The Majesty, Mystery, and Controversy of God’s Sovereignty
“I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD, who does all these things.” (Isaiah 45:7, ESV)
“I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD, who does all these things.” (Isaiah 45:7, ESV)
“And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.”
— Mark 13:26 (ESV)
“The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.”
John 17:22-23 (ESV)
“Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith.” — Hebrews 12:2a (ESV)
“And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, ‘How can the ark of the Lord come to me?'” – 2 Samuel 6:9b (ESV)
“One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.” – Psalm 27:4 (NIV)
“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” – John 1:29
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” – Luke 19:10
“Then he warned his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.” – Matthew 16:20
“The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” – Job 28:28 (NIV)
“As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.” – James 5:11
“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” – Romans 8:18
“For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake.”
– Philippians 1:29
“The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost.” – Revelation 22:17 (NASB)
“In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.” (Psalm 120:1)
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” – Colossians 3:16
“For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.” – Romans 8:7
“But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it, we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.” –
Philippians 3:20–21
“For I am with you to save you, declares the Lord;
I will destroy completely all the nations
among which I scatter you,
But I will not destroy you completely.
I will discipline you, but only in due measure;
I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”
– Jeremiah 30:11
“Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way. Only fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.”
(1 Samuel 12:23–24)
“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.” – 2 Peter 3:18 (ESV)
“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 31:31-32 (NASB)
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
– Proverbs 3:5-6
“Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?’”
– Ezekiel 33:11
“For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.” (2 Corinthians 11:2 NASB)
“Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” – Matthew 11:11