Tags archives: Gods Sovereignty

  • Hi Mike, Does ceasing from your works mean that you come to the understanding that God really works all things after the counsel of his will? Thanks, D____ Yes, D____, It does mean that. We cannot even sin if it is not first written in God's book and if He has not working that thing after the counse... [read more]
  • Hi Mike, I wanted to add some comments to a recent response letter post of yours entitled "How God Makes Us Commit Evil".  As always you thoroughly, yet succinctly explained from the Scriptures God's Total Sovereignty.  I am aware it is only God that can give someone (spiritual) ... [read more]
  • IWWB, First of all I want to say thank you so much for opening my eyes to these truths that I somehow knew were there but didn't know what they were, if you know what I mean. I am finding it very hard to accept that God is in control of the answer of the tongue (Prov16:11). I really want to believe ... [read more]
  • Hi Mike, I would just like to ask a question: Why is it that a God who claims to be omnibenevolent and ever- loving can be so manifestly unfair? I'm of mixed Northwest European (Scottish & Irish), African and Indian descent, and, quite frankly, I loathe my physical identity. I mean, I had no say... [read more]
  • Hi Mike, I noticed this scripture while reviewing Elihu's comments to Job. It reads somewhat different in other translations, but if the NIV is correct in its expression, it seems to be supporting God's intention to judge all of his creatures with mercy and not according to their sins. This is the w... [read more]
  • Hello Mike, A few months ago I was drawn to the IWWB website. Since then I have read all of the articles on your site and whenever possible I watch your live bible study. Your excellent articles have explained most of the scriptures that I had previously had difficulty in understanding. I offer my h... [read more]
  • Example #11 - Judas and the Murder of Christ If the very faith to be saved is "not of yourselves: it is the gift of God"; if "ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you" (Joh 15:16); if God simply has "mercy on whom HE will have mercy" (Rom 9:18) and if He truly "works all things after the counsel... [read more]
  • It is in the lake of fire that the eons are apparently brought to their consummation. This appears to be so because Paul tells us: "For AS in Adam ALL die So in Christ shall ALL be made alive. BUT EVERY MAN IN HIS OWN ORDER: Christ the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at His coming. TH... [read more]
  • Both the 'eternal death' and 'eternal torment' camps refuse to admit that the Hebrew word 'olawm' and the Greek word 'aion' simply mean a period of time, long or short, with a definite beginning and a definite end. These words, the Hebrew word olawm and the Greek word aion, are the words that God se... [read more]
  • "I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood [ hay and stubble], and it [ Gods word] shall devour them" (Jer 5:14). It is a tormenting experience to have the spirit of God to burn out all of our sins and shortcomings, but it is not an eternal experience. It is the goal and purpose o... [read more]
  • We have already covered Christ's teaching to his disciples that He would DRAG all men to himself (Joh 12:32). We have mentioned Paul's statement that "AS in Adam all die SO in Christ will all be made alive" (1Co 15:22). We have shown that no one can come to Christ except the Father draw [ drag] him ... [read more]
  • Now if anything in these pages has had any effect on your understanding of the sovereignty of God in all things, then what lies ahead will be a struggle to understand how the Bible can say "as in Adam all die, so in Christ will all be made alive" and at the same time, teach that "the smoke of their ... [read more]