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The Sovereignty Of God
We believe in the Sovereignty of God because the holy scriptures clearly declare ‘the Lord reigns’. Sovereignty is the right of absolute dominion. Our God has the absolute right to order and arrange all things according to His own good will and pleasure. He may do what He wills with what is His own and has the right to deal with His creatures as seems good in His sight.
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The Sovereignty Of God
It is well, in a subject of such importance as this, to first of all define our terms. The word sovereignty suggests to the mind the thought of law and government, and in our day what is of greater importance than right government? But—divine sovereignty! What a stupendous theme! It brings us necessarily to consider the divine character. The Westminster Confession of Faith, drawn up by eminently godly men in 1647, says: “There is but one only living and true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, invisible, without body, parts, or passion, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, most wise, most holy, most free, most absolute, working all things according to the counsel of His most righteous will, most gracious, merciful and longsuffering.”…
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The Everlasting Dominion
Passing through our Borough to see the decorations last Tuesday (June 22nd), my eye caught these words, "His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom." I stood for a moment rivetted, and my heart began to throb at the precious truth underlying these grand words. My prayer was, God grant that the people who put up the banner know something experimentally of the words it was telling out at this time of jubilation.
Further Study
The Life And Ministry Of O. H. Cudmore
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Three Facts About God’s Purpose
FOR A COMPLETE ORDER OF WORSHIP, INCLUDING BIBLE READING, HYMNS AND SERMON...
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The Lord’s Way In The Sea
This was a discovery experimentally made and feelingly expressed by David in a time of great trouble. This trouble was very complicated. We learn from the second verse of the Psalm it was bodily and painful; from the fourth, that it was accompanied by sleepless nights; from the third, that it was soul trouble, and overwhelmed his spirit; and from other verses, that it brought him to the border of despair, and led him to ask, "Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will He be favourable no more?" and other similar questions. By-and-bye he further discovered that making such petulant inquiries was an infirmity of his, and he found his mind drawn from such doleful repinings to a contemplation of God's sovereignty, in…
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God Moves In A Mysterious Way
The Apostle Paul instructed the believers at Colosse to teach and admonish one another in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. That is what I hope to do by explaining the meaning of this hymn, against the backdrop of the Framework of Sovereign Grace.
