Why the Sovereignty of God Is Good News

Ask Pastor John
Episode: 1457

[biruksewe]

Dear Tonny, thank you so much for bring to us very important messages of one and only John Piper ❤️.
Great love for dear pastor John Piper from Norway 🇳🇴

[justusalmondwilliams]

There is but one will of God and it happens every single time. If our King made David lie down in green pastures, who are we to think we will be treated any differently? I cannot fathom why this concept is so difficult to get through to people. If all our steps have been ordered, as they all have, is it not then futile to ever consider that another vessel has harmed us? Is it not also pointless to ever regret a thing we’ve ever done? Accepting the Sovereignty of our Creator also makes all anxiety completely irrational. If our steps have been ordered, what in the world do we have to fear but ourselves?

The true lesson to be learned from Job is that we are only to voice complaints to the Almighty. He spoke plenty of unwholesome words, they just weren’t mentioned in earshot of another human. Humans are evil, but we must, we must choose to see our Creator in everyone. When we choose to do this, when we see it is our Father working for his good pleasure through others, it becomes impossible to be offended. This is another reason why God’s sovereignty must be understood. He’s sovereign, not good. His Spirit is the good, our Spirits are the bad. Thoroughly embracing this eliminates all depression and anxiety from our lives in theory. Even if you are on the fence about this, I recommend adopting the mindset anyway.

[maxaplin]

Good message. We live in a meticulously ordained universe, where God's sovereignty means that in a very real sense everything that happens comes from God's hand, including the crucifixion of Jesus.
But this doesn't mean that we should deny that genuine free will of human beings exists. God uses acts of genuine free will as building blocks to form His meticulously ordained universe.

[CowboyFantastic]

Good news is needed for the sovereign of England ... because someday she’ll meet The Sovereign of the Universe. She’ll quickly see how sovereign she ain’t. Matthew 23:12

[jamieunderwood]

How do I know I'm chosen by God? How can I be saved? Should I even care about being saved if I know it's highly unlikely that God has chosen me? I'm just so confused.

[williamcopeland]

Lord.. protect pastor john from the shimei spirit that seems to follow his posts.. amen and keep your servants of abishai of the sons of zeruiah from trying to defend him.. amen and amen

[tolivich]

Is eating blood sausage sin or blood pudding ... I have noticed that in acts we are commanded not to eat food given to the idols, blood, and meat from strangled animals, and sexual immorality.
Could you please give us wisdom on the instructions for food, because in out traditional food we do have blood pudding.

[lindacianchetti]

Why do we listen to pastors, and not God?