Join me on Gabriel’s Gospel Grace as we discuss Sovereignty of God. So many blame God for horrible evil without realizing He is not actively in control of everything. They often look to the book of Job to reinforce this view of God. Let’s look at what the Bible says about that and see if God really is in control.
Many interpret Paul’s reference to the potter and the clay saying the clay does not have power over the potter to mean God is in control and arbitrarily decides everything which happens in the affairs of men. Yet when we look at the account of the potter and clay God showed the prophet Jeremiah, we see God explicitly gives us an entirely different interpretation of that analogy.
Some interpret Paul’s reference to hardening Pharaoh’s heart as evidence that God is in control of what happens here on earth. Yet when we look back to the account in Exodus with an eye to see, we find a pattern of progression entirely inconsistent with God arbitrarily deciding in advance to harden Pharaoh’s heart.
What did Paul mean when he said God loved Jacob but hated Esau? Many interpret that to mean God is in control and arbitrarily decides whom He will bless and from whom He will withhold His blessing. But when we look deeper into the scriptures we see Paul was getting at something entirely different from that interpretation.
The misguided sovereignty of God belief where God is in control of everything that happens on earth destroys faith and makes today’s church ineffective.
