The Sovereignty of God Defined

The Word of God has firmly established the truth that God is sovereign. Daniel 4:5 declares, 'And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?' But the word sovereignty has become a foreign word to all nowadays. This is the age when people want nobody to reign and rule over them. It is the golden age of human freedom, when man's ways are being exalted and God's ways are relegated to the sidelines.

By definition  sovereignty means simply means the 'power to rule'. When ascribed to God, it means God's absolute power and control over all things, all creatures and all history. It means that God is the possessor of all power in heaven and earth so that none can defeat His counsels, thwart His purposes or resist His will. To declare that God is sovereign is to  acknowledge that He is 'the governor among nations' (Psalm 22:28) who sets up kingdoms and governments, overthrows empires, and determines the courses of all countries and dynasties according to what He pleases. this is the God of the Scriptures.

Sadly this is not the God that is depicted today in most pulpits. The God of the modern Christianity is very much different with the God of the Holy Bible. God is now being depicted not as a Supreme Ruler but as a weak, defeated, impotent deity.  The God of this century is a miserable caricature, a helpless effeminate being as A. W. Pink puts it, a pathetic travesty of truth.  This is the prevalent view of God even by those who profess to be believers of the Scriptures.

In the next post we will discuss further the evidences of God's sovereignty as seen from the Scriptures and in our everyday experience. Lord willing...