Sermons By Subject: Attributes of God

This sermon was preached by Pastor Wagner in the Cincinnati Church in 2008 five years before he was ordained. The outline is attached at the bottom of the page. Christians and Muslims do NOT Worship the Same God “Well, first of all, I believe in an Almighty God, and I believe that all the world, whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God. That's what I believe. I believe that Islam is a great religion that preaches peace.” –President George W. Bush, 2007

I. Overview - the different aspects of the will of God. 1. The sovereign will of God. A. Predestination - God's absolute sovereign will. B. Predetermination - God's bounded sovereign will. C. God's sovereign will is both His desire and His accomplishment of that desire. i. Will - I. 1. a. Desire, wish, longing; liking, inclination, disposition (to do something).

IV. The permissive will of God. 1. There are some things in our lives that God doesn't decree but permits. A. Permit v.- I. To allow, suffer, give leave; not to prevent. B. God may or may not permit our travel to go as we have planned (1Co 16:7). C. Even the teaching the pastor intends to do is subject to the permissive will of God (Heb 6:1-3). D. God has allowed His ministers to be put in trust with the gospel (1Th 2:4). E. This is why we should always preface our plans with, "If the Lord will..." (Jam 4:15; 1Co 4:19).

VI. God's declared will also includes guidelines that God has given in scripture of how He wants us to live and what He wants us to do. 1. This aspect of God's will can be ascertained by living according to God's laws and studying the scriptures (Rom 12:2). 2. Prove v.- II. To make good, establish. 5. trans. To establish (a thing) as true; to make certain; to demonstrate the truth of by evidence or argument. 3. We should pray for God's will to be done. A. Jesus was our prime example of this (Mat 26:39,42; Luk 22:42). B. Jesus taught us to pray for God's will to be done (Mat 6:10).

For a master copy of the outline, click here: The Trinity To Listen on YouTube, click here: The Trinity (Part 1) - Analogies of the Trinity; Biblical Proof of the Trinity The Trinity I. The Trinity is a hotly debated topic, both in professing Christianity and among other religions of the world.

For a master copy of the outline, click here: The Trinity To Listen on YouTube, click here: The Trinity (Part 2) - References to the Trinity in the Old and New Testaments E. Jesus and the Father are one (Joh 10:30; Joh 14:9). F. Jesus and the Holy Ghost are one. i. Jesus said that He would send a Comforter which was the Holy Spirit (Joh 14:16-17).

For a paperback book in outline form which addresses over 150 difficult verses that Arminians use against Sovereign Grace, check out: Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace: Rooting Arminianism Out of Every Verse. A copy of the outline can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

For a paperback book in outline form which addresses over 150 difficult verses that Arminians use against Sovereign Grace, check out: Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace: Rooting Arminianism Out of Every Verse. A copy of the outline can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.