It Does not matter what we do if God is Sovereign?

[@debbiegurnitz7754]

Love Love This message everyone needs to Listen to this over and over again. What a great message ❤

[@scotthicko8643]

Thanks for watching, Debbie. Grace and peace to you.

[@karekvangarsnes3169]

What a great and truthful testomony of the never failing love of God towards all humanity!! Thank you!

[@gregdefleron6611]

This is a great message told with much Love. Thank you Scott.❤

[@scotthicko8643]

Your welcome and thanks for watching. Grace and peace, Greg.

[@TheGreatUnfoldingRobWile]

Beautiful Understanding the Absolute and Relative is the key to peace! Thanks Scott

[@scotthicko8643]

Your welcome, Rob. Thanks for your continued work. God bless you, brother.

[@MatthewFisher-v1k]

Thank you for this message this morning. I was up early walking the 5 mile loop near my house, pouring down rain, wind and darkness but your excellent voice and Gods word made it so memorable. Thanks again Scott. Your friend Matt in the PNW

[@MatthewFisher-v1k]

I am in Olympia

[@scotthicko8643]

Your welcome and thanks for watching. God bless in the PNW.

[@Red_Pill_Matrix]

Thanks Scott.. much needed

[@georgemitchell9244]

Thank you so much. This has cleared up so many questions.

[@scotthicko8643]

Your welcome, George. Thanks for watching. Grace and peace.

[@danielsantangelo4016]

Such a logical and scriptural explanation! One of your best videos! Keep up the awesome work!

[@scotthicko8643]

Thank you and thanks for watching. Grace and peace.

[@simonundergrace]

Great video, Scott! Crystal clear to those who have ears to hear.

[@scotthicko8643]

Amen brother!

[@white1calling]

So very well said.

[@billya3628]

Thanks Scott.

[@scotthicko8643]

Your welcome and thanks for watching.

[@kgbear3662]

Thank you. At 4:30 am east coast, Thank you!

[@scotthicko8643]

That's early! Thanks for watching. Grace and peace.

[@wendymirth2159]

Yep, I'm 10 days late on this one, but it's aging just fine, Scott ;-) In fact, I am SO glad God scripted that I'd get time to listen to this one today. I esp. liked the part about wisdom - never heard these insights in the church, that's for sure. Everything you taught here was excellent...THANKS so much!

[@scotthicko8643]

Thanks, Wendy. Always love hearing your kind words of encouragement and truth. God bless you.

[@mikemorales8627]

Beautiful message my brother Love you bro ❤️

[@scotthicko8643]

Thanks brother Mike! God bless you.

[@svenandhelga6959]

Thx Scott. It's interesting to me that even those questioning the absence of free will are just as much determined by the Placer than those of us who have been gifted with the knowledge of the absoluteness of God They will say something on the order of "ok, if God calls all the shots, I'll just put in on cruise control". That of course won't last very long since we all live in the relative and that train of thought will lead to very detrimental occurrences for that individual.

[@scotthicko8643]

So very true. We all live and move and are in God and He gives us all life, breath, and all whether we acknowledge it or not. Yet, it is impossible not to react and live out our relative lives. God bless you.

[@billyboomstick8657]

We’re afraid of being automatons but it’s actually something of a relief, you’ll never be fixed on it no matter how much of a believer we think we are, but the important thing is we don’t know whats next so it’s as good as free playing on a VRset of the universe, it’s how your heart responds to these events that’s key, are you going to learn about yourself, your limitations, your ability to go in your shell and hide or walk in freedom knowing the futility of worry, will you be the horrible creep lording it over others because you can’t be content, will you enjoy that will you repent, will it harden you will it open you up….god knows our heart, it’s scary stuff borderline solipsistic maddening humbling…everyday is a schoolday

[@scotthicko8643]

Great stuff! Thank you.

