Sovereignty of God

The Lordship of God, the Godness of God

1. Control - Everything happens according to His plan and intention. Nothing can stop the Lord from fulfilling his promise. 
2. Authority - All His commands ought to be obeyed.
3. Presence - We encounter Gid’s control and authority in all our experience; omnipresent. 

King Cyrus, anointed by God, his right hand empowered by Gid Himself. 

3 Things God would do for Cyrus

1. Level the mountains 

2. Open the gates 

3. Gifts of treasures

V3-7

That you may know that I, the Lord, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel. For Jacob My servant’s sake, And Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name; I have named you, though you have not known Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me, That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting That there is none besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other; I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.’

Ezra 1: 

King Cyrus announced that he would build the temple in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 45:1-13

““Thus says the Lord to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held— To subdue nations before him And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut: ‘I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of secret places, That you may know that I, the Lord, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel. For Jacob My servant’s sake, And Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name; I have named you, though you have not known Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me, That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting That there is none besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other; I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.’ “Rain down, you heavens, from above, And let the skies pour down righteousness; Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation, And let righteousness spring up together. I, the Lord, have created it. “Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’? Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ” Thus says the Lord, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: “Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons; And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me. I have made the earth, And created man on it. I—My hands—stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded. I have raised him up in righteousness, And I will direct all his ways; He shall build My city And let My exiles go free, Not for price nor reward,” Says the Lord of hosts.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭45‬:‭1‬-‭13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/114/isa.45.1-13.NKJV

The Great God

The Great God

Pr Jennifer Tsen

Isaiah 41:21-29

““Present your case,” says the Lord. “Bring forth your strong reasons,” says the King of Jacob. “Let them bring forth and show us what will happen; Let them show the former things, what they were, That we may consider them, And know the latter end of them; Or declare to us things to come. Show the things that are to come hereafter, That we may know that you are gods; Yes, do good or do evil, That we may be dismayed and see it together. Indeed you are nothing, And your work is nothing; He who chooses you is an abomination. “I have raised up one from the north, And he shall come; From the rising of the sun he shall call on My name; And he shall come against princes as though mortar, As the potter treads clay. Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know? And former times, that we may say, ‘He is righteous’? Surely there is no one who shows, Surely there is no one who declares, Surely there is no one who hears your words. The first time I said to Zion, ‘Look, there they are!’ And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings. For I looked, and there was no man; I looked among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word. Indeed they are all worthless; Their works are nothing; Their molded images are wind and confusion.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭41‬:‭21‬-‭29‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/114/isa.41.21-29.NKJV

Foreknowledge (Prognosis)

1 Corinthians 2:9

“But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.””

‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭2‬:‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/114/1co.2.9.NKJV

Joseph

Daniel

Proverbs 15:33

“The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom, And before honor is humility.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭15‬:‭33‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/114/pro.15.33.NKJV

Peter was released from prison

Psalm 115:4-10

“Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see; They have ears, but they do not hear; Noses they have, but they do not smell; They have hands, but they do not handle; Feet they have, but they do not walk; Nor do they mutter through their throat. Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them. O Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭115‬:‭4‬-‭10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.115.4-10.NKJV

Ancient Vs Modern Idols

• Work
• Success
• Handphone
• Image
• Materialism / Consumerism
• Sex
• Money

God responds to the challenge

God pronounces judgement on idol