“For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. (6) Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.” Psalms 135:5 – 6
It matters not what man may believe, think, or say, God is Sovereign in all His knowledge, words, and ways. People that have a hard time believing that God is absolute in His Sovereign Being have never been blessed by the Holy Spirt with this understanding. Most pastors will tell you that “God cannot change mans will, man is free to choose their own destination” and this sounds good to the millions upon millions that pack their assemblies every Sunday, but it could not be farther from the biblical facts. Saving faith comes from God thru the Holy Spirit, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,” Galatians 5:22 Now some will say this is the ability to be faithful to God, but our faithfulness to God starts with saving faith because we do not have one faith without the other. The truth is that mankind has no desire nor ability to be saved, mankind is born as an enemy of God. “Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.” Romans 8:7 The word “enmity” means – hatred – therefore the carnal soul will never choose to come to Christ, it would violate their natural hatred for God. Jesus Christ is the only one who can breakdown that wall that separates us from our enmity with God. "For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; (15) Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; (16) And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:" Ephesians 2:14 – 16. This is all accomplished by the power of the Holy Spirit, man has no ability to change their natural being. The spirit in all mankind is dead at birth preventing a relationship with God of any sort. This is that “middle wall of partition between us” that separates God and man, all that is saved must be saved by and thru Jesus Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit. It is God that make the vessels, both honorable and dis-honorable we are not self-made children of God. God proves this in Ephesians 1:11 when He states this fact, “In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:” We cannot obtain this eternal inheritance any other way, especially by self-will. Only God by the powerful work of the Holy Spirit can save a lost soul, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” Romans 8:14 Two facts are found in this scripture, all that are led by the Holy Spirit are children of God, and no one can be a child of God without being led by the Holy Spirit. God never depends on man for anything, God works through man as He (God) choses. Therefore, every time you hear a preacher make a statement that “God cannot change your will”, believe him not, because if God does not change a person’s will then that person will never be saved. “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13 This is why we are to always thank God for our salvation. God is Sovereign in everything, not just in salvation but in every area of creation. No one has a right to question God’s power and Sovereign Authority, especially because they refuse to believe the truth about God. “Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?” Romans 9:20 God will do as He pleases, and nothing God does relies on human will, NOTHING! If it did then that would violate the entire writings of the scriptures. “Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.” Psalms 135:6 Therefore, it must be concluded that if God elects to save one soul and not another, He has that right. God has no obligation to save anyone, nor is God under any obligation to make salvation an equal opportunity for everyone. Not one single person deserves to have God’s salvation therefore it is by mercy and grace. “So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.” Romans 9:16
