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Do You Rejoice In God's Sovereignty?

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"If I admit that God's Will regulates the great movements of the universe I must admit that it equally regulates the small. It must do this, for the great depend upon the small. The minutest movement of my will is regulated by the will of God. And in this I rejoice. Woe is me if it be not so. If I shrink from so unlimited control and guidance, it is plain that I dislike the idea of being wholly at the disposal of God. I am wishing to be in part at my own disposal. I am ambitious of regulating the lesser movements of my will, while I give up the greater to His control. And thus it comes out that I wish to be a god to myself. I do not like the thought of God having all the disposal of my destiny. If He gets His will, I am afraid that I shall not get mine. It comes out, moreover, that the God about whose love I was so fond of speaking, is a God to whom I cannot trust myself implicitly for eternity. Yes, this is the real truth. Man's dislike at God's sovereignty arises from his suspicion of God's heart. And yet the men in our day, who deny this absolute sovereignty, are the very men who profess to rejoice in the love of God, - who speak of that love as if there were nothing else in God but love. The more I understand of the character of God, as revealed in Scripture, the more shall I see that He must be sovereign, and the more shall I rejoice from my inmost heart that He is so." - Horatius Bonar

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  1. kenhurst's Avatar
    Thanks you Brandon. This tidbit has summed up my feelings on the subject very well. I have been wanting to ask you if you get many nasty comments on the site . I have run across many in my time and it is a wonder that you don't have more hateful comment on the subjects that are covered so well by You and the others members that are so articulate. I hop and pray that you stand up straight and not falter on the subjects of Gods Sovereignty over his creation. I am so thankful that I have been blessed to find this group and I want to be able to see and to worship out Great God with you all for many years to come.
  2. electvessel's Avatar
    Yes, He the Lord is Soveriegn! We can live with a greater trust in God when we acknowlwedge He is Sovereign over the Universe because:
    -We can have a much greater relief from worry
    -We will have a greater sense of anticipation of God's work in our Life
    -All of our needs our met knowing that He is Sovereign
    -And We will have greater patience in times of Adversity
    - Roman 8:28 ..all things work together for good..
    -Eph 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

    What disturbs me is that there is not much activity on this site... Of course there really are not many "so-called" believers interested in the deep things of GOD, either... are there??

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