TBWA 9 - Talk 2 - The God of Sovereign Love

A Sermon given at St Tom's Big Weekend Away by Steve Carlisle. This is the second in a series on ‘Tough Love - The Love of God’. This talk is titled ‘The God of Sovereign Love’ and was delivered on the 27th of October 2007. Sermon Outline:

• Intro
• The Love of God is Sovereign
  • In Complete Control (Jeremiah 32:17; Psalm 115:2-3; Jeremiah 10:23; Isaiah 45:6-7; Romans 9:18)
  • We Are Not Without Excuse (Joshua 24:14-15; Romans 10:9-11; Ezekiel 18:30-32; Romans 1:18-32)
  • Two Compatible Truths (Genesis 50:19-20; Philippians 2:12-13; Acts 4:23-31; Acts 18:9-10; Leviticus 20:7-8)
• How Can a God of Love Not Save Everyone?
  • Does God Really Love The World? (John 3:16; 1 John 2:2)
  • The Delight of Election
    • In the Old Testament (Deuteronomy 7:6-8)
      • God Loves Because He Loves
      • Not All Israel is Israel (Romans 9:6-8)
  • In the New Testament (See also Ephesians 1:3-14; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-16)
    • He Chooses The Weak (1 Corinthians 1)
    • Chooses Them Before Time (Romans 8 )
    • None of Them Will be Lost (John 6)
• How Can a Loving God Allow Suffering?
  • What is Wrong With God?
  • One Example - Suffering, Sickness and Death
    • The Reality of Our Death (Psalm 90:7-11; Romans 6:23; Acts 5; 1 Corinthians 11:27-32; Lamentations 3:37-38)
    • The Potter and The Clay (Romans 9; Job)
    • Comfort - Building New Foundations (Psalm 27; 2 Corinthians 1)
    • God's Megaphone (Romans 5)
    • Death is Overcome - Mercy in Suffering (1 Corinthians 15)
• Some Final Reflections
  • The Sovereign God and Prayer
  • The Sovereign God and Evangelism
  • Learning to Trust the Sovereign God