For Every Mountain - God Is Sovereign - Eph. 1:11

This is Namma for Christ with the seventy-seventh inspirational message dated Saturday, January 23rd, 2016. The title of this message is: "For Every Mountain - God Is Sovereign - Eph. 1:11". This message is based on the below scripture text from Ephesians as found in the New Testament  - where the writer, the Apostle Paul, informs the reader about the SOVEREIGNTY of GOD and how GOD "works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will" :

Ephesians 1:11

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11 In Him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will...

Sovereignty of God

The Sovereignty of God is the biblical teaching that all things are under God's rule and control, and that nothing happens without His direction or permission. God works not just some things but all things according to the counsel of His own will (see Eph. 1:11). His purposes are all-inclusive and never thwarted (see Isa. 46:11); nothing takes Him by surprise. The sovereignty of God is not merely that God has the power and right to govern all things, but that He does so, always and without exception. In other words, God is not merely sovereign de jure (in principle), but sovereign de facto (in practice).

Quotes

"What do we mean by [the sovereignty of God]? We mean the supremacy of God, the kingship of God, the god-hood of God. To say that God is Sovereign is to declare that God is God. To say that God is Sovereign is to declare that He is the Most High, doing according to His will in the army of Heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth, so that none can stay His hand or say unto Him what doest Thou? (Dan. 4:35). To say that God is Sovereign is to declare that He is the Almighty, the Possessor of all power in Heaven and earth, so that none can defeat His counsels, thwart His purpose, or resist His will (Psalm 115:3). To say that God is Sovereign is to declare that He is "The Governor among the nations" (Psalm 22:28), setting up kingdoms, overthrowing empires, and determining the course of dynasties as pleaseth Him best. To say that God is Sovereign is to declare that He is the "Only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords" (1 Tim. 6:15). Such is the God of the Bible." A. W. Pink, The Sovereignty of God, chapter 1.

 

God's sovereignty in salvation

God's sovereignty in salvation means that He saves whom He will, and those whom He saves owe nothing to anything in or of themselves. They are saved because God graciously chose them in eternity and regenerated and called them in history. They cannot even take credit for their faith because it is the gift that He Himself sovereignly bestows. (Ephesians 2: 8-10)

Ephesians 2:8-10

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⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast. ¹⁰ For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Sovereignty of God – Bible verses:

 

Romans 8:28

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²⁸ And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.

 

 

Isaiah 55:8-9

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⁸ “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord.
⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are My ways higher than your ways
    and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Ephesians 1:11

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¹¹ In Him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will…

Isaiah 46:11

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¹¹ From the east I summon a bird of prey;
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill My purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned, that I will do.

Jeremiah 32:17

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¹⁷ “Ah, Sovereign Lord, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for You.

2 Chronicles 20:6

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⁶ and said:

“Lord, the God of our ancestors, are You not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can withstand You.

 

Psalm 115:3

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³ Our God is in heaven;
    He does whatever pleases Him.

Psalm 22:27-28

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²⁷ All the ends of the earth
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before Him,
²⁸ for dominion belongs to the Lord
    and He rules over the nations.

 

 

Please enjoy the below song and video (with lyrics) of Kurt Carr and the Kurt Carr Singers’ beautiful song of “For Every Mountain” – sung with anointing and power:

 

(I do not own the rights to this song.)

BE BLESSED!