A central theme in Jesus' teachings, representing God's sovereign rule and the realm of eternal life that believers are invited to enter.4. Water and the SpiritThese elements are symbolic of the new birth. "Water" may refer to baptism or purification, while "Spirit" refers to the Holy ...
Contentment in God's sovereignty is a profound theme woven throughout the Scriptures, reflecting a deep trust and satisfaction in God's ultimate authority and perfect will. This concept is rooted in the understanding that God, as the Creator and Sustainer of all things, exercises His sovereign ...
God’s Sovereign Choice 6It is not as though God’s wordehad failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.f7Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”bg8In other...
wants to say it will work out. You know, God is good, God is sovereign. But the danger then is that we imagine God being sovereign. He’s the big CEO upstairs. Everything’s going to be alright. And then we kind of fit Jesus into that picture. No, that’s not the way to do...
There are plenty of scriptures that indicate that God is indeed in control. We preach the good news of God’s forgiveness, but the Sovereign God is a faithful judge of human kind. He is able to judge the human heart and know whether someone truly wants God or prefers hatred. Paul was ...
by Thomas WatsonQ3: What do the Scriptures principally teach?A: The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God
God is the triune Supreme Being, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; the sovereign Creator and Ruler of the universe, the principal Object of the Christian faith. “From the biblical viewpoint it is generally agreed that it is impossible to give a strict definition of the idea of God,” (Evang...
The word sovereign means, “Highest, supreme,” or “chief.” The idea is that whoever is sovereign are superior, ruler, and master of all. Ancient kings were sovereign over their kingdoms, having power over everything and everyone. This explains why the Bible refers to God as Sovereign, ...
(CV) OK! I do understand that a husband is to love and cherish his wife as he does his own body and all the other scriptures relating to this. But they are two people, not one person. Otherwise why would God have taken from Adam to make Eve in the first place? I do see that ...
(God is supreme in power in the universe). How He exercises that power is revealed in the Scriptures. A sovereign God could be a dictator (God is not). Or a sovereign could abdicate the use of his powers (God has not). Ultimately God is in control of all things, though He may ...