Scriptural Proofs on God's Sovereignty (part 2)

Very few dare to expound on the sovereignty of God as they think it will somehow remove or lessen human responsibility. But rightly interpreted, God's sovereignty and human responsibility do not contradict each other. In fact, the more we understand how God deals with His creations, the more we become responsible as His created.

In my last post, I tried to enumerate some of the evidences of God's sovereignty over the inanimate matters and irrational creatures. In this post, I will expound on the sovereignty of God over the spirit beings (Good angels and Satan and his demons).

God's sovereignty over Spirit beings

Polytheism is grounded on the belief that there is multiplicity of gods who  have the powers to rule over men. Little did they know that there is ONLY ONE GOD and even the demons believe in that truth and tremble (James 2:19). There is also a notion even among Bible believers that there are two kingdoms that co-exist, one belong to Satan who is the "god" of this world and the other is the GOD in the heavens who has limited powers over Satan and his demons. But the Scripture teaches that Satan is just a created being. He is formerly a guardian cherub who was created by God to serve and worship Him alone (Ezekiel 28:13-15). But in God's secret counsel he allowed Satan to rebel against Him so that He may use Him to make Himself known to man (Ezekiel 28:17). Had Satan not rebelled against God, there will be no agent to entice Adam and Eve to sin and we will not know about God's forgiveness and love. Even sin was allowed by God so that we may know of His character and in return we might appreciate His goodness and mercy as we appreciate light because of darkness.

That God is sovereign over the spirit beings is very evident in the Scriptures. In the book of Job we will read that Satan and the evil spirits went before God and asked for His permission to test Job (Job 1:6-12). Everything that transpired in Job's life, from the death of his sons and daughters to his sickness and to the restoration of his wealth and health, they were all by God's permission. Satan cannot simply do whatever he wants. How much more his demons?

Over the good angels, there is no question that they just do whatever God permits them to do. Like Satan, they are not independent beings who can do  whatever they please. They are doing only what God has commanded them such as in the case of angel Gabriel who announced to Mary the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, or in the case of the angel of death who killed only the firstborn of the Egyptians and spared the firstborn of the Israelites as per God's instruction, or the angels who are sent to take care of the elect (Psalm 91:11) and the angels who are tasked to guard the innocent children (Matthew 18:10). Good angels' primary duty is to worship and serve God and they are ones who will gather the elect 'from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.' (Mark 13:27) before the Great White Judgment.