Psalm 104:31-34

“Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth” (Rev. 19:12).

Although the sovereignty of God is universal and absolute, it is not the sovereignty of blind power. It is coupled with infinite wisdom, holiness, and love. And this doctrine, when properly understood, is a most comforting and reassuring one. Who would not prefer to have his affairs in the hands of a God of infinite power, wisdom, holiness and love, rather than to have them left to fate, or chance, or irrevocable natural law, or to short-sighted and perverted self? Those who reject God's sovereignty should consider what alternatives they have left. Loraine Boettner (1901-1990)

Who is Your God?

Concerning the character of God, what gross mistakes men make! I believe it is a mistake about the person of God Himself which is at the root and foundation of all the mistakes in theology. My conviction is that the free-will theology of today makes God to be less than He is. The professors of that system have come to receive its doctrines because they have no clear understanding of the omnipotence, the immutability, or the sovereignty of God.

God has an absolute RIGHT to do what He will, with whom He will, when He will. He has the POWER also to accomplish His will and the RANSOM which enables Him to be true to His character in the carrying out of that will. When Almighty God comes to the soul of a man in grace, none can stay His hand. The enemy’s power is broken and the sinner is made willing. Satan cannot stay the conquering hand of Jehovah and the sinner wants to be conquered.

When one truly sees the holiness, mercy, righteousness, grace, justice, and love of God in Christ, rising like a mighty sun, it cannot but put an end to the darkness of will-worship and modern fundamentalism. What will your God do? How will your God do what He does? TELL ME WHO HE IS!

If your God is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient and dwells in the heavens, He will do what He pleases. If He is any less than this, then He must wait to see what you will do. But the subdued king in Daniel 4:35 declared, “He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand or say unto Him, what doest thou?”

Pastor Henry T. Mahan (bulletin 1988)

God’s People Are Blessed Above All People

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance (Psalm 89:15).

This Psalm declares in such a plain and powerful way all the covenant promises made with the Lord Jesus Christ that are eternal and certain. Many commentators of scripture have called this Psalm, "The glorious covenant Psalm" and truly it is. We read about covenant mercies, covenant faithfulness of the Surety, the covenant God Who rules overall and the promise to the covenant seed being established forever in Christ Jesus (Psa. 89:4, 29, 36). He is a covenant God, therefore His covenant people must be blessed (Eph. 1:3). God gives us this glorious description of His people in verses 15, 16, 17, 18 of this Psalm.

1). They know “the joyful sound of the gospel” (ver. 15). The sheep of Christ know the effectual voice of the Great Shepherd and they delight to follow Him (John 10:27-30). It is the sound of victory over sin through His blood. It is the sound of love, peace and pardon in and through Christ Jesus (Eph. 1:6).

2). “They shall walk in the light of His countenance” (ver. 15). Their darkened heart has been illuminated through the preaching of the gospel and the quickening of the Holy Spirit to see the beauty, glory and necessity of their great Redeemer and King (2 Cor. 4:6).

3). “They shall rejoice in His name all the day” (ver. 16). Believers have every reason to rejoice in Christ alone and have no confidence in the flesh (Phil. 3:3). They have been redeemed, justified and exalted in His name (Acts 4:12).

4).They shall be exalted in His righteousness (ver. 16). The perfect righteousness that Jesus Christ worked out for His elect has been freely, eternally and fully imputed to them that believe (Rom. 4:6). Christ Jesus is the Lord our Righteousness (Jer. 23:5; Phil. 3:7-9).

5). The Lord Jesus Christ is “our glory and strength” (ver. 17). Without Him we can do nothing and know nothing (John 15:5). Any spiritual strength or spiritual knowledge that we enjoy and experience must be because of His grace worked within us (Phil. 1:6; 4:13; Col. 1:27).