God Sovereignty
Lesson 1: God's Sovereignty
Lesson 1: God's SovereigntyIn this study we will learn what it means that God is Sovereign.Revelation 4:1-11 - “After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, sa…
Lesson 2: God’s Sovereignty and Origin of Evil
Lesson 2: God’s Sovereignty and Origin of EvilGod alone sees all things and this means that He also knows all things. This is why nothing catches Him by surprise! Now couple that with the fact that He is the Creator of all things, He controls all th…
Lesson 3: God’s Sovereignty in Creation
Lesson 3: God’s Sovereignty in CreationRomans 5:12 – “Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.”The birthplace of sin came from satan, so here is the point.…
Lesson 4: God’s Sovereignty Regarding Choice
Lesson 4: God’s Sovereignty Regarding ChoiceEzekiel 28:12-17 - “…You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl…
Lesson 5: God’s Sovereignty and the Presence of Suffering
Lesson 5: God’s Sovereignty and the Presence of SufferingThe third objection critics raise to the problem of evil and suffering often sounds like this: “God is not loving, because He does nothing to stop evil and suffering."Nothing could be further…
Lesson 6: God’s Sovereignty in His Victory Over Evil
Lesson 6: God’s Sovereignty in His Victory Over EvilJohn 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life."The third thing God has done about evil and suffering is tha…
Lesson 7: God’s Sovereignty in Destroying Evil
Lesson 7: God’s Sovereignty in Destroying EvilRevelation 19:11-12, 14-15 - “Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a fla…
Lesson 8: God's Sovereignty and Christian Suffering, Part 1
Lesson 8: God's Sovereignty and Christian Suffering, Part 1The next skeptical question that gets answered when you understand the Sovereignty of God is, "Does a Christian have to suffer?"We dealt with answering the non-Christian's skepticisms concer…
Lesson 9: God's Sovereignty and Christian Suffering, Part 2
Lesson 9: God's Sovereignty and Christian Suffering, Part 21 Thessalonians 3:1-5 - “Therefore … we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, that no one be moved by these afflict…
Lesson 10: God's Sovereignty and Christian Suffering, Part 3
Lesson 10: God's Sovereignty and Christian Suffering, Part 31 Peter 4:12-13 - “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Ch…
Lesson 11: God's Sovereignty and Christian Suffering, Part 4
Lesson 11: God's Sovereignty and Christian Suffering, Part 4I learned about Christian suffering the hard way, back when I was in Bible College. I was working full-time at a day job while I was going to school at night, but I was having a very hard…
Lesson 12: God's Sovereignty Over Our Sin
Lesson 12: God's Sovereignty Over Our SinGalatians 6:7-10 - “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the…
Lesson 13: God’s Sovereignty Over Other People’s Sin
Lesson 13: God’s Sovereignty Over Other People’s SinPsalm 51:5 - “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.”The second possibility as to why suffering occurs is due to other people's sin.It is bad enough that we…
Lesson 14: God’s Sovereignty in Spiritual Warfare
Lesson 14: God’s Sovereignty in Spiritual WarfareEphesians 6:10-13 - "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrest…
Lesson 15: God Sovereignty Over Suffering for His Glory
Lesson 15: God Sovereignty Over Suffering for His GloryJohn 9:1-3 - "As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that…
Lesson 16: God's Sovereignty for Suffering’s Results
Lesson 16: God's Sovereignty for Suffering’s ResultsRevelation 4:8-10 “And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, ‘Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God…
Lesson 17: God’s Sovereignty Allows Difficulties to Expose Our Sin Nature
Lesson 17: God’s Sovereignty Allows Difficulties to Expose Our Sin NatureRomans 7:7 “What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to…
Lesson 18: God’s Sovereignty Keeps Us from Becoming Spiritually Lazy
Lesson 18: God’s Sovereignty Keeps Us from Becoming Spiritually LazyJudges 2:18-19 "Whenever the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For the LORD wa…
Lesson 19: God’s Sovereignty Uses Difficulties to Cause Us To Be A Blessing to Others
Lesson 19: God’s Sovereignty Uses Difficulties to Cause Us To Be A Blessing to Others2 Corinthians 1:3-4 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so…
