The Absolute Sovereignty of God

Sovereignty refers to dominant power or supreme authority. In a monarchy, supreme power resides in the "sovereign", or king. The Sovereign is the one who exercises power without limitation; to have sovereign power is to be beyond the power of others to interfere. [Cornell Law School – Legal Information Institute]

“Before the mountains were born,
Or thou didst give birth to the earth
and to the world,
Even from everlasting to Everlasting,
Thou are God.” ––Psalm 90:2

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“In the beginning
God created the heavens and the Earth.”
Genesis 1:1 (cf Genesis 1-2; Jeremiah 27:5; 32:17,27; John 1:3-4; Revelation 4:11)

• Light/Darkness: Genesis 1:3-5; Isaiah 44:7; Revelation 22:5
• Time: Genesis 1:5; Joshua 10:1; 2 Kings 20:9-11
• The Oceans: Job 38:8-11, 16; Psalm 148:7
• The Mountains: Nahum 1:5; Habakkuk 3:10
• The Constellations: Job 38:31-33; Psalm 147:4
• The Heavens/The Earth/All Things in Them: Deuteronomy 10:14; 2 Chronicles 20:6; Psalm 8:1; 24:1-2; Isaiah 45:12
• The Smallest Particle: John 1:3; Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1:3
• Germination: Genesis 1:11-12
• Grass Growing: Job 38:27; Psalm 147:8
• Flowers: Matthew 6:28-30
• Animal Reproduction: Genesis 1:22, 24-25; Job 39:1-4
• Food for the Animals: Job 38:39-41; Matthew 6:26
• The Intelligence of Animals: Job 39:17; Proverbs 6:6-8
• The Instincts of the Animals: 2 Peter 2:12; Jude 10
• The Sun Rising: Job 38:12-13; Matthew 5:45
• Rain: Job 38:26-28, 34. 37; Matthew 5:45
• Snow/Ice/Frost: Job 38:22, 29-30
• Well being & Calamity: Isaiah 45:6-7
• Thunder/Lightning: Exodus 9:23, 28-29; Job 38:25, 35
• Earthquakes: Matthew 24:7; 27:51; 28:2; Mark 13:8
• The Seasons: Daniel 2:21; Acts 14:17
• Global Warming: Amos 9:5; 2 Peter 3:10-12
• Fallen Nature: Romans 8:20-21
• Glorified Creation: Isaiah 66:22; 2 Peter 3:13
• The Lord Sits as King over all creation: Psalm 29:10; 103:19; 147:5; Isaiah 40:12-14; Daniel 4:17

“Great and marvelous are Your works,
O Lord God, the Almighty;
Righteous and true are Your ways,
King of the nations!
“Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name?
For You alone are holy;
For all the nations will come and worship before You,
For Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
––Revelation 15:3-4

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“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;”
––Genesis 1:26

• Our Purpose: Isaiah 43:7; Romans 9:22-24
• Our Will: Romans 9:19-21; Revelation 21:4
• Our Plans: Proverbs 16:1,4,9; 19:21; 21:31
• Our Steps: Psalm 37:23-24; Proverbs 3:5-6; 20:24; Jeremiah 10:23
• Our Understanding: Luke 24:45; 2 Timothy 2:7
• Our Desires: Psalm 37:4; 1 Timothy 6:17
• Our Heart: Psalm 33:15; Proverbs 21:1; Revelation 17:17
• Our Mind: Job 38:36; Proverbs 16:9; Revelation 2:23
• Our Worship: Isaiah 45:23; Matthew 21:16; Phil. 2:9-11
• Our Talents and Abilities: 1 Corinthians 4:7
• Our Enjoyment: Psalm 17:114-15; Ecclesiastes 6:2
• Our Temptation: 1 Corinthians 10:13
• Our Sleep: Psalm 4:8; 127:2
• Our Suffering: Genesis 50:20; Philippians 1:29; 1 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 Peter 3:17
• Our Protection: 1 Samuel 17:47; Matthew 10:29-31; 2 Timothy 3:11
• Our Thoughts: Ezekiel 11:5; Matthew 9:4; Mark 4:10-12
• He Hardens Hearts/Influences Minds: Exodus 10:1,20 (cf Exodus 4:21; 7:3; 9:12; 14:4); Deuteronomy 2:30; Joshua 11:19-20; Ezra 1:1,5; 6:22; 7:6; Exodus 12:36; Ezekiel 36:27; Genesis 20:6; Isaiah 6:9-10; Luke 9:10; Romans 1:18-32; 9:14-24
• When/Where we were born, die, and live: Acts 17:26; Psalm 31:15; 139:16; Galatians 1:15-17
• Our Health: Deuteronomy 32:39
• Our power to make wealth: Deuteronomy 8:18; 3 John 2
• A man finding a good wife: Proverbs 18:22; 31:10
• Our ability to have children: Genesis 1:28; Psalm 127:3-5
• Our Eternal Destiny: Ephesians 1:4-6; Revelation 13:8

“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name. “But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You.” ––1 Chronicles 29:11-14

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“[Jesus]...upholds all things by the word of His power.” ––Hebrews 1:3 (cf Col.1:16-17)

