The Special Grace Found in God's Sovereignty
The sovereignty of God is one of the most profound mysteries we will ever encounter in the life of faith. That God reigns over all things, even the evil and deadly things, troubles every armchair theologian, as well as many serious scholars. You've wrestled with it as well. If you've ever wondered why evil exists if God is all good, you're actually asking about His sovereignty. If you wonder why bad things happen to good people, you've wrestled with His sovereignty. If you wonder how God can elect some to salvation and demand people respond in repentance for their sins, you've wrestled with His sovereignty. And yet Biblical writers have absolutely no problem talking about God's sovereignty over the affairs of the world - even the affairs that trouble us. Consider the agent of God's judgment against Israel, the nation of Assyria. They decimated Syria and stood poised to bring trouble upon the Northern kingdom of Israel. Here's how Isaiah describes that n...