Sovereignty of God

I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, 14 to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.1

1 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), .

Dictionary of Theological Terms Definition of Sovereignty

The Bible presents to us the God who reigns, who is in control, and who is not bounded or limited by the dictates of His creatures, or by the circumstances of time. “Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did He in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and in all deep places” (Ps. 135:6). This perfect freedom is the essential element in God’s sovereignty. His will is supreme and unfettered. “I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, my counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.… I have purposed it, I will also do it” (Isa. 46:9–11).

Alan Cairns, Dictionary of Theological Terms (Belfast; Greenville, SC: Ambassador Emerald International, 2002), 428–429.

God is Sovereign over the weather

English Standard Version Psalm 135

6  Whatever the LORD pleases, he does,

in heaven and on earth,

in the seas and all deeps.

7  He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,

who makes lightnings for the rain

and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

English Standard Version Chapter 10

13  When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,

and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain,

and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

English Standard Version Psalm 135

7  He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,

who makes lightnings for the rain

and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

English Standard Version Chapter 10

10 Ask rain from the LORD

in the season of the spring rain,

from the LORD who makes the storm clouds,

and he will give them showers of rain,

to everyone the vegetation in the field.

English Standard Version Chapter 8

25 He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?”

26  Behold, God is great, and we know him not;

the number of his years is unsearchable.

27  For he draws up the drops of water;

they distill his mist in rain,

28  which the skies pour down

and drop on mankind abundantly.

29  Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds,

the thunderings of his pavilion?

30  Behold, he scatters his lightning about him

and covers the roots of the sea.

31  For by these he judges peoples;

he gives food in abundance.

32  He covers his hands with the lightning

and commands it to strike the mark.

33  Its crashing declares his presence;

the cattle also declare that he rises.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), .