Many folks today believe that God is control of every aspect of their lives. They often look to happenings around them for ideas about what God’s will might be.
This series looks at how God deals with His people in each dispensation and how much control He really exercises.
Suppose Eve asked Adam what he wanted for dinner. Adam couldn’t decide, but he wanted to stay within God’s will, so he went and asked God: “What should we eat for dinner?” God’s reply was: ‘Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:…
There was a woman whose son went off to fight in the great war in Europe. His job in that war ended up being the most dangerous job possible: he was a message runner. He literally ran through artillery barrages with messages to those in the trenches. His mother prayed diligently for his safety constantly, knowing the danger he was in. It…
After the flood, God proclaimed that He would not intervene to judge the earth again for sin; that things would continue without Him punishing men during their mortal lives. Yet He did punish some men for their sin during their mortal lives. The key to this is understanding that when He changed His ‘modus operandi,” He always forewarned and explained what and…
When Christians talk about God intervening in the details of their lives, that idea is seldom taken more than skin deep. If God is controlling all events, or just certain events, one must take the consequences of those actions to their logical conclusion. The events of 9/11/2001 demonstrate the absurdity of thinking God is controlling the events in our lives. Why did…
Many in public life are declaring that the near miss assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life was a miracle. Trump himself said that God caused him to turn his head at just that moment. But was the miss God’s will? Was the attempt God’s will? From scripture we know that God’s will is an objective standard. It is not subject to the…
Is everything that happens caused by God? Does God allow some things to happen while intervening in others. Does God have a specific will for the individual lives of each believer? What is God’s will for your life? These are questions that Christians have wrestled with for ages. In this series we will attempt to answer these questions from the scriptures rightly…