[@billyboomstick8657]

@@scotthicko8643 anytime mate I take a lot from your content glad to leave my tuppenceworth

[@thatwhichhasbeen-isthatwhi6575]

The way I see it is this, God is like the master chess player and we are like his students. Even though we move our pieces freely, because of his advanced knowledge, he will push us around the board inevitably leading us into a checkmate position. God works “ALL” things in accordance with the plan of his will and we know that God wills for “ALL” to be saved. That should be enough to end all arguments against God's saving of “ALL”. Most, who are blessed to understand this most profound truth are very aware of their need to repent and eradicate sin in their lives. Paul didn't say that those who “PRACTISE” such things will not inherit the kingdom of God for nothing! Great insights and talk as always Scott! Peace.

[@scotthicko8643]

Thanks for the comment though I believe God is a master chess player, I believe we do not move freely in any way. I believe God places the chess pieces and we have the illusion of freedom but act according to God's movement to the most minute, specific detail. Grace and peace.

[@gregsmith3445]

Thank you Scott for dedicating yourself to the message of God's sovereignty and sharing your Christ given vision of God's plan to be All in all. Lately, I have had a couple of thoughts regarding Christ Jesus our Lord. One, I certainly believe scripture supports His preexistence, and I believe it is key to the reconciliation of the wicked entities in heavenly places. They have to respect His sacrifice on the cross. He gave up the power they understand better than we do as humans on earth. Secondly, Christ Jesus our Lord already demonstrated His subjection to God our Father when He obeyed God's will in Gethsemane and trusted God to resurrect Him from the tomb after He died for our sins. It should be added that Christ Jesus' own sufferings brought Him greater joy as the Firstborn of the new creation. No one can accuse Jesus that He doesn't understand suffering. When Christ Jesus turns the kingdom over to His God and Father, it will only confirm the existing fact that Christ Jesus our Lord is lovingly subject to God already.

[@scotthicko8643]

I'm in total agreement. Bless you brother and thanks for the comment!

[@IanBouchardInstrumentals]

God doesn't play dice, hoping for the best. He wrote ALL of History. I've always been a believer, but A LOT of things didn't make sense to me about the things I was learning about God from mainstream "christianity" (From catholic to protestant and everything in between). Like the "fact" that someone could be happy in Heaven knowing that people are burning in hell forever??? I can't even immagine being happy knowing that just 1 person would be in hell forever. I wouldn't even wish that on the worst person that ever lived. And isn't God more loving than I am? it's funny, cause one day not to long ago, I told God that His will be done, but prayed that He would save the whole of humanity...Then I started finding out about teachers like you. Jesus died to save EVERYONE and God is in control!

[@scotthicko8643]

Amen! I had those same thoughts. How could I love God's creation more than God because I couldn't imagine any person being tortured for all eternity. How could I come up with an end game in my own mind that is better and more loving than God's. Not possible, It's God's love than surpasses our understanding, not the other way around. Thanks for watching. Grace and peace to you.

[@elaineremains]

actually..... this is going to sound a bit weird, but i studied quantum physics in university when i was young, so Jesus doesn't mind referencing it.... anyway, one time i was talking about this subject with Jesus, fatalism, etc, and 'what does it matter what i do if You have it written down in Your book?' and Jesus answered me and said 'retrocausality'... you can google dat if you want, but it literally means that God goes back and rewrites the book! and THAT'S how we have a semblance of 'free will'... even though in one timeline, what with cause and effect, there is zero free will... but with retrocausality, you can change something, from prayer or whatever, and with God and quantum theory on your side, it goes back in time so that it was always that way... you can look up the second half of the double slit experiment to see what that means... anyway, what you said about 'once it's written down it can't be changed'... i wanted to address that. good vid, dude x

[@GregUniRec]

I must disagree with your hypothesis of God using retrocausality and going back to "rewrites the book". In my opinion, this makes God a sinner because He missed the mark the first time and had to go back and fix it. This of course cannot be true. It sounds like an attempt to hang on to human free will by using science. No offense meant but I cannot subscribe to this.

[@elaineremains]

@@GregUniRec you don't have to subscribe to it, i don't care if you do, it's just what Jesus told me, not you.

