Knowing God: Experience and Love Him

Knowing God · Lesson 8

The Sovereignty of God

Trusting God’s will to be supremely accomplished

Understand God’s sovereignty as His unconquerable rule and purpose, and learn to trust His control even when His ways exceed our understanding.

Participant Handout

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Lesson Summary

God’s purposes cannot finally be thwarted. His sovereignty encompasses history, human rulers, salvation, missions, prayer, suffering, and even evil that He temporarily permits without Himself becoming evil. The practical emphasis is not merely explaining sovereignty but learning, like Habakkuk and Jesus, to trust and delight in God’s will when circumstances are difficult.

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For Reflection

These questions are ungraded and private. Your answers are not submitted to BFF.

  1. What circumstance in your life seems least changeable?
  2. Can you trust God’s sovereignty there without requiring Him first to explain what He is doing?

Check Your Understanding

Seven questions. A score of 6/7 passes. Answers and explanations appear after Check Answers. If the quiz is not passed, retake the complete quiz from the beginning.

Lesson Completion

Tracked requirements are the video teaching and quiz. Course-book reading assignments will be added later.

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