Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
There are many passages that speak of God’s sovereignty in the affairs of men, especially in the area of Election. Election is the Doctrine where God’s Word tells us that He has chosen a people in Christ before He created the World (Ephesians 1:4). God has a purpose in Election among which is to glorify Him. Paul in his letter to the Romans (Romans 9:11) speaks a little bit about this fact, i.e. the Doctrine of Election.
It was and is for His pleasure that He has created all things. This is why His Word will never return void but will always accomplish that for which It was sent (Isaiah 55:11), i.e. His will. That is why His will IS being done on earth, just as it is in Heaven (Matthew 6:9-13). That is why all things work together for good! (Romans 8:28) His good, not ours! This is why He works all things after the counsel of His will, not ours (Ephesians 1:11). There is no place in Holy Scripture where anything is left up to chance or the will of man. God has a plan for each and every human being into whom He breathed life and no one will ever live and die NOT fulfilling God’s purpose. Why? Because it is GOD Who fulfills His purpose for each one of us (Psalm 57:2, Psalm 138:8, Revelation 17:17).
The Arminian may claim, “Well it is God’s pleasure to give man free will.” I keep hearing that but no one has yet shown me Scripture that says man has free will. The man who believes in decisional salvation makes that claim without any Biblical support whatsoever.
I say again that every lost man believes he has free will - the myth of free will is a carry-over from the flesh that a believer whose faith is weak has not yet set aside. But do I hold that against him? Of course not! It is God that has given that man the measure of faith that he has (Romans 12:3) and it is God’s plan that he believes as he does - that is God working in him to will and to do according to His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13). There’s that word again - God’s pleasure. The very purpose of our existence as stated in Revelation 4:11 above.
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