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.
God has given Christ all things. Those who are in Christ are called joint-heirs with Christ. That means that all things given to Christ have been given to those in Christ. But it was Christ that was chosen. We become part of the chosen when we by faith are placed into the body of Christ. All things that we are given are…
All things work together for good to them that love God FOR WHOM HE DID FOREKNOW . . . The reason all things work together for good to those in Christ is because God foreknew Jesus Christ. He predestinated, called, justified and glorified Jesus Christ. Therefore, anyone placed into Jesus Christ by their faith would also be given the same things Christ…
This message is a slight detour from the main subject to answer a question that came up. Colossians 1:20 says: And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. How does God reconcile all things unto Himself if there…
There are dichotomies in scripture. For example, God is a God that forgives sin but in no wise will clear the guilty – but we are all guilty – son how can He forgive sins? Another dichotomy is that we are made subject to vanity, but all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to…
Often when Christians speak of God’s will, they will say that the Holy Spirit moved them or God spoke to them. Almost always they will say that when God spoke to them it was not in an audible voice, but in a feeling or a circumstance. But this phenomenon isn’t found in scripture. When God speaks to someone, it is in an…
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…