Gods Indisputable Sovereignty by I.C. Herendeen Dear Reader — The subject of Gods Sovereignty is a matter concerning which we should humble ourselves. It is a profound, deep and humbling truth. No doctrine exalts or magnifies God and the finished work of Christ as that of Gods Sovereignty. And why, may we ask, should it not be reasonable to believe that God worketh ALL things after the Counsel of HIS OWN will (Eph. 1:11) and not after the will of His creatures? The only reason anyone believes in the absolute universal sovereignty of God is because it is revealed in the Bible. No other book in the world discloses this unqualified truth. Why this should be so is simple. The Book called the Bible is distinctly and exclusively the Word and Work of God. All other books are more or less the words and works of men. And further: the cause of anyones faith in the unmodified sovereignty of God as revealed in the Bible is that it is DIVINELY GIVEN unto them to believe it. That is, the gracious sovereignty of God makes them able and willing to believe it (John 3:27). In view of the reality that this truth is most distinctly and most certainly set forth throughout the Bible: the fact that men, religious or irreligious, oppose and seek to distort it to suit their feelings and fancies, is one of the best testimonies to the truth of this doctrine, though they mean it not so. This glorious sovereignty of God which they so spleen against has not as yet condescended to give them that grace which is needed to humble their pride and make them willing and able to heartily believe that which is written. As the Scripture declares, Thy people shall be willing in the day of Thy power (Psa. 110:3). And now, dear reader, may you prayerfully and carefully read and study the following scriptures, and consider their meanings, for they are the Word of God. CHOSEN Selected from a number, picked out, elect, choice — Webster. Matt. 20:15. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? ... for many be called but few chosen (Matt. 22:14). Mark 13:20. . . . but for the elects sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days (verses 22, 27). John 15:16. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you . . . (verse 19). Acts 9:15. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way. for he is a chosen vessel unto me . . . Acts 22:14. And he said, the God of our fathers hath chosen thee . Acts 10:41. Not to all people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us . 1 Cor. 1:27. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world . . . (verses 26, 26) (speaking of the elect — Matt. 11:25). 2 Thes. 2:13. But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation ... (One of the greatest reasons a true Christian has for praising God). Eph. 1:4. According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world (Read the whole chapter). 1 Peter 2:9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar (or purchased) people James 2:5. . . . Hath not God chosen the poor of this world (1 Kings 3:8, Ps. 89:3, 105:6,106:5, etc.). Rev. 17:14. . . . and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful (verse 8) (chapter 19:9). Psalm 33:12. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. John 13:18. I speak not of you all; I know whom I have chosen (Rom. 16:13). Deut. 7:6. For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth (Isa. 43:20). ELECT To determine in favor of, to designate, choose or select as an object of mercy or favor, predestinated in the divine councils, one chosen or set apart, one chosen or designated by God for salvation, collectively, the saved. (Webster) . . . THIS ELECTION IS an act of distinguishing love, of divine sovereignty, eternal, absolute and irrevocable, personal (Cruden). Matt. 24:22. . .. but for the elects sake those days shall be shortened (verse 24). Matt. 24:31. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds . . . Luke 18:7. And shall not God avenge his own elect . . . Rom. 8:33. Who shall lay anything to the charge of Gods elect?... (Col. 3:12). 2 Tim. 2:10. ...therefore I endure all things for the elects sake, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory (Speaking of the elect that have not yet believed). Titus 1:1. Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of Gods elect. 1 Peter 1:2. Elect according to the foreknowledge of God, the Father ... (2 John 13). Isa. 45:4. For Jacob my servants sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name. I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. Isa. 65:9. And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains and mine elect shall inherit, and my servants shall dwell there. (verse 22). 2 John 13. The elder unto the elect lady and her children. the-highway/God%27s_Indisputable_Sovereignty.html
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