Free Will or Sovereign God? Part 1

Scripture is clear:  God sovereignly reigns over His creation.  From Genesis to Revelation, never is God shown to be insignificant or replaceable.  He is King, Ruler, God.  He is Creator, Father, Owner.  

Psalm 89:11 says, "The heavens are Thine, the earth also is Thine;  The world and all it contains, Thou hast founded them."  

In Job 38-41, God Himself makes clear that He fills and directs every bit of life on earth thru His mighty power and perfect wisdom.  He's just warming up when He says, "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.  Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?  

“Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb, when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band, and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors, and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed’? 

“Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?  It is changed like clay under the seal, and its features stand out like a garment. From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken.  

“Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep? Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this.  

“Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness, that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home? You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war? What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?

“Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain and a way for the thunderbolt, to bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man, to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with grass?

“Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew? From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the frost of heaven? The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion? Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children? Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?"

Jesus told us in Matthew 10:29-30, "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered."

In Acts 17, Paul preaches in Athens, saying, "The God who made the world and all things in it, ...He is Lord of heaven and earth.  ...He Himself gives to all life and breath and all things.  ...He made from one, every nation of mankind..., having determined their appointed times, and the boundaries of their habitation, that they should seek God... though He is not far from each one of us, for in Him we live and move and have our being."

In Romans (8:28-30), we are taught that, "God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.  For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His son...; and whom He predestined, He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified."

I could bring up examples from every book of the Bible, many, many more than I've listed here.  From His sovereignty displayed at Creation to His sovereign judgment at His final revelation, there is no possible way to deny His Lordship over all He has made.