Quotes About Divine

The first is that God is infinite in His ways as well as His being.

The relationship of the sovereign will of God to the freedom and moral responsibility of people is one of those mysteries.

I believe one of our problems in dealing with this subject is that we tend to view the interaction between God and man on the same level as the interaction between man and man.

The sovereignty of God is asserted, either expressly or implicitly, on almost every page of the Bible.

The second truth we must keep in mind is that God is never the author of sin.

It is frequently asserted in the Scriptures that God uses the sinful actions of men to accomplish His purposes

it is the ability of God to so arrange diverse human actions to fulfill His purpose that makes His sovereignty marvelous and yet mysterious.

God is perfectly holy, then we can be confident that His actions toward us are always perfect and just.

uses to carry out His purpose. This truth is taught in such passages as Isaiah 10:5-16 (we will look at this passage in another chapter).

no plan of God's can be thwarted. God does as He pleases, and only as He pleases, and no one can frustrate His plans or hinder His purposes.

The Bible teaches both the sovereignty of God and the free moral choices of men with equal emphasis.

But in the light of Scripture, it is decisive that this creaturely freedom poses no threat or limitation to the sovereign and almighty Divine enterprise….

There is no authority except that which God has established.

Deuteronomy 29:29, "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.

He will direct it according to His sovereign purpose for His glory and our good.

God has no "if onlys." God never makes a mistake; God has no regrets. "As for God, his way is perfect" (Psalm 18:30). We can trust God. He is trustworthy.

God owes me no explanation. He has the right to do what He wants, when He wants, and how He wants. Why? Because He's God. . .

God can and does work in the hearts and minds of rulers and officials of government to accomplish His sovereign purpose.

although we often do not understand God's ways, He is sovereignly at work in all of our circumstances.

Proverbs 16:9—"In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps"—

God recorded in His Word specific instances of His sovereign rule over history in order that we might trust Him in the affairs of history as they unfold before us today.

There is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God…. For [the ruler] is God's servant to do you good" (Romans 13:1,4).

God rules the world by Providence, not by miracle.

And we should remember that God works in history from an eternal perspective, whereas we tend to view the outworking of history from a temporal perspective.