[@scotthicko8643]

Though quantum physics is very interesting, I wouldn't trust that something came from the real Jesus if it contradicts scripture. According to scripture, God does not change His mind, nor does He go back and change what is written because of human prayer. Human prayer is a part of what God is doing, not something that changes what He is doing. God is eternal and therefore His plans are present in the past, present, and future. Scripture says He tabernacles in the future so God operates and His plans operate outside of the time that we experience. Therefore, retrocausality would not apply to God or His plan...in my opinion. Grace and peace.

[@elaineremains]

@@scotthicko8643 but God DOESN'T change His mind! and that's coz IT'S ALL WRITTEN somewhere... you may have noticed that at different parts of your journey, different parts of the Bible will apply to your situation, even if they are completely contradictory... when i was studying the multiverse and Jesus said a couple things about it to me, i couldn't believe it... because one thing that He said was 'you don't have to worry anymore, there are no demons in THIS universe'... for YEARS i tried to believe this and reconcile it with the Bible... later on i thought the people whom God was speaking to back then must have known too, about many worlds, so all i did was look up the plural, worldS in my esword and sure enuff, Jesus formed the worlds, plural, right there in black and white... then later on, Jesus showed me in the Bible how i could be in a different universe where there are no demons, when i WAS in a place where there were demons... can you guess where that is in the Bible? or perhaps you can guess WHEN someone comes to be with Christ in heavenly places, far above all principalities and powers... even though elsewhere in the Bible it says satan is the god of this world and we war against principalities and powers?? now do you want to say that it's always true that satan is the god of your world or do you want to 'go against scripture' and go to another part of scripture? did God change His mind about my life, when He took me from a demon filled life to a life where there are no demons? of course not... you guys just sound like you are afraid of science if you don't mind me saying... science learns in much the same way that religion does, by seeing what's going on, and finding out they were wrong in the past.... it's called being human

[@elaineremains]

@@scotthicko8643 Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Heb 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Eph 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Eph 1:21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

[@EagleSean]

Thank God for sin✌️🦅❤

[@terriitter2921]

..... And still they don't underst...and this just goes to show you who's in charge

[@scotthicko8643]

Amen! Grace and peace, Terri.

[@costantinotony4748]

I would say, it matters even more, because it’s been scripted by God. Just the opposite of what that guy said.

[@scotthicko8643]

Amen!

[@nonelost1]

Our lives are all predetermined “like a movie script.“ Very interesting! Sometimes Hollywood releases more than one version of a movie for special test releases in front of test audiences. Did God only write ONE script for the history of the world? Or are there “alternative universe” scripts as well? Of course, they all have the same glorious happy ending. Jesus said that if the miracles that were done in Capernaum and two other cities had been done in Sodom, Sodom would have repented, and still would have existed “to this day“ (as of 2000 years ago). How could Jesus know this if there were no alternative universe? (what if Abraham had interceded for the wicked right after he did so for the righteous?) Another example is given re: Tyre and Sidon. Also, Paul said “if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” This is not to suggest that we have a “free will.” God is still the writer, Director, and producer of the infinite number of “versions“ of the script.

[@scotthicko8643]

Though I'm not convinced of 'alternative universes,' I find your comment very interesting. I remember when I committed a great sin years ago and lost my career and livlihood. I lost everything I worked for by my own stupid behavior. I wanted so bad to believe in an 'alternate universe' in which I could live out the life that I wanted so badly. I looked for proof of this everywhere and could not be convinced. I never looked at the scripture you presented in your comment. Very interesting but I think Jesus and Paul where just making a point and not factoring in another universe. But, anything is possible with our infinite God. One thing is for sure, whatever His plan is....it is greater than what we can possibly imagine. Grace and peace, brother.

[@nonelost1]

First off Scott, I wish to thank you for your kind and prompt response. Re: your statement: “I lost everything I worked for by my own stupid behavior.” In an alternative universe, you could instead be bragging “I won everything I worked for by my own smart behavior.“ It matters not which universe prevails, whether by “your own stupid behavior“ in this universe, or by “your own smart behavior“ in an alternative universe, they are both supervised by the sovereign will of God. He takes the credit for all the good things we do to keep us from boasting, AND he takes the blame for all the bad things we do to keep us from lamenting. I’m preaching this just as much to myself as I am to you and to anybody else who reads this. For I know I do my share of bragging and lamenting. Perhaps better we should say “I lost everything I’ve worked for by the will of God“, or “I won everything I’ve worked for, by the will of God.“ depending upon which universe we’re living in. (though we should be careful to not say this offhandedly in gist with false humility) What I’m really getting at is not so much pushing the “alternative universe” thing, but to instead publicly acknowledge that even those of us in the body of Christ still harbor an unconscious belief in “our own free will.” It’s THAT insidious. The proof is in our bragging of our successes, and lamenting our failures, and idolizing others with fawning worship or condemning others with a “holier than thou attitude,” as if we have our own will independent of God.

