God's Glorious Decree

Our focus today is on God’s glorious decree.
By decree we are speaking of His eternal plan that includes every aspect of His creation.
There is a single plan God has sovereignly determined.
Now, often the word decree is used in the plural – decrees.
In the plural we give attention that God’s plan includes every individual thing and event.
So God has one glorious plan – decree – that includes every aspect of His creation – decrees.
There are many people today who think this teaching on God’s decree is horrible. Men and women simply are robots.
Here is another area where man’s supposed knowledge and logic must be conformed to what is clearly revealed in God’s Word.
There certainly is a place for asking honest questions and trying to understand the challenging things that God’s Word declares.
But the final test of truth is not whether I like something or I think it fits in with my thinking.
The test of truth is God’s Word.
All of my logic and thinking must be conformed to what God teaches me through His Word and by the Holy Spirit.
May you be humbled and encouraged by God’s glorious plan for all things!
We will be considering four main points.

1. God has an eternal plan or decree that includes all things.
2. God did not merely forecast or just see in advance what would take place, but has planned all things.
3. God is not the author of sin.
4. God’s predestination does not make us robots.