Control

A Contentious Wife Makes Life Miserable - Proverbs 21:1 – 21:10 (commentary)

There is no king or ruler so great that he can act in independence of God. Whether he admits it or not God is controlling him just as he controls the water in the rivers (v. 1). A good example of this was Pharaoh. We may think that nothing is wrong in the things we are doing but …

Sovereign Control of God - Isaiah 46:1 – 46:13 (commentary)

Isaiah’s prediction of deliverance for the people of Israel begins with a statement that shows the supremacy of the Lord over the false gods being recognized in the nations (vv. 1-2). Bel was the Babylonian seen god and Mebo was his son, the god of writing and learning (v …