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