[@scotthicko8643]

@@nonelost1 Very well said, brother. So true. I need that reminder constantly as I know God is sovereign and yet I still lament and boast. Thank you.

[@thekingstable4740]

😂 wouldn’t even the question be ordained by God? Why would you be surprised if you know all things are ordained by God, unless, you were ordained to act surprised ?😂. The reason they use that definition of love would be because they were ordained by God to use it that way 😂. How slow can you be if you keep questioning why people do stuff when you know God made them do it 😂. This guy is pathetic

[@scotthicko8643]

I would learn the absolute (God) and relative (human) view point before you call someone pathetic. Your comment shows you have no idea how God works in humanity. Why does scripture say God hardened Pharaoh's heart then says that Pharaoh hardened his own heart?

[@thekingstable4740]

@@scotthicko8643 yeah because Calvinistic garbage doctrines hasn’t been thoroughly demolished already 😂 you’re late to the game with a doctrine that’s hanging on like a dingleberrie. But who are you to complain, your god is making me write this…right?

[@scotthicko8643]

@@thekingstable4740 Are you confusing God's sovereignty with Calvinism? Paul says that God gives to all life breath and ALL (Acts 17:25-26). Is that Calvinism? God works all according to His will (Ephesians 1:11), God hardens hearts (Rom 9:18). Again, I think you would understand if you would answer my question instead of coming up with sarcastic examples. Scripture says that God hardened Pharoah's heart...Scripture also says that Pharoah hardened his own heart. Both are true. God ultimately planned the end from the beginning as Isaiah states and wrote each day of our lives before one of them came to be (psalm 139:16)...not calvinism...scripture. God planned Pharoah to harden His heart and then worked out pharaoh's life circumstances and inmost being so that he would harden his own heart when the time came. Its like grace. 2 Timothy 1: 9-11 says that God saves us and gives us this grace BEFORE TIMES EONION, before we are even born. So, God chooses and then forms our inmost being and circumstances of our lives to make a faith decision for Him in real time. If God gave us this grace before we were born, then how can we not believe? You simply don't understand that In God, we live, and move, and are. We can give to God nothing that He has not first given to us. To answer your question...yes, God planned for you to write this since before you were born. He is eternal and you cannot surprise Him. God just works out your heart and life circumstances so that you choose to do exactly as He planned, to follow christian myths and mistake God's sovereignty by putting it in the box of Calvinism that makes you comfortable. Grace and peace to you. You can and never will thwart God's intention even though you can go against His stated will. Have you ever read Romans chapter 9? It explains all of this.

[@thekingstable4740]

@@scotthicko8643 all these scriptures have been dealt with by many, many people on KZbin and other places. God’s stated will doesn’t mean anything to you guys 😂 He just said it to look like he’s not to blame according to you. Again, ask yourself, why can’t i believe what you are saying? Because God right? I can’t thwart God’s will and neither can you if he has made me this way. It’s just all a waste of time and a vain thing God is making you do. It’s all in vain

[@scotthicko8643]

@@thekingstable4740 I'm asking you to deal with these scriptures because we are having a one on one conversation. These 'many people on youtube and other places' have done nothing to disprove God's sovereignty, but lie or at the very least just are ignorant. If its settled for you, then we don't need to continue the conversation. I appreciate you and God bless you. I would just leave with saying that God scripting our lives does not make it vain or a waste of time. God handpicked every experience and emotion that we go through in order to give us the fullest joy possible when we are with Him forever. Nothing goes to waste. Think of what you are saying: Our actions only have meaning if you do them independently of God and these actions have no meaning if God does them. Everything God does has meaning.

