BanjoPicker
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SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD (ROM. 9:1-24)
By sovereignty means that God is supreme in power and that He has absolute dominion over all creations. Some teach that because God is sovereign that He chooses to Lord it over all men as He pleases regardless of any just rights they might have and that He wills to save some and da-mn others solely because of His own choice, but as we have seen, God is not that kind of being. As far as power is concerned, He could destroy free moral agents regardless of their sin or holiness, but He cannot do this and be just and holy Himself. Therefore, since His character is absolutely holy and just and impeachable, He will not use His power except for the highest good of all creations. He does not even desire to misuse His power for He is righteous in all His ways.
God's sovereignty is real, but He does not choose to use it to hurt anyone. He gives all FREE MORAL AGENTS the right of CHOICE of RIGHT and WRONG IN ALL MATTERS and He holds THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CHOICE. He is creator and Lord of all, but He is kind, merciful, just, loving, good, and compassionate towards all, and He does not will that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance (2 Pet. 3:8; 1 Tim. 2:4, 5). The following passages teach the sovereignty of God, but not one of them teaches that He misuses, His authority in any realm. He is consecrated to the highest good of all and obligates Himself to bless all men alike that come to Him through Jesus Christ. Note the Sovereignty of God is stated in Gen. 14:18-20; 24:3; Ex. 9:29; 15:18; Deut. 4:29; 10:14; 1 Chron. 29:11, 12; Ps. 89:11; Dan. 2:20, 21; 1 Tim. 6:15; Rev. 4:11; 11:15.
By sovereignty means that God is supreme in power and that He has absolute dominion over all creations. Some teach that because God is sovereign that He chooses to Lord it over all men as He pleases regardless of any just rights they might have and that He wills to save some and da-mn others solely because of His own choice, but as we have seen, God is not that kind of being. As far as power is concerned, He could destroy free moral agents regardless of their sin or holiness, but He cannot do this and be just and holy Himself. Therefore, since His character is absolutely holy and just and impeachable, He will not use His power except for the highest good of all creations. He does not even desire to misuse His power for He is righteous in all His ways.
God's sovereignty is real, but He does not choose to use it to hurt anyone. He gives all FREE MORAL AGENTS the right of CHOICE of RIGHT and WRONG IN ALL MATTERS and He holds THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CHOICE. He is creator and Lord of all, but He is kind, merciful, just, loving, good, and compassionate towards all, and He does not will that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance (2 Pet. 3:8; 1 Tim. 2:4, 5). The following passages teach the sovereignty of God, but not one of them teaches that He misuses, His authority in any realm. He is consecrated to the highest good of all and obligates Himself to bless all men alike that come to Him through Jesus Christ. Note the Sovereignty of God is stated in Gen. 14:18-20; 24:3; Ex. 9:29; 15:18; Deut. 4:29; 10:14; 1 Chron. 29:11, 12; Ps. 89:11; Dan. 2:20, 21; 1 Tim. 6:15; Rev. 4:11; 11:15.