Sovereignty Scriptures

Listed below are just a few of the passages of Scripture that declare that our Father is in complete control, even when we think that He is not.

•  "...Who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." (John 1:12-13)
• "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven." (John 3:27)
• "For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. (Greek, thelo [θελω]: wills)" (John 5:21)
• "All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me..." (John 6:37)
• "And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing..." (John 6:39)
• "No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him..." (John 6:44)
• "If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed." (John 8:36)
• "...And I give eternal life to them (my sheep), and they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of My hand." (John 10:27-28)
• "For this cause they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, "HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES, AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART; LEST THEY SEE WITH THEIR EYES, AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED, AND I HEAL THEM." (John 12:39-40)
• "You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above..." (John 19:11)

These are just some of the Scriptures in the Gospel of John. This should give one a clear understanding that the Bible is full of the declaration that He is Lord over all. Below are a few key sovereignty scriptures taken from various other parts of the Bible.

• "And the LORD said to him (Moses), 'Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes [him] dumb or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?'" (Ex. 4:11)
• "...For the LORD your God hardened his (Pharaoh's) spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to deliver him into your hand, as he is today." (Deut. 2:30)
• "'See now that I, I am He, and there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded, and it is I who heal; and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.'" (Deut. 32:39)
• "The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. The LORD makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts." (1 Sam. 2:6-7)
• "...Power and might are in Thy hand so that no one can stand against Thee." (2 Chron. 20:6)
• "I know that Thou canst do all things, and that no purpose of Thine can be thwarted." (Job  42:2)
• "All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will worship before Thee. For the kingdom is the LORD'S, and He rules over the nations." (Ps. 22:27-28)
• "The LORD has established His throne in the heavens; and His sovereignty rules over all." (Ps. 103:19)
• "But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases." (Ps. 115:3)
• "Whatever the LORD pleases, He does, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps." (Ps. 135:6)
• "The mind of man plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps." (Prov. 16:9)
• "The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD." (Prov. 16:11)
• "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but the counsel of the LORD, it will stand." (Prov. 19:21)
• "...There is none who can deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?" (Is. 43:3)
  
• "And all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, but He (God) does according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth; and no one can ward off His hand or say to Him, 'What hast Thou done?'" (Dan. 4:35)
• "Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own?..." (Matt. 20:15)
• "The things impossible with men are possible with God." (Luke 18:27)
• "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." (Rom. 8:28)
• "For this is a word of promise: 'AT THIS TIME I WILL COME, AND SARAH SHALL HAVE A SON.' And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac; for though the twins were not yet born, and had not done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose according to His choice might stand, not because of works, but because of Him who calls, it was said to her, 'THE OLDER WILL SERVE THE YOUNGER.' Just as it is written, 'JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED.'" (Rom. 9:9-13) 
• "For He says to Moses, 'I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION.' So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, 'FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE I RAISED YOU UP, TO DEMONSTRATE MY POWER IN YOU, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH.' So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires." (Rom. 9:15-18)
• "On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, 'Why did you make me like this,' will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use, and another for common use?" (Rom. 9:20-21)
• "For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable." (Rom. 11:29)
• "But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me." (1 Cor.  15:10)
• "Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world..." (Eph. 1:4)
• "He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace..." (Eph. 1:5-6)
• "He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him with a view to . . . the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things upon the earth." (Eph. 1:9-10)
• "...Who works all things after the counsel of His will." (Eph. 1:11)
• "For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." (Phil. 1:6)
• "...Work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure." (Phil. 2:12-13)
• "For He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son." (Col. 1:13)
• "And He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of (Greek, prototokos [πρωτοτοκος]: prior to and sovereign over) all creation." (Col. 1:15)
• "Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass." (1 Thess. 5:24)
• "Who desires (Greek, thelo [θελω]: will have) all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." (1 Tim. 2:4)

All God's purposes for our lives here on earth (and beyond) will stand, whether we believe it or not.