Sovereignty of God

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The fact that God is free and able to do all that he wills; that he reigns over all creation and that his will is the final cause of all things. This is often expressed in the language of kingship.

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God is free to do all he wills

Psalm 135:6 NKJV
Whatever the Lord pleases He does, In heaven and in earth, In the seas and in all deep places.
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God is able to do whatever he wills

Gabriel speaking to Mary.
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God cannot be successfully opposed

From Job’s prayer of submission and repentance.
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God rules and reigns

He is King

Psalm 29:10 NKJV
The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, And the Lord sits as King forever.
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He is Lord of heaven and earth

Deuteronomy 4:39 NKJV
Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that the Lord Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
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His throne is a symbol of his sovereignty

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God’s sovereignty extends over all things

He is sovereign over creation

Revelation 4:11 NKJV
“You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.”
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He is sovereign over human life

Part of David’s prayer on the occasion of gifts being brought to the temple.
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He is sovereign over the minutest details of life

Matthew 10:29–30 NKJV
Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

He is sovereign in electing his people

Ephesians 1:11 NKJV
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
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He is sovereign in the life and salvation of his people

1 Corinthians 1:30 NKJV
But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—
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He is sovereign over the sufferings of believers

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He is sovereign over world history

Proverbs 21:1 NKJV
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.
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God is sovereign over all other gods and over demonic forces

God is supreme over all gods

“gods” are part of the created order and subject to God’s sovereignty.
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Satan is defeated through God’s sovereign purposes at work in Jesus Christ

Colossians 2:15 NKJV
Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
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