Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (Part 1 of 2) - 06/23/23

How does God’s sovereignty affect our duty to evangelize? What do we do when truths of the Bible seem to contradict each other? Listen to Truth For Life as Alistair Begg examines the balance between divine sovereignty and human responsibility.
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[@janebriffa6248]

Thank God for faithful servants of God that preach wholesome and sound doctrine.may God bless you

[@janebriffa6248]

Very good thank God for sound teaching and preaching .God bless you

[@alandhopewell]

Good Morning, all!

[@iamhis6584]

Good morning, Servants - I am so proud to be a servant of God. It's a wonderful, fulfilling feeling. Have a blessed weekend.

[@toddradfordjr.3669]

JEREMIAH 33:3 Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come. NLT Bible Good morning👋🏻📖☕, & Happy🙂Friday! Praying each of us here, listening along & learning from Pastors Begg & Lepine, are well, & may enjoy a Safe & Blessed Weekend in Christ Jesus our Lord❤️🙏🏻! 📖🙏🏻❤️🕯️✝️

[@bettyh3747]

❤

[@ThePlagueGameing]

The Mainer is checkin in!. Have a great weekend!. ❤

[@barbarabeavon2947]

Best preaching I have ever heard about the banquet that was set. People who were invited didn't come se the servant were sent out to gather people in by issuing an invite. Then the table was filled. Lovely

[@patriciavarga4084]

Thank you! My cousin, just last night, recommended JI Packer’s book.

[@mikemccormick9667]

Rejoice in the Lord! Every day , everyone , everywhere. 🙏🥰🙏

[@reform95]

Bless you brother my brother in Christ. We must stand together against false claims.

[@mikemccormick9667]

@@reform95 As long as there is breath in me sister you can count on me. 😊

[@ann-mariequigley2944]

Praise God🙏

[@mikemccormick9667]

@@ann-mariequigley2944 Amen sister! 🙏🥰🙏

[@wongsikiongwongsikiong4296]

For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

[@geraldreineke1348]

I am reformed but certainly agree with you I wrote tis jingle some years ago to illustrate the point ' God ordains the things that are and whatever still to be, how it is I do not know it's all a mystery, yet the will of man remains in what ever that may be, this in my opinion is a greater mystery'

[@teegee3691]

Good evening Saints ✝️💟👋

[@mikemccormick9667]

Enjoying your Saturday night getting ready for your trip? 😊

[@teegee3691]

@@mikemccormick9667Hello Mike😊 Thankfully, it was my Friday night so that gives me an extra day to make yet another list of what needs doing prior to my departure on the 2nd... How's your weekend shaping up?

[@mikemccormick9667]

For some reason I thought you said you were a day and 5 hours ahead. Now I see you're just 5 hours ahead. 🤔🤪 We have been deluged with some much needed rain so I have to wait to finish painting the partial porch decking I replaced. Been blessed with a desire to get in shape so I have been busy with that. You don't realize how weak your core is until you do some crunches! 😩 But each day it gets easier and I am working hard. Are you going with a group on your trip?

[@teegee3691]

@@mikemccormick9667 I think it is 16 or so hours difference - it's Saturday morning, 6.30am, here. We'll, that rain will slow your painting; you'll have to go with plan B😉 Fitness is such a blessing and when we're talking about human responsibility and God's sovereignty, I think it fits right in there. We don't know healthwise what the Lord will allow us to suffer but we have a responsibility for the bodies He's given us. Enjoy those crunches, squats etc👍😊 .....and the day's new rain soaked opportunities 😉

[@mikemccormick9667]

@@teegee3691 I just googled it and it said London time is 9:37 PM Friday June 23rd. Guess I have the wrong city? I am the same time zone as New York City.

[@ChildofGod98765]

I know life gets hard but God please continue to give me the strength to keep going because I want to give up. Jesus hear my prayers. Heavenly Father I know you don’t give us more than we can handle but why me? I’m confused because I’m loyal to you Lord. Since losing my job for declining the vaccine I’m constantly faced with financial hardships. I declined the vaccine because I have heart disease and lupus. I’m now waitressing due to mandates are still in effect at all hospitals. Jesus hear my cries. Struggling to support my children is so difficult on me especially because my sons are autistic. Struggling to buy groceries. Struggling to pay rent. Jesus I love you more than life. I’m keeping faith but I’m tired Lord. ❤ 0:07

[@staciehulm4595]

If you have the Holy Spirit, He won't let you give up.

[@ann-mariequigley2944]

I pray for God's Provision and Help and Comfort into your Life. In Jesus Name.🙏

[@thepreacher7930]

Nice message and it would be better to watch Rev Begg preach and not just a picture!

[@reform95]

Irregardless of who is the president, the prime minister, the country, king or queen of any land Jesus, Joshua in original Greek is our only true leader and the King upon the throne where are Eternal citizenship lies.

[@mikemccormick9667]

Amen!

