The Sovereignty of God: “My Counsel Shall Stand, and I Will Accomplish All My Purpose”

“God works all things according to the counsel of his will.” All things - from the roll of the dice, to the circuits of stars, to the rise of presidents, to the death of Jesus, to the gift of repentance and faith.
Sermon by John Piper
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[@hansja8132]

I praise God that he has trampled and overcome my will which is always sinful and in rebellion against God. If left to myself to choose, I would not choose God. Praise God that he accomplishes his will to save the elect. All men are responsible for their sins. Now the mystery of the grace of God --- He saves his elect to the uttermost so that his sins are all washed away in Jesus Christ. Now the elect will not and cannot reject his Savior. But he's being lead to believe and trust on the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

[@samiam159007]

One of the greatest sermons he's ever preached, and one of my favorites!

[@J316Ministries]

Amen, and one, if not the, most powerful sermons I’ve ever heard,

[@sambacarlson]

I can never get enough of this sermon

[@giovanni512]

Amen.🙏

[@ChangingTides777]

God is sovereign. That's what it means to be God.

[@pgtips4240]

Beautiful!

[@oldkingdomgemini9178]

Who is like the Lord? Amen

[@johnhatfield6140]

Every subatomic particle in the universe obeys the will of God.

[@sherrymoredock3483]

This is one of the most precious teachings I Love, the Soverignty of God!!! It makes me tremble and stand in awe of Him!!! There is nothing sweeter than this! I believe that the soverignty of God is precious to every Child of God😁😄😅😃

[@J316Ministries]

Amen.

[@johnkw47]

Thank you for the exhortation to pray for the impossible. Yes God has ordained everything, and He has also ordained the opportunities to respond in faith and say no to bad situations and believe in miracles ("little child, I say to you, arise!")

[@valleyditty2903]

Wonderful preaching of the Word on the sovereigntyof God. ❤️ Amen! i hear you, Pastor John Piper…

[@winniecantonese]

We have the awesome God!!! We bow before You, the King of kings, the Lord of lords!!

[@johnhatfield6140]

Forever thankful to God that He guides my willing or I would never seek Him and sin even worse without Him.

[@tyclosesloans]

The explanation at the 11:00 minute part was all I needed. Straight to the point, impossible to argue with the logic and the scripture.

[@marcelniles342]

This sermon is so beautiful and true...❤

[@voltmanip]

isaiah 45:7 kjv explains it perfectly .....

[@sumitedla2021]

Amen, thank you Pastor John for this wonderful sermon

[@ChangingTides777]

"You dare not bring your ideas to this." Always good advice when dealing with God's word.

[@janetmartinez3212]

That was really good was really deep. I think God I have a son who has a heart of flesh go to stone.

[@NoNamSongi]

AMEN!!!!!! Praise God for this man.

[@powergranger29]

Thanks Ps. John!

[@user-kk6ov4pd2s]

Keep seeking Jesus friends.. He IS the only way to the Father! Its good to consider where we’re going when we die and the afterlife. It’s only in Him! Get a Bible and start reading in the book of John! The Bible is a love letter from our Maker to us.

[@brandongay7460]

I love piper and this sermon but when he looks to his left it looks like his Mic is coming out of his nose and I can't stop laughing

[@dianakirkmon439]

he said “murderous viruses”. and we are globally in the middle of a pandemic.

[@Akitorbenov]

This is cause of man, and He did not say stop, cause he has purpouse. He is Lord and Sovereign over our machinations too.

[@Over-for-now]

I love love love the wonderful absolute sovereignty of God. However there are scripture deniers that are so obsessed with calvin they cannot even see the truth of God's sovereignty. They constantly label label and just write you off

[@panteamaddah82]

This

[@jayahladas692]

The Judgment Seat of Christ and the Great White Throne Judgment would be farces if "free will to choose" was not true. Think on these things:. how could souls be judged and held responsible if they were predestined without free will? Is that just?.

[@mrnoedahl]

Welcome to desiring Calvinism

[@shopson6991]

Nope. Just Bible.

