The Gospel

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the GOSPEL which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

[Paul, writing to Christians @ Corinth, 1 Cor. 15:1-4]

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

1 John 5:14

Title:  If we ask anything

God will not give us everything we want and have prayed for; the idea that God would grant our every whim and wish as his child is totally absurd and is not in keeping with His character and sovereignty.

What we want cannot be separated from what other people want, under the umbrella of the complete control of God, or there will be anarchy and chaos.  There is interconnectivity between the lives of people, and only God can see the connection, and His will takes into consideration all the elements relevant to the past, the present, and the future, the totality of His plan.

In life, it is not what we want, but what God wills; the same goes with prayer, or it is we who are sovereign, and not God.