God is creator.
God is sustainer.
God is sovereign (always in complete control).
God spoke and the universe came into existence. God continues to speak and therefore it continues to exist. As Paul quoted in his sermon at the Areopagus, "In him we live, move, and have our being." God created all things, he sustains all existence, and everything happens according to his decree. This is the historic Christian view, and insofar as some Christians have and do depart from that view they depart from the historic Christian faith.
What, then, of free will? Do we deny it? Not in the classical sense of the term, we don't. Men are free creatures in that their actions are uncoerced by God. Our decisions are our own. Man is free and responsible. How do we reconcile this to God's sovereignty? Well, that's one of the things discussed in this sermon I preached from Psalm 24.
The second and more important question I seek to answer in this sermon is what kind of person can enter into the presence of God? Psalm 24 answers that as well. And it also points us toward a hope beyond what we could ever hope to attain by ourselves. It point us to the King of Glory.
Just click here to listen to the sermon: Psalm 24 - The King of Glory
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