Quotes about Sovereignty

God is not harsh; He is holy. He is not selfish; He is sovereign. He is not unfeeling; He is all-knowing. Like David, we need to come to know Him, and respect Him; and, like David, we will love Him more.

God can do what He says He can do precisely because He is who He says He is.

What a relief to know that we'll never battle anything out of God's jurisdiction.

I am the LORD, and there is no other… . I, the LORD, speak truthfully; I say what is right. Isaiah 45:18—19

There is no one like You, and there is no God besides You, as all we have heard confirms. 2 Samuel 7:22

Who are you— anyone who talks back to God? Romans 9:20

Since God created man with certain unalienable rights, and man, in turn, created government to help secure and safeguard those rights, it follows that man is superior to the creature which he created. Man is superior to government and should remain master over it, not the other way around. Even the non-believer can appreciate the logic of this relationship.

We are superior to government and should remain master over it, not the other way around.

When our government was in the process of being formed, Benjamin Franklin addressed the chairman of the Constitutional Convention, meeting at Philadelphia in 1787, saying, "I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, it is probable that an empire cannot rise without His aid.

One of the joys of heaven . . . will be discovering the hidden ways that God in His sovereignty acted in our lives on earth to protect and guide us [that we might] bring glory to His name, in spite of our frailty.

Nothing in our lives takes God by surprise.

As I read the Bible, I seem to find holiness to be [Christ's] supreme attribute.