Mt.20:1-15

1

• Mt.201-15
• Even human reason agrees everyone has a right
  to use his own things in the way he wants
• God created universe / people
• They deny, ignore, disobey Him

2
The Sovereignty Of God

1. State of being sovereign above or superior to
   all others, chief greatest
2. Supreme in power, rank, or authority
3. Ruler, reigning
4. Independent of all others

3
False view of sovereignty

• God from all eternity did, by the most wise and
  holy counsel of His own will, freely and
  unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass yet
  so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin,
  nor is violence offered to the will of the
  creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of
  second causes taken away, but rather established
  Westminister Confession of Faith, 3.1

Whatsoever comes to passExcept sin?
Whatsoever comes to passExcept freewill?
Impossible for man to sin! If man is
accountable for evil deeds,why not credited for
good deeds?
4
True view of sovereignty

• Man has freedom to choose (Josh. 2415)
• God has right to rule / to punish
• Creation
• Attributes
• Sacrifice (Jn.316)
• Purpose (1 Tim.24)

5
I. Passages

• Gn.1418-20, 22
• 1 Chr.2911-12
• Ps.10319
• 1 Tim.615
• Rv.411

Most High (4x)
Heaven earth
Throne
Incomparable
Supreme
6
I. PassagesII. God Is Sovereign Over
1. Man, Gn.27-9 (317-19, 24)
2. Sin, Gn.455-8 (Ac.223)
3. Satan, Job 1-2
4. Nations, Is.406-8, 15 Dn.4
7
I. Sovereignty Passages
II. Sovereign Over
III. Lessons
8
1. Gods sovereignty is most encouraging

• Not Deism
• God created universe, endowed w. laws exercises
  general oversight
• Forces His creatures to work out destiny by own
  powers
• Denies special revelation, miracles, and
  providence - an absentee God!
• Ct. 1 Pt.57

9
Not Fatalism

• Goddess of fate (lit. part or portion then one's
  portion in life, destiny)
• Later three fates
• Appeared three nights after childs birth to
  determine course of its life
• Fates determined all events nothing man can do
  (que sera sera)
• Cf. 1 Co.1519

10
Providence
Ps.1213, protection for the way
Ph.419, supply for every need (Ga.610
Ep.321 Ro.832)
1 Pt.15, the best defense
11
1 Pt.15
By powerof God
Kept (Military term)defended as if in a
fortress
Through faith
12
2. God will defeat every enemy

• Ro.1620
• 1 Co.1525
• 1 Sm.17

13

• If God did not bless, not one hair, not a
  solitary wisp of straw, would grow but there
  would be an end of every-thing. At the same time
  God wants me to take this stance I would have
  nothing whatever if I did not plow and sow. God
  does not want to have success come without work,
  and yet I am not to achieve it by my work. He
  does not want me to sit at home, to loaf, to
  commit matters to God, and to wait till a fried
  chicken flies into my mouth. That would be
  tempting God Martin Luther

14
3. We must obey

• God, Ac.419 529 (Dn.3)
• Gospel, 2 Th.18
• Salvation Ro.914-24 1136
• Life Ro.121-2
• Worship Col.28-9, 23