I love to teach. That's a little warning. I had four chances to teach this weekend, which makes for a grand weekend.
Anyway, I promised to follow up on the Sovereignty of God presentation. Things went well. The presentation I had prepared included a lot of citations, with the goal of making very clear how much scripture teaches us about the sovereignty of God. You can find the presentation in PDF form on the General page of this website.
I wanted it to be clear that he is sovereign in regard to doing all he pleases (Psalm 115:3), to being pleased at all he does (Psalm 135:5-6), to accomplishing all his purpose (Isa. 46:9-10), to being able to do all things (Jer. 32:27), and to being limited by and answering to no one (Daniel 4:34-35). I wanted to make clear that nothing is impossible for God. Luke 1:37.
He is sovereign in natural things (Matt. 5:45, 6:26-30, 10:29). He is sovereign in human history (Acts 17:26, Daniel 4:17). He is sovereign in human decisions (1 Kings 12:15, 2 Chron. 25:20). He is sovereign in human birth and death (Jer. 1:5, Psalm 116:15). He was sovereign over the death of Christ (Acts 2:23).
He is sovereign over evil people (Pro. 16:4), over the plans of men (Pro. 16:9, 19:21), and over our sanctification (Philippians 2:12-13).
He is God, after all.
The group with which I met was a group of very serious young people (college age) with some adults (also very serious).
After the presentation, we had a break time and then a question time. They asked very good questions and, I think, manifested more surprise than I had expected. I also tend to think that any group of serious people has seriously considered the sovereignty of God, but was reminded that this is a truth preachers really don't address as often or as thoroughly as they should.
Everything went well, I believe. The people were very interested and asked very good questions.
Anyway, I promised to follow up on the Sovereignty of God presentation. Things went well. The presentation I had prepared included a lot of citations, with the goal of making very clear how much scripture teaches us about the sovereignty of God. You can find the presentation in PDF form on the General page of this website.
I wanted it to be clear that he is sovereign in regard to doing all he pleases (Psalm 115:3), to being pleased at all he does (Psalm 135:5-6), to accomplishing all his purpose (Isa. 46:9-10), to being able to do all things (Jer. 32:27), and to being limited by and answering to no one (Daniel 4:34-35). I wanted to make clear that nothing is impossible for God. Luke 1:37.
He is sovereign in natural things (Matt. 5:45, 6:26-30, 10:29). He is sovereign in human history (Acts 17:26, Daniel 4:17). He is sovereign in human decisions (1 Kings 12:15, 2 Chron. 25:20). He is sovereign in human birth and death (Jer. 1:5, Psalm 116:15). He was sovereign over the death of Christ (Acts 2:23).
He is sovereign over evil people (Pro. 16:4), over the plans of men (Pro. 16:9, 19:21), and over our sanctification (Philippians 2:12-13).
He is God, after all.
The group with which I met was a group of very serious young people (college age) with some adults (also very serious).
After the presentation, we had a break time and then a question time. They asked very good questions and, I think, manifested more surprise than I had expected. I also tend to think that any group of serious people has seriously considered the sovereignty of God, but was reminded that this is a truth preachers really don't address as often or as thoroughly as they should.
Everything went well, I believe. The people were very interested and asked very good questions.