One of the attributes of God is Sovereignty. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language defines sovereign as "One that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit, as: A king, queen, or other noble person who serves as chief of state; a ruler or monarch. A national governing council or committee. (noun)" or as an adjective "Self-governing; independent: a sovereign state. Having supreme rank or power: a sovereign prince. Paramount; supreme: Her sovereign virtue is compassion."
While nations can be described as being sovereign, kings, nations, governments, people etc. are limited in their sovereignty as all are answerable to someone or something. In fact, nations fall. God is not answerable to anyone or anything. He is described as "the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords." (1 Timothy 6:15) He is supreme over all that He created. God is supreme (i.e., highest in authority) and in His sovereignty, He exercises His supremacy.
In order to be a king, there are a few things a king must possess. He must possess absolute authority and all power and the ability to carry out his will. God has declared:
- declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘
My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’ (emphasis added)
Isaiah 46:10 (ESV)
God’s reign is eternal.
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The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king forever. (emphasis added) Psalm 29:10 (ESV)
God knows things all at once and at all times. There is not anything that will take Him by surprise. He is the possessor of all truth and knowledge and all truth and knowledge comes from Him.
God WILL accomplish His purpose for He has and does “exercise supreme, permanent authority over all things.” This is sovereignty.
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Wayne Pike
April 6, 2010 at 6:51 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Sovereignty through prayer and Gospel
There are two INDESTRUCTABLE pillars on which God, in His wisdom, has chosen to relate to man: PRAYER AND GOSPEL. While these cannot be destroyed, they can, unfortunately, be perverted. Both pillars have at their foundation ACTION. Prayer is the CONTEMPLATION OF ACTION while Gospel is the CONSUMMATION OF ACTION. It is clear that any sane mind contemplates prior to consummating. This is what separates men from animals. Wise men act out of contemplation, fools and animals out of instinct. Always remember this adage: PRAYER PRECEDES PERFORMANCE ! ! ! The close link between Prayer and Gospel and their correct order is depicted on the pages of our website. Be reminded every time you log on. Prayer must go to all nations prior to the Gospel going to all nations. That is why our initial goal is to build towards 1,000,000 Prayer Partners to pray for the nations. Jesus quoted Isaiah, the prophet, “. . . my house will be called a house of prayer for ALL NATIONS” (Isa.56:7). Similarly, referring to a time of the end Jesus said: “This Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to ALL NATIONS, and then the end will come” (Mt.24:14). It is our inspired belief that NEITHER TRUE PRAYER NOR TRUE GOSPEL HAS YET GONE TO THE NATIONS. That is why the church is so weak ! ! ! That is why there is so much sickness and pain ! ! ! That is why Christ has not returned in power ! ! ! In our dissertation on Prayer Misunderstood leading to an understanding of True and Complete Prayer, it was made clear that we frequently participate in “praying amiss”. With that in mind, make no mistake about it: IF WE PRAY AMISS, WE ARE CERTAIN TO PERFORM AMISS. If we contemplate a lie, we will consummate a lie. So, let’s proceed to get a true understanding of GOSPEL. ( Note: If you have not studied our work on prayer, it would be advisable to do so at this point, prior to proceeding ).
GOSPEL is the translation of the Greek word “evangelion” (ev or eu meaning “good” and angelion meaning “message”). Sometimes evangelion is translated “Good News”. There is no discernable reason why one or the other translation is used but, regardless, if you read either gospel or good news they are the same thing. We should first correct a common misunderstanding. THE GOSPEL IS NOT THE BIBLE
! ! ! . . . The Bible CONTAINS the Gospel but it is not synonymous with it. Having corrected this error, let us move on to a fuller appreciation of the Gospel. Continued here: http://www.prayeramid.org/gospel-characteristics.html
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