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Feb 2, 2020

Scripture Reading: 1 Chronicles 29:11

Sovereignty

the notion that God is King over His creation and that, as King, He has the right to rule over it.

Providence

the outworking of God's sovereignty, by which He sustains His creation and orders the events of history and of our lives to bring about His intended purposes.

Extent of God's Sovereignty

. . . physical creation - Psa 104:14; Nah 1:3-5; Mt 6:30; Mk 5:45; 8:35-41; Acts 14:17

. . . animal world -  Psa 104:21,28; Mt 6:26; 10:29; Acts 17:25

. . . nations - Psa 22:28; Dan 2:21; 4:25,32;    Isa 5:26-30; Acts 17:26; Rom 13:1

. . . individuals (including birth, death, suffering, salvation) - Deut 32:39;

1 Sam 2:6,7; Prov 16:9; Psa 139:16; Ecc 7:14;

Job 42:11; Rom 9:15,16; Eph 1:3-6

. . . will of people - Exod 12:36; Deut 11:25; Ezra 6:22; 7:27; Prov 21:1; Phil 2:13

. . . sinful acts of people (though God does not induce people to sin, He, nevertheless, has designed that their sinful acts bring about His ultimate purposes)  - Gen 50:20; Exod 14:4; Acts 2;22,23; 4:27,28; Rev 17:14-17

. . . general statement about God's sovereignty extending to all things -

Rom 8:28; Eph 1:11