• The Scriptures: Psalm 119; John 1:1-2; 2 Timothy 3:16
• Good/Evil: Isaiah 46:7; Lamentations 3:37-39; Isaiah 45:7-9
• War/Peace: Judges 7:22; Psalm 147:14
• Secrets: Deuteronomy 29:29; Proverbs 25:2; Daniel 2:22; Hebrews 4:13
• The Future: Isaiah 41:26; 42:9; 44:7; 45:21; 48:3,5,6
• His Covenants: Psalm 25:14; Jeremiah 31;31-40; Matthew 26:26-29
• His Counsel and Plans: Psalm 33:11; Isaiah 14:24,27; 55:8-9
• He Works in Us According to His Will & Good Pleasure: Philippians 2:13; Hebrews 13:21; James 4:13-15
• He Appoints the Times for All Things: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15; 1 Timothy 6:15
• He Does Whatever He Pleases: Psalm 115:3; 135:6; Isaiah 43:13: 46:9-11
• He Provides All Good Things: James 1:17
• Human Government: Romans 13:1-7; Psalm 22:28
• The Church: Matthew 16:17-19; Ephesians 4:11-16
• Revival: 2 Chronicles 30:12; Joel 2:28-29
• Heresies: 1 Corinthians 11:19
• Evangelism: Mark 13:10; Colossians 4:3-4; 1 Thess. 2:4
• Satan: Job 1:12; 2:6; Jude 9; Rev. 2:12; 20:1-3, 7-10
• False Prophets: Deuteronomy 12:1-5; 1 Kings 22:23
• Angels/Demons: 1 Timothy 5:21; Mark 5:1-13
• Heaven: Revelation 21:1-7
• Hell: Matthew 25:41
• The Dice in Las Vegas: Proverbs 16:33; Luke 1:9
• The Impossible: Matthew 19:26; Luke 1:37
• Famine/Abundance: Genesis 41:25-32
• Plagues: Exodus 7:14-12:36
• Security/Destruction of a City: Psalm 127:1; Amos 3:6
• The Mute/Deaf/ and Blind: Exodus 4:11; John 9:1-3
• “Accidental” Death: Exodus 21:12-13
• All Things:

“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor? Or who has first given to Him that it might be paid back to him again? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.” ––Romans 11:33-36

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“You did not choose Me, but I chose you.”
––John 15:16

• He chooses us: 2 Peter 1:10
• He chose us for His own glory: Ephesians 1:6, 11-12
• He chose us before the foundation of the world: Matthew 25:34; Ephesians 1:4
• He chose us because He fore-loved us: Psalm 14:2-3; 139:13-18; Romans 5:8; 8:29; 1 Peter 1:1-2 cf 1:20; John 4:10
• He chose us according to His purpose: Romans 8:28; Ephesians 1:11-12; 2 Timothy 1:9
• He chose us according to His will: James 1:18
• He chose us not based on anything we have done or will do in the future: John 15:16; Romans 9:11,16
• He grants us salvation by His grace alone: Ephesians 2:8-9
• He predestines according to His kind intention: Romans 8:30; Ephesians 1:5
• He chose us according to His mercy: Romans 9:16
• He gives us a new heart: Jeremiah 31:3-40; Ezekiel 11:19-20; Acts 16:14; 2 Corinthians 3:3
• He grants us the ability to believe: Romans 12:3; Philippians 1:29
• He draws us unto Himself: John 6:37,44,65
• He causes us to be born again: John 1:13; 3:8; 1 Peter 1:3
• He makes us alive in Christ: Ephesians 2:5
• He appoints us to eternal life: Acts 13:48
• He appoints us to good works: Ephesians 2:10
• He ensures our perseverance/preservation in salvation: John 10:27-30 (cf Job 42:2); 2 Corinthians 1:22; 5:5; Ephesians 1:13-14; 4:30; Philippians 1:6; Psalm 37:28
• He grants us repentance: Acts 11:18; Romans 2:4; 2 Timothy 2:25
• He calls us: Romans 8:28-30; 1 Corinthians 1:24; Galatians 1:15; 2 Peter 1:10
• He justifies & glorifies us: Romans 8:29-30
• He shines in our hearts so we can see the light: 2 Corinthians 4:4-6
• He puts a new spirit within us: Ezekiel 11:18; John 3:6
• He writes His law on our heart: Jeremiah 31:33; Hebrews 10:16
• By His doing we are in Christ: 1 Corinthians 1:30; Galatians 1:15-16
• He withholds salvation from some: Matthew 13:14-15; Mark 4:11-12; Luke 8:10; John 12:39-40; Acts 28:26-27; Romans 11:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

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“For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.”
––Acts 4:27-28; John 19:11

• Jesus was slain from before the world: Revelation 13:8
• Jesus’ death was planned by His Father: Acts 2:23
• Jesus was crushed by His Father: Isaiah 53:10
• Jesus absorbed the wrath of His Father: Romans 3:25
• Jesus was given to the world by His Father: John 3:16
• Jesus drank the cup from His Father: Mark 14:36
• Jesus was forsaken by His Father: Matthew 27:46
• Jesus was struck by His Father: Zechariah 13:7
•Jesus died for the glory of God: John 17:1-5; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
• Jesus died to bring us to God: 1 Peter 3:18
• God Ordains All Things For His Glory: Ephesians 1:11-12

“...For His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
“All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
But He does according to His will in the host of heaven
And among the inhabitants of earth;
And no one can ward off His hand
Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
––Daniel 4:34-35