Do you believe that God is sovereign, that He is the "blessed controller" of every believers life and that everything that comes into a person's life is only as God has allowed?
Please explain your answer and why you believe what you believe, using Scripture if possible.
2006-11-25 09:40:03 · 10 answers · asked by sarah w 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes I do!
Romans 9:1-23
God's Sovereign Choice
1I am speaking the truth in Christ--I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit-- 2that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers,[a] my kinsmen according to the flesh. 4They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. 5To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
6But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, 7and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named." 8This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. 9For this is what the promise said: "About this time next year I will return and Sarah shall have a son." 10And not only so, but also when Rebecca had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, 11though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad--in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of his call-- 12she was told, "The older will serve the younger." 13As it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
14What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! 15For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." 16So then it depends not on human will or exertion,[b] but on God, who has mercy. 17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth." 18So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
19You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?" 20But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?" 21Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honored use and another for dishonorable use? 22What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory--
Also see Ephesians 1 and 2!
2006-11-25 09:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Belshazzar saw the writing on the wall and Daniel was explaining it to him, Daniel told him that he had not learned from his father's experience of being humbled and "the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men , and that He appointeth over it whomsoever He will." (Daniel 5: 21) In other words, God is in control of everything and He will determine who are the rulers and everything that happens to us. He can humble us quickly if He thinks we are getting high and mighty!
2006-11-25 09:46:46 · answer #2 · answered by bethybug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God IS sovereign over His creation. Even a cursory reading of the ninth chapter of Romans makes this absolutely clear. It is one of my favorite teachings about God.
One of God's elect,
Kidd
2006-11-25 09:45:43 · answer #3 · answered by Kidd! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I first believed in God and then study the Bible. It substitute into first blind faith for me. formerly my blind faith befell I by no ability substitute into an atheist, yet my life substitute into as though i substitute into an atheist. i presumed there substitute right into a God yet you may by no ability have prevalent it. on the grounds that my blind faith I even have studied God's word and have got here across it to be solid which helps my preliminary blind faith. My faith is not blind, whether this is been a "see faith" for some years. God created each thing is in accordance with medical data, "see faith" not blind faith.
2016-10-13 02:42:53 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the Gospel of John and the letters that Timothy wrote, there are many other references too.
2006-11-25 09:42:11 · answer #5 · answered by spanky 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe God is soverign but not Jesus. I believe in God but not the Bible because it was written by man, but I 'feel' God in my life so that's why I believe in God.
2006-11-25 09:42:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What is to explain you said it. God is the Creator and the Guide of our lives. It is when we go contrary to His Word and His Plan for us that we go astray and ruin our lives.
2006-11-25 09:43:09 · answer #7 · answered by CindyLu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes read Mathew, Mark, Luke, John
2006-11-25 09:44:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we believe that, here is a website that may answer any questions you may have. http://www.foursquarechurch.org/landing_pages/2,3.html
Hope you find your answer
2006-11-25 09:43:49 · answer #9 · answered by tyraroxmysox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"In the beginning, God created", pretty much sums it all up.
2006-11-25 09:51:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