Embracing God's Sovereignty: Lessons in Humility and Commitment

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In my study of the scriptures, I've never found a verse which so completely expresses the total sovereignty and power of God like this verse, and amazingly, it was spoken by a heathen King called Nebuchadnezzar after God humbled him and taught him something about his power and sovereignty. [00:00:39]

The result was he learned a much more thorough lesson, and it took seven years, but he learned such a lesson that many Believers have not learned in 20 years or 30 years. So is it worth going through this to learn a lesson? I'd say sure. [00:03:13]

All the inhabitants of the Earth are accounted as zero. Have you learned that? Have you learned that you're a zero In God's Presence? Nebuchadnezzar learned it. That was the greatest lesson he learned. I am a zero, and it takes many, many years for many Believers to learn that I am a zero. [00:05:05]

God makes all things work together for good to those who love him fervently. There's a particular group of people on Earth whom God sees and not everyone who calls himself a believer. Those who love him with all their hearts, there's a promise for such people. [00:06:40]

Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the Heavenly places in Christ. Now that's something we can rejoice in, that if you think of when you read a scripture like that you read every single word. [00:15:25]

Why did he give us these blessings? Not because we deserved them, not because you fasted and prayed, no, and not because you accepted Christ. So any feeling that we have that we're better than somebody else because we took some decision, let's get that out of our head. [00:18:11]

The Christian Life is a marriage, and Jesus wants to be married only to those who are committed to him every single day of the year, every single hour. Would you marry a woman who says one hour in a year can you let me be with another man? You say no. [00:24:21]

I want to ask all of you, my dear brothers and sisters, can Jesus say that to you? Salvation has come to your house. I remember the day when Jesus could say that to me. I had also cheated the Indian government in my unconverted days. [00:54:21]

God chose Zacchaeus before the foundation of the world, but that salvation became his when he responded as wholeheartedly as Jesus took him to the marriage again. Zacchaeus and Jesus getting married. Zacchaeus, do you want this man to be your husband? [00:56:25]

God said to Abraham, give your son. He took his son and went, and he said walk three days to Mount Moriah. He could have told him to offer a son around the corner. Why three days? You know it says in Genesis 22, may God made Abraham walk three days. [00:58:09]

Now I know that you fear God, and I remember when I read it I say Lord will you say that to me please? Will you please say to me I'll pay any price, say to me, now I know that you fear God because you have not withhold your son from me. [01:04:38]

God is sovereignly chosen us, he sovereignly chose Abraham, he went into that land and there are so many people he said Abraham you, and that's how he chose you and me, he looked around the earth and he picked you before the foundation of the world. [01:05:39]

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