All Things Are Of God

Paul makes the sweeping, unqualified statement, “All things are of God.”

 Paul repeats this six times:

"For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things" (Romans 11:36).

"There is but one God, the Father, of Whom are all things" (I Corinthians 8:6).

"All things are of God" (I Corinthians 11:12).

"All things are of God " (II Corinthians 5:18).

"Him Who works all things after the counsel of His Own will" (Ephesians 1:11).

"For Whom are all things, and by Whom are all things" (Hebrews 2:10)

God Did It

My two year old grandson has a friend from daycare who is to blame for all his woes.  When something goes wrong and he is asked what happened?  His response is always "Donnie did it".  Sounds like the fake news blame game for all the problems of the world - "Trump did it"! 😀

”God has shut up ALL in disobedience so that He may show mercy to ALL. Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways...For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.” (Romans 11:32-36)

God takes responsibility for the disobedience of mankind because He is our creator.  And He tells us why He made people disobedient sinners...so that he can show us His MERCY!

Paul says ALL things are “from Him and through Him and to Him”. I admit that I have a hard time with God showing Mercy to some men. Fortunately for them, I am not God...and neither are YOU. I try not to question God.

"But who indeed are you, a human being, to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?" Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor? What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction, and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy." (Romans 9:20-23)

So, when you get mad about what happens in this world -  quit blaming Donnie or Trump because...

God did it!

“For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.” (Romans 11:36)

It seems to me that the various religions of the world, including Christianity, have missed this simple truth. Maybe because it is so simple and profound – “from Him and through Him and for Him are ALL THINGS”. However, if the Bible is the inerrant word of God, and I have chosen to believe it is, then the above is TRUE.

So what does God think about our enemies…meaning those who oppose God’s Word? When the Jewish religious leaders opposed Christians Paul tells us…

“From the standpoint of the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but from the standpoint of God’s choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers; for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience, so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy. For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all..” (Romans 11:28-33)

Israel, Gods chosen nation, became His enemies – for the sake of all other ethnic peoples (Gentiles) – but they are still His because He chose them and the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable. ALL people, including those chosen by God in this life, become disobedient so that God, who is LOVE, can show MERCY to ALL…and He wants us to pray for our enemies because it is God’s WILL to save them …

“First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men…This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who WILLS all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for ALL…I am telling the truth, I am not lying as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.” (1 Timothy 2:1-8)

Good luck with that Paul! Nevertheless, God loves His enemies and Jesus forgave his from the cross!

“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! For who has known the mind of the LORD, or who became His counselor? Or who has first given to Him that it might be paid back to him again? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen” (Romans 11:34-36)

Are ALL things really of God? Again… ALL… things, good and evil. Listen to the Apostle Paul.

“For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are ALL things” (Romans 11:36).

“There is but one God, the Father, of whom are ALL things“ (I Corinthians 8:6).

“ALL things are of God” (I Corinthians 11:12).

“ALL things are of God” (II Corinthians 5:18).

“Him who works ALL things after the counsel of His Own will” (Ephesians 1:11).

“For whom are ALL things, and by whom are ALL things” (Hebrews 2:10).

Did God inspire Paul to say this?

Listen, you cannot just harmonize some of the Scripture. Either it all can be harmonized or none of it can be trusted.

It is absolutely necessary, in my view, for God to eventually reconcile and save all mankind if “All things are of God”…the evil as well as the good. Therefore eternal conscious torment in hell must be a false doctrine.

The bible clearly teaches that "ALL things are of God" but it also says WE can do ALL things through CHRIST.

”Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God…We have no confidence in the flesh…I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me” (2 Corinthians 3:5-6; Philippians 3:3; and 4:13)

The truth is the truth whether men believe it or not, and Jesus Christ IS the...

"Savior of the WORLD" (John 4:42)