God’s Sovereignty

Religion has invented a new meaning for the word “sovereign,” suggesting that God controls everything and nothing can happen apart from His will or permission.  However, this is simply NOT what the Word of God teaches.

One of the most damaging aspects of believing that God just controls everything is that it takes away your incentive to seek the Lord. It is a faith killer. There is no point in resisting the devil if you believe that God has a purpose for turning him loose on you. 

The enemy wants to keep you in a place of passivity. He wants you to believe that whatever happens is somehow God’s will, even if it’s destructive to your health or happiness. If this belief is true, then our actions are irrelevant, and our efforts are meaningless.  Why pray and believe for something better? Que sera sera – whatever will be, will be.

Many in the body of Christ even believe that Satan himself is controlled by God, like a dog on a leash, only able to do what God allows. This view goes so far as to claim that every tragedy, hardship, sickness and evil act is somehow God’s will.

The truth is, Jesus never intended for you to just passively accept everything that happens to you. In fact, he came to destroy the works of the devil, and that includes sickness, depression, poverty and other destructive things.  We need to examine what we believe in light of what the Bible actually teaches.

• Does God Control Everything? (2 pages)
• Is Everything That Happens God’s Will? (4 pages)
• Is God Sovereign?(3 pages)
• Killing Sacred Cows – God’s Sovereignty  (3 pages)
• The Sovereignty of God – Book Summary (14 pages)
• What About Job? (2 pages)