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Let me say simply today that God is in charge.

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He orders the universe and he subdues. When he

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subdues, he places those he has subdued under

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his people. The church bears the authority of

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the Lord, not civic governments. Psalm 47 .3

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says as follows, He, that's God, subdues people

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under us and puts all nations under our feet.

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God ordered Israel as essentially a theocracy,

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with God really being the boss. And now the church

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has God as the boss. Some people aren't thoughtful

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about getting to heaven when they die or even

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about being obedient to the God of the universe.

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But even that does not free them from this dynamic.

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God has chosen for himself those he has chosen.

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And in so doing, he has ordered the universe

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to put all men at just the right time under their

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feet. When Jesus comes again, this will become

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very clear as people of God, saved through Jesus,

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will be rushing into the eternal kingdom and

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everyone else will suffer the fate prepared for

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them. I would just encourage you today, it is

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resolved. And you know it. In your heart of hearts,

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you know it is resolved. You know the true order

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of things. And these seeming temporal difficulties

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are just that, seeming and temporal. Choose truth.

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Choose eternity. Trust God.