Below are some Scriptures on the Sovereignty of God. I could not face the challenges and trials of today or tomorrow without a firm belief in the Sovereignty of God. Too many professing believers think they are in charge, but they are not. God is in charge. That is a comfort. You are not responsible for the results of sharing the gospel. You are not ultimately responsible for anyone's soul. Does that mean that we should avoid evangelism. Of course not!!! It means that we should be more bold in our witnessing because we are not responsible for the results, only to testify of the truth: Christ crucified, Christ buried, and Christ resurrected! He did it for you.
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will . . .
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD, who does all these things. “Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the LORD have created it. Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’?
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.”
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come? Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?
For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.
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