Bruce Milne in his book,'Heaven and Hell', writes of the reality of God's purpose and that everything is actually moving towards the final fulfillment of God's purpose, nothing conceivable can stand in its way'. It is impossible, for God is sovereign,He rules over all the affairs of man,in a very real sense man controls zero,after all, we are all going to die.God has not resigned from His sovereignty, He is not just a spectator.Now it raises many questions,that we may not be able to answer,for after all we are talking about God.In Romans11 v 33, we read,'Oh, how great are God's riches and wisdom and knowledge!How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways'.Following on this, consider Isaiah 55 v 8- 9, '' My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts'', says the Lord. And my ways are beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts''.Sovereignty does not rule out our responsibility, or our accountability .The fact is there are so things we have no control over, birth, death, my way in life ,John Ryland wrote,'All my times shall ever be,ordered by His wise decree'. We look at the world we live in,wars ,and more wars,disasters etc,things seem out of control,not so,our sovereign God rules and overrules. As Bruce Milne wrote,'everything is actually moving towards the final fulfillment of God's purpose ,nothing can conceivable stand in its way'.
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