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Summer at ALC - Is God In Control?

SPEAKER: Pastor Charlie Riley
July 20, 2024

Is God In Control?
July 20, 2024

Is God In Control of Everything?

Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
John 12:31

I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.
John 14:30

But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4

Jesus Said – Ruler of This World
Jesus Said – Ruler of This World
Paul Said – God of this Age

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Genesis 1:26

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s;
But the earth He has given to the children of men.
Psalms 115:16

What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit him?
For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
(Heb. Elohim, God; LXX, Syr., Tg., Jewish tradition angels)
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
Psalms 8:4-5

You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen— Even the beasts of the field, The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas
Psalms 8:6-8

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
Genesis 3:1-3

Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:4-6

Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
Romans 6:16

And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.
Luke 4:6

Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
John 12:31

Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
Colossians 2:15

You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
John 8:44

He has delivered us (Saints) from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1:13-14

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9

Is It God’s Will To Save Everybody?
Why Doesn’t He Just Save Everyone?

Answer: He Can’t, Not Without Man’s Participation

Number 1
Permission Before Participation

Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
Luke 1:38

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, “Cornelius!”
Acts 10:1-3

And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said, “What is it, lord?”
So he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God. Now send men to Joppa, and send for Simon whose surname is Peter. He is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea. He will tell you what you must do.”
Acts 10:4-6

Number 2
Prayer Is Your Invitation For God’s Involvement
God Must Be Invited In

Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this manner, therefore, pray:
Matthew 6:8-9

We Put God In Control When We
When We Pray
When We Yield To The Holy Spirit and God’s Word
When We Obey In Heart, Thoughts and Actions

Pray
Yield
Obey