OVERRULING GOD
Thursday, November 01, 2018
Philemon 1:3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ. [“Lord Jesus Christ” is 85 times in 82 verses in
Scripture (KJV).]
The word I used
yesterday, “prohibition”, is confusing to some so today I’m using “overruling”.
Is it possible
for us to overrule God’s sovereign will? Exercising the free will He endowed us
with, yes we can. We do. Adam and Eve did so. We’ve been doing so ever since.
Understanding why the Father gave us free will
may only begin to be understood as a parent; a matter of love it is.
Only one person
never ever overruled God the Father’s will. Lord Jesus Christ. Though Lord
Jesus Christ, man who hungered and thirsted in all ways as we do, He by no
means or on any account did so. Jesus explained “I can do nothing on my own. As
I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but
the will of him who sent me.” (ESV Jn. 5:30) From the Epistle to the Hebrews we
learn “Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by
the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active,
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of
spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of
the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and
exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Since then we have a
great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God,
let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable
to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been
tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to
the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time
of need.” (ESV Heb.4:11-16)
Knowing the truth
about our inclination to overrule God and accepting it unto maturation will
please God as an act of reasonable service in worshipping Him. (Rom.12:1-30
EBB4
From
Strong’s for the diggers:
“Lord”
G2962 κύριος; kurios;
koo'-ree-os From κῦρος kuros (supremacy);
supreme in authority, that is, (as noun) controller; by
implication Mr. (as a respectful title): - God, Lord, master, Sir.
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