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Is God in Control? Week 7 – God’s sovereignty over people.

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1 Is God in Control? Week 7 – God’s sovereignty over people

2 God’s sovereignty over people Free will

3 Agenda God’s direct intervention God’s openness to human choice God’s will working through others Realizations

4 God’s direct intervention Old Testament Egyptians Ex 3:21-22 King Abimelech Gen 20:1-7 New Testament Saul Acts 9 Paul Acts 16:6-7 DISCUSSION: Do you believe God directly intervenes in our free will choices today?

5 God’s openness to human choice Ananias and Sapphira Acts 5:1-11 Felix Acts 24 King Agrippa Acts 26:19-29

6 God’s will working through others DISCUSSION: Why can we trust in the Sovereignty of God when others seem to have influence over our lives? – Est 4:16 – Rom 8:31

7 Realizations Deut 29:29 “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.” (NKJV) DISCUSSION: How does this verse give us confidence in light of God’s sovereignty working in our lives?

8 Realizations God created or permitted whatever trials you are going through! DISCUSSION: How does this realization change your view on the negative things that happen in your life?

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