[@theloveofthetruth]

Free Gracer's claim to know of Paul's writings and yet deny the zeal (Gal 4:18 KJV) he had from Christ in him (Gal 2:20 KJV) to see others walking in the truth (2 John 1:4 KJV)(John 14:9 KJV) You deny that Paul exhorted specially believers (1 Tim 4:10 KJV) to rebuke them that sin (1 Tim 5:20 KJV) as those that still believe they sin do not believe on Jesus yet (John 16:7-11 KJV) having not seen Him or known Him (1 John 3:5-10 KJV) Free Gracer's deny that Paul went to the Corinthians with a rod (1 Cor 4:21 KJV) the rod that is for the back of them void of understanding (Prov 10:13 KJV) having exhorted Titus to rebuke "sharply" (Titus 1:13 KJV) the hereticks that sin that are condemned of themselves (Titus 3:10-11 KJV) Charity does not rejoice in iniquity but rejoices in the truth (1 Cor 13:6 KJV) and yet Free Gracers go about mocking sin (Prov 14:9 KJV) pretending that sin so grace may abound is the gospel making Christ the minister of sin yet Paul preached God forbid (Rom 6:1-2 KJV)(Gal 2:17 KJV) There is no future sins (Rom 3:25 KJV) nor is there a concience of sins (Heb 10:2 KJV)(1 Tim 1:19 KJV) for those that remember (Psalm 22:27 KJV) that Jesus purged us of our old sins (2 Peter 1:9 KJV)(Heb 9:14 KJV)(Rom 6:1-7 KJV) whose conscience has been exercised to be void of offence (Acts 24:16 KJV) faith is made perfect by works (James 2:22 KJV) There is indeed an operation of God (Col 2:12 KJV) to bring hearts to understand and be converted (Acts 28:27 KJV) it is the work of God to actually believe we nolonger sin (1 John 3:5-10 KJV) Free Gracer's deny that God made them righteous (Rom 5:19 KJV) when they judge their works of the flesh by the Law (Rom 3:19-20 KJV) professing the flesh to sin (1 John 3:4 KJV) Faith without works is dead (James 2:17-22 KJV) To believe you still commit sin (1 John 3:4 KJV) is to still have a carnal mind of death (Rom 8:6 KJV) and an evil heart of unbelief (John 16:7-11 KJV)(Heb 3:12 KJV) a defiled mind and conscience (Titus 1:15-16 KJV) He makes true believers out of us all (Rom 11:32 KJV) (1 Cor 15:22-23 KJV) (Heb 12:7-10 KJV) (Acts 28:27 KJV)

[@scotthicko8643]

Free gracer's? Nobody is promoting sin. In fact, Paul makes this very statement twice in the same letter that this grace should not make you sin but make you walk worthily. Since grace abounds, should we be sinning? Paul answers with an emphatic, No! He would only answer this question if Grace is what it is...the overcoming of all sin by Christ Jesus. Paul says that they behaved themselves in the world because of grace. We walk worthily because of grace. The minute people like you twist scripture, add James who's message was to Israel and to the circumcision, and claim that sin has not been done away with and 'YOU' overcoming sin is a part of salvation...then you deny that Jesus did away with sin. We walk worthily because we are saved, not in order to be saved. Everything we do is important and everything we do, however, is driven by grace. So, the term 'free-gracer' actually just shows that you have no idea what grace is nor how it works. Grace, of course its free, is what drives good behavior. It does not produce sin. Since you are saying that overcoming sin is not a part of grace then you must believe that overcoming sin is from you, therefore you would actually be denying Christ's completed work for sin. Anyone that claims that I promote sin does not understand that grace is the way sin is done away with...Grace and peace to you.

[@scotthicko8643]

I am sinless and receive the righteousness of God through Jesus Christ's faith and Jesus Christ's completed work (Romans 3:21-23). Period. You believe that you are righteous by 'your work' of flesh. That Christ needs YOU to complete His work of eradicating sin by YOUR WORK of not sinning. You deny Christ's work and substitute your own, which is why you use the term 'free-gracer' because you hate that Christ accomplished it all and doesn't need you. Your unbelief in Christ is demonstrated by your substitution of 'your works' for the accomplished work of Christ. It is you that denies Christ and the power of grace that causes us to walk worthily. Good luck to you.

