Sovereignty
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If God is sovereign (that is, acting in sovereignty—not “could be sovereign but God is so good He doesn’t act on His sovereignty”—which is nowhere taught in scripture)… If God is acting as king and meticulously ruling over all things, then many ask, “How can man be accountable for his actions?” Commonly, it is thought…
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Acts 4 begins with the Sadducees being very irritated with the apostles because of the healing of a man who had been lame since birth. The healing was the tip of the iceberg for the Sadducees because what really irritated them was that the Apostles were proclaiming “in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.” This…
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Oh King Uzziah would that you had listened to the good priests when they withstood you at the gates of the temple. For 50 years you served the people of God well. You sought the Lord faithfully. You taught the people rightly to fear the Lord. After all the damage your father did with his…
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FEARIn recent weeks the entire world seems to have been caught in grip of its cold steel tongs. What if I or my loved ones contract Corona Virus? What if _________ becomes president of the United States? The stock market is plunging – How can I feel secure? The wheels of the world seem to…
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There is a place that is not even as far away as Wenatchee is from Moses Lake that is so different an environment no one could live there. In fact any human going there would almost instantly die. I’m talking, of course, about space. The Kármán line that divides our atmosphere from outer space is…
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Romans 9 The Statement “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” WHOOOAAAA God …hates???? That would be unjust!! 14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! This must be about something else not about God saving people… 15 For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on…
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The bent of Paul’s heart to rage against God is the same bent of every heart apart from awakening grace. The need of Paul to be knocked off his horse by the blinding light of the Lord is not a “Paul” need. God must reveal himself or we perish. The response of faith in Paul…
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KJV was requested by the host church – It had been a while 🙂
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John 11:14 “Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, 15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. John 11:35 “Jesus Wept” What is Jesus glad about in verse 14? That “he was not there” Glad that he was not there to prevent Lazarus’ death!…
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Reading today in I Kings 11 and 12 Due to Solomon’s sin of going after other gods, God says his kingdom will not endure. And the prophet Ahijah says this to Jeroboam: “Behold I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon and will give you ten tribes…” But how will he…
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Observation on God’s sovereignty in today’s Bible reading: 1) Jeremiah 1 “Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” God’s sovereign choice does not mean Jeremiah is…
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In Isaiah, Assyria is “the rod of God’s anger” against a godless nation. And God uses them to plunder and spoil the “people of his wrath.” And when God has completed his appointed purpose for the nation of Assyria, Assyria says, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom,…
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