Article 7: Election Ephesians 1:3-6 - Before the Foundation Deuteronomy 7:1-10 - Set Apart John 17:1-5 - Sovereign Summary Once again the Bible utilizes the metaphor of a potter turning clay to describe God's sovereignty studying this year must be fatalists, since we believe that God's eternal, unchanging will is being sovereignly But to remain Biblically faithful, you must hold the tension between these two ideas: God sovereignly AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, who sovereignly controls all that comes to

Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election 1 - God's right to condemn all people 2 - God shows His sovereign As we come to grips with these difficult passages describing God's sovereignty in our salvation, it's This is the very definition of sovereignty. All of this to say that while God is truly sovereign in working out all things for your salvation, you

peace and mystery that these doctrines evoke cause such people to want to talk about nothing but God's sovereignty to dwell on and discuss, like His love, justice, mercy, and goodness, it's hard to overemphasize His sovereignty Or, as Paul puts it in our passage today, God in His sovereignty anointed us, set his seal of ownership When you come to understand the the extent of God's sovereignty in your salvation, and just how utterly Dig Deeper   Often times people don't like to talk about God's sovereignty because they don't really

to a sk for less and less as you enjoy the confidence that comes from thoroughly understanding God's sovereign

Article 7: Election Ephesians 1:3-6 - Before the Foundation Deuteronomy 7:1-10 - Set Apart John 17:1-5 - Sovereign that they are overly reliant upon Paul's epistles in the New Testament, as if the concept of God's sovereignty

God sovereignly controls the universe, but He takes delight in you. Psalm 147 1  Praise the Lord. Each strophe unpacks various aspects of God's sovereignty - His control, authority and presence over The unending scope of God's sovereignty becomes clear in this Psalm. But God's sovereignty is not just a control over the big and mighty, rather it is just as evident in Dig Deeper   The LORD certainly sovereignly sustains and provides for all people and creatures (His sovereignty

Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election 1 - God's right to condemn all people 2 - God shows His sovereign If you lean too hard into God's sovereignty and conclude that because God gave you to Jesus you'll never But if you let go of God's sovereignty and depend totally on your own ability to look to the Son , you'll coming to understand how both of these concepts are equally true - the equalized tension between God's sovereignty

Know that whatever happens today, nothing can thwart the purposes of our Sovereign God. several different terms, but among the most common are the words omnipotent, meaning all powerful, and sovereignty Understanding the concept of God's sovereignty is essential to properly understand Christian theology AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our powerful, omnipotent, sovereign God: no one can thwart LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God for reminders like today's passage that build up your trust in His sovereignty

important: the salvation not just offered by, but completely worked out from start to finish by our sovereign In other words, God's sovereignty in our salvation is aggressive! This is the tension we must understand God's sovereignty in. Rather, God's grace is made to be irresistible to those whose hearts and minds have been sovereignly

You've been unconditionally elected by a sovereign God whose grace is stronger than you are. CONTEXT: Romans 9-11 are some of the most difficult chapters in the Bible as they explain that in His sovereignty One of the hallmarks of Reformed churches is that we focus on God's sovereignty - His control, authority Paul captures the concept of God's sovereignty so well in the final verse of his doxology: For from Him You've been unconditionally elected by a sovereign God whose grace is far stronger than you are.