[@theloveofthetruth]

@@scotthicko8643 Free Gracers are those that termed themselves as such, identifying themselves as those that follow the teachings and translations of a man that did not understand nor translate that the carnal mind is death (Rom 8:6 KJV) making death about the "disposition of the flesh" (Rom 8:6 CLV) the serpent is subtil indeed (Gen 3:1 KJV) Is "walking worthily" about your behavior of the flesh as you aim at looking to the outward appearance (2 Cor 10:7 KJV)?

[@theloveofthetruth]

@@scotthicko8643 You accuse me of preaching works because you do not understand "yet" (Acts 28:27 KJV) what it means to nolonger live in sin (Rom 6:1-7 KJV) When I profess that those that see Him and know Him do not and cannot commit sin (1 John 3:5-10 KJV) You find it foolish (1 Cor 1:18 KJV) and speak evil of my good conversation in Christ (1 Peter 3:16 KJV) Free Gracers believe that to no-longer sin would mean the outward appearance (2 Cor 10:7 KJV) of the flesh to change in perfectly adhering to the Law (Gal 3:10 KJV) because your mind is still carnal and sold under sin (Rom 7:14 KJV) still looking to glory in appearance and not in heart (2 Cor 5:12 KJV)

[@theloveofthetruth]

@@scotthicko8643 Believing the flesh still sins is about unbelief on the One whose works (Prov 16:11 KJV) made us righteous (Rom 5:19 KJV (Heb 3:12 KJV)(John 16:7-10 KJV)(Rom 5:19 KJV) It is interesting how Free Gracers work so hard to convince me that the flesh still commits sin (1 John 3:4 KJV) just like all other false belief systems (Rev 17:5 KJV) and yet profess to "believe" they are dead to the Law they still believe and profess to transgress (1 John 3:4 KJV)

[@ba.anderson]

Proverbs 8:1-3 CLV(i) 1 Is not wisdom calling And comprehension giving forth her voice? 2 At the summit of the heights upon the way, The meeting house of the tracks, there she is stationed." 3 At the side of the gates, at the edge of the town, The entry of the portals, there she makes her appeal." I'm encouraged how you point out the personification of [h2451.chokmah] "wisdom" of Prov8. I'd like to further point out how the gender of this Hebrew word warrants the use of feminine pronouns in conjunction with the "wisdom" with God from the beginning before there was ever an earth. (Vss. 22,23) The temptation has been at this point to insert Jesus of Nazareth into this context as "she" could be speaking of "him."

[@scotthicko8643]

Amen! Thanks for the info, Brad. Grace and peace to you, brother.

[@ba.anderson]

@scotthicko8643 This time of year brings about the insertion of much superstition into the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. Some research of mine on the words "Mispah" and "Tabor" of Hos5:1 (CLV translates the meanings of the names rather than the words of Hosea) brought me to the Vision of the Transfiguration of Christ. The judgment upon the "house of the king" is because of the snare they've become to "the watch" in their concealing of why Jesus was transformed before his three disciples. I've heard much speculation as to why Jesus was transformed before his disciples. The truth of the matter is that there is no reason given in the immediate context. Many Trinitarians teach this event as Jesus presenting himself in his pre-incarnate state. Myself, on the other hand, look to the declaration of Christ in the previous chapter for a clue as to the reason... Matthew 16:27-28 Rotherham(i) 27 For the Son of Man is destined to be coming, in the glory of his Father, with his messengers,--and, then, will he give back unto each one, according to his practice. 28 Verily, I say unto you--There are some of those, here standing, who, indeed, shall in nowise taste of death, until they see the Son of Man, coming in his kingdom. I am perceiving what actually went down at Tabor was a vision of the 2nd coming of Christ. This is why Moses and Elijah were present. Those to be reigning with Christ shall be as both priests of Moses and prophets of God immortalized by the worm that does not die and the fire which is not quenched.