The Jason DeMars Podcast
The Jason DeMars Podcast
Mysteries Revealed - ETMH Section 38 -The Sovereignty of God
Explore the profound theme of God's sovereignty in the realm of salvation and beyond. Ever wondered how every event, from the rise and fall of leaders to personal milestones, fits into a divine plan? Together, we unpack the teachings of Brother Branham and scripture from Psalms, Isaiah, Daniel, Jonah, and Romans to reveal an intricate tapestry where God's will is the ultimate orchestrator. You'll gain insights into concepts like predestination and the interplay of free will, while understanding how even the existence of good and evil serves a higher purpose according to divine intent.
Join us on a journey through trials and tribulations as we delve into how hardships are not merely obstacles, but rather opportunities for growth and alignment with God's will. Using a powerful analogy of parental discipline, we illustrate how challenges refine us, supported by a compelling story of a Christian's steadfast faith amidst life's storms. Themes such as the doctrine of election and eternal security are explored, providing a layered understanding of our place within God's unchanging plan. Through the wisdom of Brother Branham, we reinforce trust in this divine orchestration, offering comfort and clarity amidst life's uncertainties.
Mysteries Revealed Podcast. The End Time Message Handbook, section 38. We will start Chapter 5 on Salvation. The message that God sent to us is to restore us back to the original faith and you'll find that most evidently within the teachings on salvation. There is much confusion in the denominational world regarding salvation, baptism, predestination and the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
Speaker 1:The Sovereignty of God. The Bible in the end-time message clearly shows for the absolute sovereignty of God. God has sovereignly decreed everything that has happened and that will happen. Nothing is outside of his control. Nothing can stop or change his purpose. Let's examine the scriptures and expand upon this thought. Psalms 115, verse 3,. God does whatever he pleases. No one can impact what he chooses to do.
Speaker 1:Brother Branham states God is sovereign in his works. Nothing you do, nothing, I do nothing, satan or anyone else does impacts God doing what he pleases. There is not a created thing or person that can change the plan of God. He does and accomplishes his purpose in the universe period. Psalms 33, verse 11. The counsel of the Lord standeth forever the thoughts of his heart to all generations. The word counsel means advice and within that word it implies a plan. So the plan of the Lord stands forever. God makes his plan and he never deviates from it, never changes it, never alters it. Our choices and decisions are falling exactly in line with his counsel and the thoughts of his heart. It is not that he sees our choices and then ordains them, but rather he ordains all things and our choices fall in line. Brother Branham said all the works of God is sovereign. There will be many people healed crossing this platform tonight. There will probably be many not. It's all in the sovereign of God. Who can tell him what to do? No one. He works according to his own will, his own plan. We cannot add to his thoughts, his plans, neither can we change them. He works everything according to his sovereign plan.
Speaker 1:Isaiah 46, verse 10, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times, the things that are not yet done, saying my counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure. God declaring the end from the beginning does not merely signify that he just knows what will happen. As you see, at the end of the verse it states that his counsel, that his plan will stand. That his plan will stand shows that it will remain, it will come to pass, it will not be changed by anything. It also says that God will do all his pleasure. There is nothing that God could ever prevent or block him from accomplishing his pleasure.
Speaker 1:Let's look and see what Brother Branham states. Your birth here was pre -planned. I guess you believe that Every one of you knows that our birth was pre-planned. Did you know that your being here never originated just at a myth or a thought? Everything was all pre-planned by God before the foundation of the world. That you would be here, end, quote Everything and all signify that God pre-planned everything that has happened or will happen, and he has made this plan and purpose before the world was ever created.
Speaker 1:He even planned the smallest detail, to the point that he planned that those people would be there in the service listening to Brother Branham preach Daniel, chapter 5, verse 21. And he was driven from the sons of men and his heart was made like the beasts and his dwelling was with the wild asses. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God ruled in the kingdom of men and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. Here we read that every ruler, president, prime minister, king or queen are appointed by God. Every world leader, good or evil, was planned by God to accomplish his pleasure and purpose on the earth. They are voted on or born into their position as a world leader, but the fact is God sets them up as leaders as he so desires.
Speaker 1:Jonah, chapter 2, verse 9. But I will sacrifice unto thee, with the voice of thanksgiving, I will pay that that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. Here we see that salvation is not of our choices, our free will, our thoughts, our ideas or our plan. Salvation is of the Lord. He starts, continues and finishes the process of salvation and there is nothing we can do to change or stop this plan. He plans, he purposes and he brings it to pass. Isaiah 45, verse 7. I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create evil. I, the Lord, do all these things. God forms both peace and evil. He does all these things At the very same time. We know that God himself is not responsible for evil, but God allows evil to accomplish his good purpose.
Speaker 1:God ordained the fall of man and he also ordained the redemption of man. Romans 9, verse 18-21. Therefore, hath he mercy, on whom he will have mercy and whom he will he hardens. Thou wilt say then unto me, why doth he yet find fault For who hath resisted his will? Nay, but O man, who art thou that replyest against God? Shall the thing form say to him that formed it. Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor and another unto dishonor? God chooses to harden some hearts and he chooses to have mercy on others, verse 19,. The question is why does God judge people as sinners if he has ordained them to be that way? Paul's response is who are you to reply against God? If God has formed a person to be a certain way, it is not up to us to judge him. Let's read more Romans 9, 22, and 23.
Speaker 1:What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction, and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he had aforeprepared unto glory? The reason that God chooses to harden some hearts is in order to show his wrath and to make his power known. Another way to explain that is that God had attributes within himself that are based upon his own nature and he had to express them. One of those attributes is that he is wrathful, and the other attribute is that he is merciful. In order to express his attributes of wrath, he had to make a vessel of wrath with a hardened heart. And in order for God to express his mercy properly, there had to be a vessel of wrath so that the vessel of mercy could understand the greatness of God's mercy on them. Therefore, we conclude that God is absolutely sovereign in His plan and purpose for His creation.
Speaker 1:We can take great comfort in this truth of God's sovereignty. Everything that happens in our lives is for a purpose. God is seeking to accomplish something in and for us through the trials and the pain and the frustration that we go through. Just as parents will remove any privilege from our children that is causing harm to their character, so God will remove various things from our lives so that we can be more like Him. If we compare the sufferings of this present time that are given to us by a wise and loving Heavenly Father to the fires of hell which our sins will take us to, then we can understand that what we are suffering through is actually a gift to bring our character, our heart, into line with the heart of God. Secondly, we can have confidence, through every trial, that God is in control and that it is for our good.
Speaker 1:As Romans 8.28 tells us, there is a story of a Christian on a ship with unbelievers. Long ago the ship ran into a great storm that threatened to sink it All. The unbelievers began to panic and fear. The Christian man went on as cheerful as if nothing was happening. The unbelievers asked this Christian man, why do you go on cheerful as we are about to perish in this sea? The Christian man said how can I be afraid when my father is the pilot of this ship? In future chapters we will go through the doctrine of election, eternal security and the depravity of man. Brother Branham says it's got to come according to the word if it comes from God, because it's to vindicate, to prove God's presence. And he foreknew all these things by his foreknowledge. He ordained, foreordained it's called in the Bible predestinated every age to its place and every man to its place and every messenger to its place. He is God. The devil ain't pulling nothing over on him and he's God and he has ordained everything to take place and falls just exactly in line with his word.