[@residuejunkie4321]

Amen😊 *The Holy Spirit leads us into all truth, He does that by us obeying His commandment to "PROVE ALL THINGS'', not by mystically revealing secret truths. 99% of all believers totally ignore that commandment, and THAT'S why Jesus said many will stand at the Gate crying about how they had prophesied and cast out demons in His name only to hear Him say that He knows them not, because they did not do the will of the Father. He clearly told us that we would perish only from a lack of knowledge.* *Now with that said, I tell you that Amos **8:11** has been perfectly fulfilled right under our noses! That's where God said He would send us a famine for hearing His word in the last days. We all interpreted that prophecy to mean some evil group would take our bibles away from us, but that's not ever going to happen because God gave the AC power to change times and laws temporarily (Daniel 7:25) and he used that power to change history and scripture, along with laws of physics. Long story short, he made thousands of changes to every bible in the world!!! When hearing preachers or reading your bibles now, you're hearing or reading **_some_** of Satan's words mixed in UNAWARE! Unbelievable, but absolutely true and 👉100% documented!👈 I studied this thousands of hours by watching hundreds of videos our Brothers and Sisters are making when they find proof of what was written in the KJV 10 years ago +/-, which they refer to as "residue"... like my name. I studied my KJV since 1961 and memorized many verses out of it word for word, and I can draw a picture of my baby stroller. I made a playlist from this research and the films in it show lots of ''residue'' and point out all the end time prophecies which were actually about this phenomenon but were misinterpreted previously because we had no idea they could happen **_supernaturally!_** What's funny is how many "Christians" scoff at the idea when claiming to believe all the stories in their bibles that were just as incredible. SMH* If the spirit in you is the Holy One, here's how to prove if this is true so you can help warn our Brothers and Sisters, type in PROOF OF BIBLE CHANGE RESIDUE JUNKIE, and open up your King James. All other versions were destroyed too but Satan didn't have to make NEAR as many changes in them...go figure. And it doesn't matter HOW old a bible is either, the Dead Sea Scrolls were changed to match! So was every concordance, dictionary, encyclopedia and history book on Earth. Amos 8:11 is done, but if you hurry, you can STILL find God's word recorded in these films and others and in PDF's of written lists of documented changes like the one I show at the top of my playlist. (amos)(8)(.)(org)* *I welcome any replies but YT won't post my replies most of the time so write me at the address on my ABOUT page if you want.* *God bless you all!!!* ❤✝️💪

[@reform95]

Last year it was because of necessary eugenics. This year it is they are going to cut the lights. Your fear mongering and claims always begin with Amos 8 are false and films made by people will never replace God's holy word. Stop trying to direct everybody to your Channel so you can get money from advertisers. Films of people acting out what could happen. It is harassing is it threatening and it is bullying. David said Thy Word o'lord I have hidden in my heart. Stop threatening people.

[@mikemccormick9667]

I urge everyone who believes this nonsense to actually read your bible. Amos 8 is talking about the Israelites and their crooked ways at the time. It has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ANTICHRIST SUPERNATURALLY CHANGING OUR BIBLES. Following this lost individual will have you saying Lord, Lord, along with him and anyone else that believes his warped interpretation. Read the entire chapter. Not just a CHERRY PICKED verse that has Nothing to do with today. 🙏😊🙏 Amos 8 21st Century King James Version 8 Thus hath the Lord God shown unto me: And behold, a basket of summer fruit. 2 And He said, “Amos, what seest thou?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then said the Lord unto me: “The end is come upon My people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. 3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day,” saith the Lord God. “There shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.” 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 saying, “When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit, 6 that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes, yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?” 7 The Lord hath sworn for the pretensions of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget any of their works. 8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? And it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 9 And it shall come to pass in that day,” saith the Lord God, “that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day. 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. 11 “Behold, the days come,” saith the Lord God, “that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it. 13 “In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria and say, ‘Thy god, O Dan, liveth,’ and, ‘The manner of Beersheba liveth’ - even they shall fall and never rise up again.

[@reform95]

Stop threatening me.

[@reform95]

Stop threatening all of the good folks listening to the wise words that mr. Alistair Begg reads from his Bible. His words have not been changed super naturally.

[@mikemccormick9667]

@@reform95 No worries sister, we were warned long ago this would happen. 2 Timothy 3:6-9 King James Version 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was.

[@willielee5253]

👑Genesis 12:3 🇮🇱 Matthew 25 31-46👑 ✝️Christians speak of scriptures as being this or that as a salvation 🛐 issue, here👑 Jesus made this a salvation 🛐 issue Himself in Matthew 25 31-46 🇮🇱 😊No teasing out scriptures or extrapolations needed, it's as plain as the Sun shine 😊 👑Jesus made this a salvation 🛐 issue in Matthew 25 31-46 🇮🇱 and before He returns I'd recommend ministering the same ❤God bless you on your journey ❤

[@staciehulm4595]

Regarding this issue, I think God knew in advance who would reject Him and who would accept His gift of salvation. I think He mapped out His plan of salvation accordingly. So, for me, it's not difficult to square God's sovereignty with man's free will choices. Ive never been on board with churches giving classes on how to talk to people about Jesus because, unless you're authentic, you're not really going to reach anyone for Christ. You cant teach someone how to be authentic. You can only teach people how to manipulate what should be a natural conversation. Christianity isn't Amway. If you've been broken by your sin and experienced gratitude for being forgiven, that will pour out of you and inform what you say to others about God. This could happen as one off comments, short spurts overtime with the same person, or as a serious conversation with someone who is open to what you're saying. Either way, I can only be responsible for my own salvation choice. What others do with their choice after my encounter with them is between them and God.