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Main Point: God will.
We cannot stand firm in what we have not once stood weak in.
If God is in control, why does He allow us to do evil?
Freedom + no control = chaos
Freedom + sovereignty = hope
Freedom is not the absence of sovereignty, it’s the presence of gracious sovereignty.
Humans left to their own free decisions tend to destroy things.
We do good, we do bad.
That’s what freedom leads to either good decisions or bad decisions.
But, when a sovereign God invades a free world, He can either control everything, control nothing, or work within the world.
What a sovereign God decides to do does not alter His sovereignty.
If He chooses to act, He is sovereign.
If He chooses not to act, He is sovereign.
But, what causes Him to act or not act?
That’s the question.
We have an unstoppable God with an unstoppable plan using an unstoppable Church.
The plan is the bridge between the unstoppable God and the unstoppable Church.
The boss of a company can have complete control yet work with imperfect employees.
The boss can allow the people to make mistakes as long as it does not stop the business from moving forward.
If the threat to stopping the business arrives, the boss will ensure the business moves forward.
Sovereignty is not about what He does or doesn’t do but instead what He can do now or will do later.
If you are suffering today, you can believe God can do something right now, or God will do something later.
Paul is a man who is suffering from the religious leaders and the political leaders.
Yet, God’s plan is for Paul to go to Rome.
So, God makes a way.
What it meant to them:
God acted through a young nephew.
God worked through a Roman leader.
God worked it out.
What it means to us:
God can work things out.
God is sovereign.
God will work things out.
God has acted through His Son to work things out.
When things don’t look like they will work out, remember God will.
Freedom is not the absence of sovereignty, it’s the presence of gracious sovereignty.
God gifts us freedom, but does not leave us to ruin.
That’s why He sent His Son.
Every plan, every work of God points to Jesus of Nazareth.
For Paul, God isn’t orchestrating his blissful retirement or peaceful vacation.
God is orchestrating a plan to get Paul to Rome to preach the gospel.
God is not working in our chaos to accomplish our plans.
He is working in the midst of chaos to accomplish his plans.
If we are always looking for a God to bring our chaos under control so that we can further our plans, we have falsely identified ourselves as gods.
If we are seeking the God to bring chaos under control so that He can further His plans and secure our goodness, we have met our savior.
That’s the beauty of the gospel: what we think saves us in this chaos is what is killing us, yet in chaos we killed the one who saves.
Main Point: God will.
Gospel Response:
We’ve talked much about what God is doing in your life and what plans are ahead of you.
But, when you see clearly what God has for you, we can expect others to want to try and stop what God is doing in and through you.
When we are being attacked, we must remember that God can and will see His unstoppable plan come to completion.
Recommit to God’s plan.
Entrust a difficult situation to God.
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