Playlist: Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (sermon series)
John W. Ritenbaugh
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part One)
God's Sovereignty Extends to All Areas of LifeGod, as Creator, takes the initiative (as the potter over the clay) for the elect's salvation, enabling us to build the repertoire of habits called character.
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part Two)
God's Sovereignty and Our Spiritual CreationGod is intimately involved with the smallest details of our life, including our conception and birth, supplying spiritual gifts to carry out His work.
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part Three)
Examples of Jeremiah and JonahThe term 'grace' describes a generous, thoughtful action of God, accompanied by love, which accomplishes His will, equipping us with everything we need.
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part Four)
God's Intimate KnowledgeEven though we have the free moral agency to run counter to God's purposes, we court disaster if we presumptuously plan against these purposes.
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part Five)
Favor Is Given So We May Obey God's LawIn terms of salvation, works cannot save, but good works are the fruit of God's involvement. Grace frees one; works prove that one has been freed.
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part Six)
God Does the Creating!Grace's influence extends beyond justification, into the sanctification stage where the believer yields himself to righteousness, keeping God's commandments.
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part Seven)
The Meaning of CharacterIn terms of building character, God does the creating, assaying, testing, and proving; we do the yielding and walking in the pathway He has set for us.