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Turning Point Church 11/13/2016

GOD IS SOVEREIGN INTRO: GOD IS SOVEREIGN IN THE

“GOOD” AND THE “BAD”

Denver

Flagstaff Albuquerque

Costa Mesa

GOD IS SOVEREIGN IN THE “GOOD” AND THE “BAD”

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:28 (NIV)

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The LORD Almighty has sworn, “Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen.

Isaiah 14:24 (NIV)

1. UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF GOD’S

SOVEREIGNTY

GOD HAS THE POWER AND FREEDOM TO DO

WHATEVER HE CHOOSES

Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.

Psalm 115:3 (NIV)

I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things.

Isaiah 45:7 (NIV)

“The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up. 7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.

1 Samuel 2:6-7 (NIV)

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The LORD said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

Exodus 4:11 (NIV)

We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.

Proverbs 16:9 (NLT)

The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the LORD; he guides it wherever he pleases.

Proverbs 21:1 (NLT)

Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. 28 They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.

Acts 4:27-28 (NIV)

The LORD works out everything to its proper end— even the wicked for a day of disaster.

Proverbs 16:4 (NIV)

2. ACKNOWLEDGE THE PERPLEXITY OF GOD’S

SOVEREIGNTY

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THE PROBLEM OF EVIL

THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN FREE WILL

What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! 15 For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

Romans 9:14-21 (NIV)

17 For Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. 19 One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?”

17 For Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. 19 One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?”

Romans 9:14-21 (NIV)

20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ”

20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ”

Romans 9:14-21 (NIV)

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21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?

21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?

Romans 9:14-21 (NIV)

1 Then Job replied to the LORD: 2 “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

Job 42:1-3 (NIV)

34 At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation. 35 All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?”

34 At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation. 35 All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?”

Daniel 4:34-35 (NIV)

3. THANK GOD FOR THE BENEFITS OF HIS

SOVEREIGNTY PEACE & SECURITY

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For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?

Isaiah 14:27 (NIV)

28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

John 10:28-29 (NIV)

Dear God. Thank you for sending Jesus to die for my sin. I want to give you control of my life. Please forgive my sins and give me the gift of the Holy Spirit and eternal life. Help me to know you better and to learn from the Bible how I can live a life that pleases you and helps others. Amen.

Dear God. Thank you for sending Jesus to die for my sin. I want to give you control of my life. Please forgive my sins and give me the gift of the Holy Spirit and eternal life. Help me to know you better and to learn from the Bible how I can live a life that pleases you and helps others. Amen.

29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son.

Romans 8:29-30 (NIV)

CONFIDENCE

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Romans 8:31 (NIV)

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On unanswered prayer:

God says, “I always give that person what he or she would have asked for

if they knew everything I know."

Timothy Keller

Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:6 (NIV)

VICTORY

There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD.

Proverbs 21:30 (NIV)

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:37-39 (NIV)

CONC: GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY

CAN BE LIKE A ROLLER COASTER RIDE!

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INTRO: GOD IS SOVEREIGN IN THE “GOOD” AND THE “BAD”1. UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY 2. ACKNOWLEDGE THE PERPLEXITY OF GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY3. THANK GOD FOR THE BENEFITS OF HIS SOVEREIGNTY PEACE & SECURITY CONFIDENCE VICTORY

CONC: GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY CAN BE LIKE A ROLLER COASTER RIDE!

INTRO: GOD IS SOVEREIGN IN THE “GOOD” AND THE “BAD”1. UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY 2. ACKNOWLEDGE THE PERPLEXITY OF GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY3. THANK GOD FOR THE BENEFITS OF HIS SOVEREIGNTY PEACE & SECURITY CONFIDENCE VICTORY

CONC: GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY CAN BE LIKE A ROLLER COASTER RIDE!

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