The God of Popular Christianity
by Milburn Cockerell from The Master of the World Yours, O
Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory
and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the
earth. Yours is the dominion, O Lord,
and you exalt yourself as head over all. Both riches and honor
come from you, and you rule over all. and in your hand is power
and might 1st Chronicles chapter 29 verse 11 and 12 in these days
of man-centered religion verses like these have been ignored
the pulpits of our land preach a defeated God a disappointed
Christ and a defenseless Holy Spirit man has been deified and
God dethroned God has been relegated to the background The God most
people believe in has benevolent intentions, yet is unable to
carry them out. He wants to bless men, but they
will not let him. The average churchgoer thinks
Satan has gained the upper hand, and that God is to be pitied
rather than worshipped. The God of popular Christianity
has a weak smile and a halo. To suppose in the slightest that
God has failed or that he has been defeated is the height of
foolishness and the depth of impiety. The religious world
needs to get God off the charity list. The Bible knows nothing
of a defeated, disappointed, and defenseless God. the God
of the Bible is the Almighty God Genesis chapter 17 verse
1 who has all power in heaven and on earth Matthew chapter
28 verse 18 with him nothing is impossible Luke chapter 1
verse 37 or too hard Jeremiah chapter 32 verse 17 His eternal purpose is being
worked out. Everything is going according
to His plan and all things are under His control. The God of
the Bible is the supreme being in the universe. He is the most
high. higher than the highest he has
no superiors and no equals God is God he does as he pleases
only as he pleases always as he pleases he is in one mind
and who can turn him what his soul desires even that he does
Job chapter 23 verse 13 agreeing with this is Psalm 115
verse 3 but our God is in the heavens he has done whatever
he has pleased as the master of the world he declares my counsel
shall stand and I will do all my pleasure Isaiah chapter 46
verse 10 God is the supreme being and the sovereign of the universe.
He exercises His power as He wills, when He wills, where He
wills. All the inhabitants of the earth
are accounted as nothing, but He does according to His will
in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth. No
one can ward off his hand or say to him, what have you done?
Daniel chapter 4 verse 35. God governs all his creatures
and their actions. The events that take place on
earth do not take place by chance or fate or luck. The so-called
accidents are not even incidents with the master of the world.
He numbered the hairs of our head and noted the sparrow's
fall in eternity past by his determinate counsel and foreknowledge. Acts chapter 2 verse 23. The
master of the world set the bounds of our habitation on earth. The
number of our months is with him and our days are appointed. God is holding the helm of the
universe and regulating all events the master of the world works
all things after the counsel of his own will Ephesians chapter
1 verse 11 it is God's eternal right to do all his pleasure
he is not accountable to any of his creatures Job chapter
33 verse 13 declares he gives no account of any of his matters
God controls all things or nothing. He must either rule or be ruled. He must either sway or be swayed. He must either accomplish his
will or be thwarted by his creatures. He is not obligated to leave
the affairs of this world to be governed by accident, chance,
or the will of sinful men. If we admit that God absolutely
governs all things according to the counsel of His own will,
then we admit that He has determined what shall and what shall not
transpire in time and eternity. To deny His universal control
of all things is to deny His eternal power and Godhead. If He has the power and wisdom
to determine all events, then he can cause all things to work
together for good to those who love him. Romans chapter 8 verse
28