Lesson 20: God's Sovereignty Teaches Us That God is God and We Are Not
Lesson 20: God's Sovereignty Teaches Us That God is God and We Are NotMatthew 11:1-6 "When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. Now when John heard in prison about the deeds…
Lesson 21: God’s Sovereignty in Making Us Like Jesus
Lesson 21: God’s Sovereignty in Making Us Like JesusEphesians 4:11-13 “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we al…
Lesson 22: God’s Sovereignty Keeps Us from Wasting Our Lives
Lesson 22: God’s Sovereignty Keeps Us from Wasting Our Lives1 Corinthians 10:31 - "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."We are to glorify God with our lives every single day in everything we do. This not only…
Lesson 23: God's Sovereignty Makes Us More Humble
Lesson 23: God's Sovereignty Makes Us More Humble 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 - "So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me…
Lesson 24: God’s Sovereignty Makes Us More Joyful
Lesson 24: God’s Sovereignty Makes Us More JoyfulActs 20:35 “In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to rec…
Lesson 25: God’s Sovereignty Makes Us More Loving
Lesson 25: God’s Sovereignty Makes Us More LovingMatthew 5:43-44,46 "You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…For if you love those…
Lesson 26: God's Sovereignty Produces a Powerful Testimony
Lesson 26: God's Sovereignty Produces a Powerful TestimonyGenesis 50:15-21 - "When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” So they sent a…
Lesson 27: God’s Sovereignty Produces a Powerful Character Through Suffering
Lesson 27: God’s Sovereignty Produces a Powerful Character Through SufferingRomans 5:1-4 - “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith int…
Lesson 28: God's Sovereignty Steers Us into a New Direction
Lesson 28: God's Sovereignty Steers Us into a New DirectionActs 16:6-10 - "And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempte…
Lesson 29: God’s Sovereignty Teaches Us to Appreciate Fellowship
Lesson 29: God’s Sovereignty Teaches Us to Appreciate FellowshipHebrews 10:23, 25 - "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful…not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encourag…
Lesson 30: God’s Sovereignty Builds Your Faith
Lesson 30: God’s Sovereignty Builds Your Faith1 Samuel 17:8,32-33, 37 - "[Goliath] stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, ‘Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for your…
Lesson 31: God's Sovereignty as Suffering Brings You Back to Him, part 1
Lesson 31: God's Sovereignty as Suffering Brings You Back to Him, part 1Amos 4:1-11 - "Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may…
Lesson 32: God's Sovereignty as Suffering Brings You Back to Him, part 2
Lesson 32: God's Sovereignty as Suffering Brings You Back to Him, part 2In our last lesson we read that God also allows hardships to come our way today so we too can have our hearts rescued from spiritual adultery. Our problem is that we say God is…
Lesson 33: God’s Sovereignty Gets You to Witness for Him
Lesson 33: God’s Sovereignty Gets You to Witness for HimJonah 1:1-4, 11-12, 15, 17 - "Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up befo…
Lesson 34: God’s Sovereignty Teaches Us the Power of Praise
Lesson 34: God’s Sovereignty Teaches Us the Power of PraiseHebrews 13:15-16 - "Through Him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge His name. Do not neglect to do good and to share wh…
Lesson 35: God's Sovereignty Purifies Our Service
Lesson 35: God's Sovereignty Purifies Our Service1 Corinthians 12:1-11 - "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. There…
Lesson 36: God’s Sovereignty Disciplines Us, part 1
Lesson 36: God’s Sovereignty Disciplines Us, part 1Hebrews 12:4-10 - “In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not rega…
Lesson 37: God’s Sovereignty Disciplines Us, part 2
Lesson 37: God’s Sovereignty Disciplines Us, part 2Romans 12:19-21 - "Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry,…
Lesson 38: God’s Sovereignty Makes the Way to Heaven
Lesson 38: God’s Sovereignty Makes the Way to HeavenRomans 2:4-5 - "Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But because of your hard and impeni…
Character of God: Sovereign
The Character of God: Sovereign from the work of Pastor Billy Crone CHARACTER COUNT Lesson 1: God's Sovereignty 2,922Lesson 2: God’s Sovereignty and Origin of Evil …