A Biblical Guide to the Sovereignty of God
Is God sovereign over His entire creation? Is He sovereign over even the tiniest details, down to the smallest molecule? The Bible makes it very clear that He is. Throughout Scripture, we see that God is sovereign over life and death, sickness and health, wealth and poverty, war and peace, sin and evil, and even our salvation, including faith and repentance.
However, many in the Word of Faith/NAR movement are teaching the exact opposite. They say that God is not in control, and to believe that He is, is to believe a lie! Some even go so far as to say that this teaching isn’t even in the Bible.
God is sovereign. When tragedy, sickness and persecution strike, we can take comfort in knowing that nothing has escaped our ever-present, all-knowing, all-seeing, sovereign God. He is in control and promises that “for those who love God all things work together for good,” Rom. 8:28.
In this video we look at what teachers like Todd White and Bill Johnson say about the sovereignty of God, then we take a look at what the Bible actually says.
I’ve also included a downloadable PDF file that has over 130 passages of Scripture that give evidence of God’s absolute sovereignty. The link to the PDF is at the bottom of this article.
“Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.”
“The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.”
“The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up. The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and on them he has set the world.”
“In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.”
“And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way towards Him and find Him.”
“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”
“While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.”
“For he says to Moses, ‘I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.’ So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. ”
Daniel Long is the host of the Long for Truth YouTube channel, and co-host of the Messed Up Church podcast.