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Title: Is God in Control?


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Is God in Control?
  • Week 6 The Sovereignty of God

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The Sovereignty of God
In sovereignty there are no gradations.
Samuel Johnson1709-1784
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Agenda
  • Definition of sovereignty
  • Scope of Gods sovereignty
  • Confidence in Gods sovereignty

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Definition
Supremacy of authority or rule as exercised by a
sovereign or sovereign state.
American Heritage Dictionary
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Definition
Nothing, therefore happens unless the Omnipotent
wills it to happen he either permits it to
happen, or he brings it about Himself.
St. Augustine345-430
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Definition
  • DISCUSSION What does it mean that God is
    sovereign?

Dan 434-35
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Scope of Gods Sovereignty
  • Begins before our birth
  • Psa 13913,16
  • God guides our steps
  • Pro 169 Acts 1611-15
  • Gods sovereignty can override our freewill
  • Pro 1921 Lam 337 Jam 415 Acts 166-7

DISCUSSION Do you agree Gods sovereignty can
override our freewill?
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Confidence in Gods Sovereignty
  • Some things we do not understand
  • Hab 317-19
  • DISCUSSION Why is confidence in the sovereignty
    of God so important?
  • Builds our faith in God
  • Assures us we dont have to understand everything
  • Assures us that whatever happens God purposed it
    or allowed it to happen

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Closing Thought
  • The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away
    Blessed be the name of the LORD. In all this Job
    did not sin nor charge God with wrong. Job
    121-22
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