Friday, January 4, 2008

YOU ARE GOD ALONE

I have been pondering God's Sovereignty and the implications of proper understanding. I believe Scripture clearly teaches us that God requires us to approach Him with proper understanding of His Sovereignty. I think to understand, we must understand and recognize our self-centeredness in Worship. Today, there is much distorted "gospel" being taught related to such things as self discovery, self nurturing, resolving your personal problems and strife. Being taught our needs are as important as others' needs. Self- improvement. So much humanism being taught, man-centered theologies. Christianity today is being viewed through self-concern.

God's Sovereignty oversaw creation.
God's Sovereignty ordains and oversees the government of the universe.
God's Sovereignty has provided all life with beauty and freedom.
God's Sovereignty is beyond what man can comprehend and expect.
God will not respect our self-centered cries and complaints, just as He did not tolerate Job's.
God must allow us to see, so we can understand.
God is to be worshipped as the sovereign and awesome Lord of creation.
God cannot be judged by man's limited view point.
God is the measure of all things, not man.
God's nature must not be distorted based on man's suffering and the evidence of evil.
God's goodness should not be obscured due to real evil.
Sustained only by God's faith can a man bear anything and find life as joyous and secure in the knowledge of God and the truth of His Word.

Isaiah 46:9 9"Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me,

For Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You.