1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1).
A good place to start with the examination of the sovereignty of God is the beginning of scripture. In Genesis 1:1 God created. The Hebrew word for God here is Elohim. Elohim is the first name of God provided to us and in the context of the sentence it means, Creator. But there is also a connotation of ownership and judgment. The first sovereign act of God, in time, is to create. To create is to own. To own is to be sovereign. This kind of ownership is total. Nothing is outside the control of the One that created this universe. The application of this knowledge to our lives should be profound. The God that created us, is the One to whom we are accountable. We are literally His creation. We are not our own; neither our bodies, nor our minds, nor the earth we utilize, nor the air we breathe. Elohim is the Sovereign God of ALL creation.
A good place to start with the examination of the sovereignty of God is the beginning of scripture. In Genesis 1:1 God created. The Hebrew word for God here is Elohim. Elohim is the first name of God provided to us and in the context of the sentence it means, Creator. But there is also a connotation of ownership and judgment. The first sovereign act of God, in time, is to create. To create is to own. To own is to be sovereign. This kind of ownership is total. Nothing is outside the control of the One that created this universe. The application of this knowledge to our lives should be profound. The God that created us, is the One to whom we are accountable. We are literally His creation. We are not our own; neither our bodies, nor our minds, nor the earth we utilize, nor the air we breathe. Elohim is the Sovereign God of ALL creation.
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