Tue, 1 August 2017
July 30, 2017 What Would You Ask? Mike Holmes
Can God be sovereign and mankind be free?
Yes
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. Genesis 50:20
God possesses__all_____power and is the ruler of __all______ things. God rules and works according to His eternal purpose, even though events that seemingly contradict His rule. Heb. 1:3; Col. 1:17; Acts 17:28; Prov 16:4, 9
We__freely_____make choices, and we _responsible______for those choices. Our choices have real and eternally significant results.
God is setting and fixing absolutely everything the way he wants it to be, but He doesn't do that__despite___our choices, but _through__ them.
Prov. 16:1; Acts 27:22-32
Implications on: Fear- Rom. 8:28 Hope-Eph. 3:20 Thanksgiving-Col. 3:15 Hard Choices-Prov. 16:33, Prov. 21:5 Evangelism-Acts 18:9-11, Rom. 10:13-15, 2 Tim. 2:10 Salvation-Rom. 8:29-30, Rom. 10:9-13, John 6:44, John 16:15 Assurance-Rom. 8:39-39
ThisJesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. Acts2:23
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