Sometimes the preposition, the New Testament uses, is the preposition into, we believe, into Christ.

And this is the fundamental thing that happens to us when we're born again, when we're converted to Christ,

our faith unites us to Him, the Spirit unites us to Him. And in that way, we are bound together.

And underneath all that is the fact that in everything Jesus did, He was representing us.

And because He was representing us, everything He has done is really ours.

None of these things are what we work up in ourselves. All of these things we draw down from our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

He is everything and He fills our nothingness.

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What this passage is communicating, beloved, is the sovereignty of God over the entire creation.

Note the refrain, I am the Lord. There is none other.

I am responsible for the whole of the creation, for the whole of human history.

It is my divine sovereign providence that stands over all human events.

I bring the abundant harvest, I also will bring the famine.

I bring the sunny day, I also bring the storm.

I bring the arid desert, I also bring the flood.

Critics of Christianity have searched the Bible in an attempt to find apparent contradictions or verses that seemingly discredit the character of God.

But sometimes we come across a verse that even causes genuine Christians to scratch their heads.

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This week, R.C. Sproul continues his examination of some of the hard sayings of the Bible.

And today we come to a particular passage that critics have used to point their finger at God.

But a passage that when Christians have read it has caused some of us to ask the question,

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