The
Sovereignty of God
Un-tempered Sovereignty
1 Samuel 14:24
24 And the men
of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying,
Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may
be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
With regret,
un-tempered sovereignty becomes abusive in the hands of sinful man as
demonstrated in the passage selected.
Thank God, that all His sovereignty will always be used in the light of
His holiness, His love, and all other attributes of God. In 1 Samuel, believers are provided an
example of how God would never use his sovereignty. We will in the next few devotions engage this
passage for understanding of how God uses the grand sword of
sovereignty.
Sadly, sinful men
often, brandish God’s sovereignty like a battle sword completely un-tempered by
the other attributes of God which is definitely not God’s will. No man should use God’s sovereignty as though
they have an exclusive understanding of the mind of God. This is dangerous.
Romans 11:33–36
33 O the depth
of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how heunsearchable
are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 34 For who
hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counseller?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto
him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all
things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
The context of the
passage above is clearly the redemption of Israel in the light of the Gentiles
acceptance in the gospel. It is hard to
image the grafting in of the Gentile, but this is God’s doing, and no one can stay his hand in this matter or
completely understand His mind in order to instruct him in any way.
The first principle
in dealing with the sovereignty of God is that it is always tempered by all His
attributes as God. Improper teaching or
abuse of God’s sovereignty is men teach God’s sovereignty apart from Him
being God. They begin to teach it almost
as though God resembles them.
The believer will
always err on a moderate position of God’s sovereignty because of God’s
attributes tempering each and every attribute.
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