Now certain men drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel in a joint of the armor.

This is not marksmanship here we're talking about.

This is a stray arrow fulfilling whose prophecy.

So he said to the driver of his chariot, turn around and take me out of the

fight, for I am severely wounded and the battle raged that day and the king was propped up in the

chariot in front of the Airmians and died at evening and the blood from the wound ran into the bottom of the chariot.

So does God rule over every action of man?

Or are there some actions that escape God's providential authority.

In this episode of Light and Truth,

John Piper turns to First Kings 22

to show God's absolute rule even over what seems random to us. This seminar was originally given at Bethlehem Baptist

Church on October 11th 1995.

Job 37, Eliue talking.

Eliue talking.

Remember I told you last week that Eliue is a good guy in Job, I believe.

He's not rebuked like Elifaz, Bill Dead, and Zofar in the last chapter.

Here's what he has to say about the weather or the natural world.

For to the snow, God says, fall on the earth, and to the downpour and the rain be strong.

He seals the hand of every man that all men may know his work.

Let's stop there, man, that's the one I circled last week.

I said, can't unpack that in two minutes.

What does that mean? In this context the beast goes to its

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