The great king Nebuchadnezzar said, "When my understanding returned unto me, I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and. none can stay his hand; or say unto him, What doest thou?" (Daniel 4:34,35). "What his soul desireth, even that he doeth" (Job 23:13).
It does not surprise me that the so-called infidels and atheists should despise and oppose the doctrine of God's absolute and universal sovereignty, but when I see men and women who claim to believe and receive God's Word so vehemently hate, deny and oppose this grand doctrine, a teaching which is of the very essence of Godhood, I find it to be both monstrous and blasphemous. Yet the majority of churchgoers in our generation fall into this category. They have a god who is no God at all! Their puny god is like a water faucet which they turn on and off at their pleasure. But it is a truth to be known and declared, that there is no true worship except at the throne of His Sovereign Majesty, the exalted, reigning Christ of God.
One man said, "The whole tendency of irreligion and of false worship is, by degrees, to bring the minds of men to regard one thing after another as without or beyond the control of the Almighty. Idolaters ascribe the phenomena of rain and lightening and storms to their false gods. The impiety of countries nominally Christian ascribes the same effects to natural causes." It seems that men will go to any means to escape the inescapable truth of the sovereignty of God!
Another man says, and truly so, "Any just estimate of the love and grace of God is vastly heightened by the fact . that He is infinitely great, and that His condescension is unspeakable. Nor is it possible for us to maintain in purity, either the doctrines or worship of God, if we lose sight of His unsearchable greatness. If men have low conceptions of the glorious nature of God, any semblance of piety they may manifest is deceptive. I repeat, true worship is only found before Him who sits upon His throne of grace!
Another man says, "The gospe has lost none of its ancient power. It is, as much today as when it was first preached, the power of God unto salvation." It needs no pity, no help, and no handmaid. It can overcome all obstacles, and break down all barriers. No human device need be tried to prepare the sinner to receive it, for if God has sent it, no power can hinder it; and if He has not sent it, no power can make it effectual."