From: af664@yfn.ysu.edu (Frank DeCenso, Jr.)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: The Sovereignty of God
Date: 16 Dec 92 08:11:30 GMT
Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net

GOD IS IN CONTROL !

 

Recently, I've been teaching 2 Timothy at my church and came across a
verse re: false teachers : 2TIM 3:9 "but THEY WILL PROGRESS NO FURTHER,
for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was."

All throughout Scripture, God is shown to be in TOTAL control of all the
events that take place on the earth. Here are some of them :

2THES 2:9-12 "The coming of the lawless one is according to the working
of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all
unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not
receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this
reason GOD WILL SEND THEM STRONG DELUSION, that they should believe the
lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had
pleasure in unrighteousness."


DAN 4:35 "All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He
does according to His will in the army of heaven And among the
inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him,
"What have You done?"


PSA 115:3 "But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases."

DAN 5:23 ""And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven.
They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your
lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you
have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and
stone, which do not see or hear or know; and THE GOD WHO HOLDS YOUR
BREATH IN HIS HAND AND OWNS ALL YOUR WAYS, you have not glorified"

PROV 21:1 "THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, Like the rivers
of water; HE TURNS IT WHEREVER HE WISHES."

REV 17:17 ""For GOD HAS PUT IT INTO THEIR HEARTS to fulfill HIs purpose,
to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the
words of God are fulfilled."

REV 11:6-7 "These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the
days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to
blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.

WHEN THEY FINISH THEIR TESTIMONY, the beast that ascends out of the
bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them."

REV 13:5 "And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies,
and HE WAS GIVEN AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE for forty-two months."

REV 13:7 "IT WAS GRANTED to him to make war with the saints and to
overcome them. And AUTHORITY WAS GIVEN him over every tribe, tongue, and
nation."

REV 13:14 "And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs
which he WAS GRANTED TO DO in the sight of the beast, telling those who
dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the
sword and lived."

REV 13:15 "He WAS GRANTED POWER to give breath to the image of the beast,
that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would
not worship the image of the beast to be killed."

DAN 7:6 ""After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard,
which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four
heads, and DOMINION WAS GIVEN TO IT."

DAN 11:36 ""Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall
exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies
against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been
accomplished; FOR WHAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED SHALL BE DONE."

DAN 7:25 "He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall
persecute the saints of the Most High, And shall intend to change times
and law. Then the saints SHALL BE GIVEN into his hand For a time and
times and half a time."

-- 
Frank				    |	"rightly dividing the word
af664			            |          of truth"
"Jesus is Lord"			    |      (2 Timothy 2:15)