened to Happen Helps us to accept-1 Cor. 10:13 Heavenly Father allowed Jesus to suffer and we are no better-Mt. 10:24 Satan, the direct cause-Job 1:9-12; 2 Cor. 12:7; 1 Pt. 5:8-9 God loves and cares-Eph. 2:4, 1 Pt. 5:7, Rm. 8:31 God Allowed Whatever Happened to Happen

WHY Has THIS HAPPENED IF God is in control? Helping others (Joseph)-Gen. 45:5-10 Building patience/endurance-Jm. 1:2-4 Avoiding sin and making us strong-2 Cor. 12:7-10 For the “ultimate” good (Heaven)-Rm. 8:28 May never know why-Deut. 29:29 WHY Has THIS HAPPENED IF God is in control?

God Sometimes Intervenes in Our World False Ideology of Deism No Divine intervention in the world Hezekiah’s prayer-Is. 38; Prayer of the righteous influences God-Jm. 5:16; Mt. 19:26; 1Jn. 5:14-15 God Sometimes Intervenes in Our World

Helping Us Deal Properly with Our Enemies Stephen seeing Jesus at God’s right hand helps him to turn his enemies over to God-Ac. 7:54-60 Rom. 12:17-21 Helping Us Deal Properly with Our Enemies

Paul on a sinking ship had peace knowing that God was in control Ac Phil. 4:6-7 Giving Us Peace