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05-22-2009, 12:05 AM
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| | | He does as He pleases!
He does as He pleases!
(Arthur Pink, "The Sovereignty of God")
"For the Lord Almighty has purposed--and who can thwart Him? His hand is stretched out--and who can turn it back?" Isaiah 14:27
To say that God is sovereign, is to declare that He is the Almighty, the Possessor of all power in heaven and earth--so that none can . . .
defeat His counsels,
thwart His purpose,
or resist His will.
Whatever takes place in time--is but the outworking of that which He has decreed in eternity.
The sovereignty of the God of Scripture, is . . .
absolute,
irresistible
and infinite!
We insist that God does . . .
as He pleases,
only as He pleases,
always as He pleases!
"But our God is in the heavens--He has done whatever He has pleased!" Psalm 115:3
"The Lord does whatever pleases Him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths!" Psalm 135:6
"All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as He pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back His hand or say to Him: What have you done?" Daniel 4:35
__________________ Conscience may lash us, but it cannot replenish a languishing life. Conscience may be God's word and minister to you, telling you of your faults and your follies and your destitution. It may point out, but it will never supply you. Christ must give you new life. Hart has well expressed it: "He to the feeble and the faint, His mighty aid makes known; and when their languid life is spent, supplies it with His own." - J. K. Popham
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05-22-2009, 12:18 AM
|  | Puritanboard Doctor | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: wi
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Very true! Cannot escape this fact! He is in control.
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05-22-2009, 12:30 AM
|  | Pastor | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
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I thank God that He does what He pleases.
__________________ Ivan R. Schoen, B.A., M.A., M.L.I.S.
Pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church (SBC)
Poplar Grove, IL, USA http://maranatha-sbc.org |
05-22-2009, 11:07 AM
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