[@mrnoedahl]

@@shopson6991 But not the WHOLE Bible. Just select scriptures. Please tell me the story of Cain and Able. How does that fit with Calvinism. The Calvinist never talk about that. Here is John MacArthur preaching a sermon and all the scripture he mentions go against his Calvinism. In fact the whole sermon goes against Calvinism. And it is one of his best sermons. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqSWfnaafat9pqMsi=06mqT3xg2YxEuDYn

[@Gericho49]

Two verses that destroy socalled reformed theology!! The latter maintains God has decided everyones fate before the creation of the world and man cannot in anyway cooperate with or change God's Will _(even though we pray for it in the Lord's Prayer)_

[@mrnoedahl]

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. 11For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, 12in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

[@shopson6991]

It is hidden by God and God has to reveal it to know God. So of course they don't want God. “At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have 👉hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and 👉no one knows the Son except the Father, and 👉no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son 👉chooses to reveal him.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭25‬-‭27‬ ‭

[@mrnoedahl]

@@shopson6991 Romans the Calvinist favorite book. 18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen

[@mrnoedahl]

@@shopson6991 What happened to Judas? Was he not chosen by Christ? Did he not see and hear everything the other Apostles saw and heard? And what about Cain? Did he not hear and see everything Able saw and heard? In fact Almighty God talk to Cain audibly and gave him instructions in the right path. But Cain made the choice to refuse God’s instruction. It was open and willing rebellion. Everything was revealed to Cain. Nothing was hidden.

[@MyPhilemon6site]

To me it’s rather simple….God is fully sovereign but when he made man, He (God) chose to limit His sovereignty when He gave man the first spoken and written promises to distinguish Himself from all other god’s who man create who are “capricious”. Therefore God sovereignly created man with freewill to choose in receiving or rejecting His promises because it declares that “whatsoever a man soweth he shall also reap” good or bad. In this God does not violate His main attribute of Love over a fallen creation who is given the opportunity to redeem themselves to their creator.

[@jchan810]

Limited sovereignty isn't the sovereignty that God has according to Scripture. The Bible says that He does whatever He pleases!!!!

[@MyPhilemon6site]

Psalm 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified THY WORD ABOVE THY NAME. 2 Corinthians 1:20 For ALL THE PROMISES of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. Romans 10:13,14 For WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 ¶ HOW THEN shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and HOW SHALL they believe in him of whom they have not heard?

[@jonoz9847]

Is this before the woke years?

[@ChangingTides777]

Grow up.

[@chooser2583]

"Sovereignty" and "will" need to be properly defined and understood. Sovereignty is "Supreme power and autonomy". That does NOT mean that it is always exercised or used down to the minutest detail, even though it could be. Will is "something that is desired or ordained". God is not willing that any should perish

[@shopson6991]

The any there is the believers. Context. “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward👉 you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” ‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭9‬ ‭ Context is believers and God is not willing that any of them will perish. That's why none of them will.

[@ariah5093]

I don’t know if I believe God preDESTINED who was going to be saved. But he did pre-know who was going to accept salvation. He pre-knew who was going to choose to believer or not. I think this completely works with Gods sovereignty. Maybe this is what he’s saying, but he should be more clear about the difference between the predetermination and predestination.

[@ariah5093]

It sounds like Pastor John is teaching God CHOSE whether he will save someone or not before they were born. It sounds like he’s saying it’s God’s will to unsave certain people. It’s not Gods will that ANY shall perish but all come to repentance. So I respectfully disagree that is was “Gods will for someone to (hypothetically) shoot you in the eyes.” 31:15

[@johnhatfield6140]

The Bible teaches God is in charge of everything. We are all sinners and headed for hell. God giving mercy to some and justice to others is His to do. He created everything and has complete dominion over His creation.

[@jarvisnelson4701]

John, all creation obeys the sovereign BUT MAN is free to disobey and disregard the Sovereign. SEE THE TAIL OF JONAH. ARE YOU BLIND AND DEAF JOHN? Therefore, the psalmist cries, WHAT IS MAN THAT THOU ART MINDFUL OF HIM?

[@jarvisnelson4701]

John, stop your soulish preaching and be filled with the Holy Spirit!

[@ChangingTides777]

Stop your judging.