His way is the best way. I will attempt to answer the verses in the first link.
Romans 8:28 ESV / 1,479 helpful votes
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
God can change even our mistakes and use them to being about His purpose. Does He make us make the mistake?
When Achan sinned and kept of the loot from Jericho, God did not help them in defeating Ai, they were routed.
Then after Achan was taken care of God told them to attack just as before, and flee just as before, but this time men were to lie in ambush.
Did God make Achan sin? Did God make Joshua not seek His leading before attacking Ai? I say no to both questions. But God did use there mistake to bring victory.
Proverbs 19:21 ESV / 1,399 helpful votes
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Like I said, God's way is best. Jesus said if we build our castle upon the sand, it will fall, but if we build upon the Rock, it will stand. It is still our choice.
Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 1,029 helpful votes
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
This is an awesome verse, I take comfort in it when I have screwed up and made a mess of things.
He strengthens me and gives me wisdom to get out of the mess I made.
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 900 helpful votes
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
God's plans give me hope, my plans lead to despair. We should depend on Him and seek Him with our whole heart. These plans He has for us don't just come about, we must seek Him and pray.
Joshua 1:9 ESV / 811 helpful votes
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Yes, He promised He would never leave us nor forsake us. Hebrews 13:5
Matthew 6:34 ESV / 781 helpful votes
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
If we worry about tomorrow will we have peace. No. We should rely on Him He knows all about tomorrow.
But if we worry about it we may make bad decisions. Think about Abraham having Ishmael.
He did that because he was unwilling to wait for God's timing and he messed things up.
Proverbs 16:9 ESV / 766 helpful votes
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
Same answer as Proverbs 19:21 above.
Ephesians 1:11 ESV / 668 helpful votes
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
Don't forget the following verse as to what that will is.
1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
All because of what Jesus did on the cross we can praise Him.
This does not include every event in our lives. We were born again so we could be transformed into the Image of Christ.
Isaiah 45:6-7 ESV / 650 helpful votes
That people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other. I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the Lord, who does all these things.
Like I said, His ways are better than ours.
And if we don't obey He punishes. As evidenced in the OT, God killed many people as punishment for disobedience.
And then He expended all of His wrath on Jesus Christ so He wouldn't have to punish us for sinning.
Matthew 19:26 ESV / 643 helpful votes
But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
It is impossible for man to save himself, only God can do that.
1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 626 helpful votes
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Jesus is
the Way, the Truth and the Life.
If we depend on Him, we can avoid the sin. The problem is, we don't depend on Him and we sin.
Proverbs 16:4 ESV / 616 helpful votes
The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
(4) The Lord hath made all things for himself--i.e., to serve His own purposes, that His wisdom, goodness, &c, may be thereby revealed. Or the passage may be translated, "hath made all for its own end or purpose." The assertion that "He has made the wicked for the day of evil," does not mean that He created any one for punishment--i.e., predestined him for destruction. It only teaches that even the wicked are subservient to God's eternal purposes; that Pharaoh, for instance, by his rebellion could not change God's plans for the deliverance of His people, but only gave Him an occasion for showing forth His power, justice, goodness, and longsuffering. The "day of evil," i.e., punishment, at last overtook Pharaoh in accordance with the law and purpose of God that the wicked, if unrepentant, shall be punished, and thereby serve as a warning to others; but God by his longsuffering shewed that He was "not willing" that he should "perish," but rather that he "should come to repentance" (
2Peter 3:9). This appears to be also the teaching of St. Paul in
Romans 9:17, sqq.
I think this says it better than I would have.
Isaiah 45:7 ESV / 588 helpful votes
I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the Lord, who does all these things.
Already answered.
Psalm 115:3 ESV / 588 helpful votes
Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.
And what does He please.
1 Corinthians 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God,
it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Psalm 27:1 ESV / 571 helpful votes
Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
If God is for us, who can be against us.
We have the absolute biggest brother anybody could have. And He protects us just like any big brother would his younger sibling.
Or you could say we have the strongest Dad in all the world. And He looks out for us as any father would.
Isaiah 55:8-11 ESV / 566 helpful votes
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
Of course when you have really good seed, it is going to do what it is supposed to do.
If you use lesser quality seed, it may not do what it is supposed to do.
Psalm 22:28 ESV / 519 helpful votes
For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
Kingship and kings, not every individual.
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 512 helpful votes
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
It would be good if more believers realized this, they would lead much more fruitful lives.
Isaiah 14:24 ESV / 467 helpful votes
The Lord of hosts has sworn: “As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,
When the Babylonians went to far with what God would have them do during the captivity, He said He would punish them.
Read the verse in context.
Job 12:10 ESV / 459 helpful votes
In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
Job was speaking this verse. Not God.
Job and his 3 friends said many erroneous things that were recorded.
Psalm 94:19 ESV / 421 helpful votes
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 420 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Looks to me if we make the right choice God will give us peace.
John 14:27 ESV / 401 helpful votes
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
See response to the previous 2 verses.
Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 392 helpful votes
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...
His ways are much better than ours.When we don't follow them we find trouble.
Matthew 10:29 ESV / 391 helpful votes
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
God knows about the sparrows, He doesn't make them fall.
1 John 4:18 ESV / 377 helpful votes
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Revelation 1:17 ESV / 364 helpful votes
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Psalm 34:7 ESV / 364 helpful votes
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
And if we don't fear Him, He doesn't camp around us or deliver us.
1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 363 helpful votes
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Daniel 4:35 ESV / 337 helpful votes
All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
Nebuchadnezzar said this right after his sanity returned to him.
After being punished for 7 years I could see how he would be grateful.
Do we accept everything a new Christian would say?
No, they need to be discipled.
Proverbs 21:1 ESV / 337 helpful votes
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
See response to Psalm 22"28 above.
Psalm 46:1 ESV / 335 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Psalm 56:3 ESV / 330 helpful votes
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
1 Chronicles 29:11-12 ESV / 324 helpful votes
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.
And He gives strength to those who trust Him.
Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 313 helpful votes
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
If He didn't hold everything together, it would all fall apart.
Colossians 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
1 Timothy 6:15 ESV / 313 helpful votes
Which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Luke 12:22-26 ESV / 313 helpful votes
And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?
See response to Philippians 4:6-7
Philippians 4:13 ESV / 298 helpful votes
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
We should depend on Him for our strength, not ourselves.
Psalm 135:6 ESV / 287 helpful votes
Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.
See response to Psalm 115:3.
Jeremiah 32:27 ESV / 280 helpful votes
“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Psalm 23:4 ESV / 269 helpful votes
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
See response to Psalm 23 above.
Mark 5:36 ESV / 268 helpful votes
But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV / 264 helpful votes
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Mark 6:50 ESV / 260 helpful votes
For they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Philippians 4:19 ESV / 259 helpful votes
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
He says this so we won't worry.
He puts thoughts into the minds of men, if they don't obey, He will put it into someone else's mind.
As He would have done in Esther's case.
Mordecai told her that she may have been raised up for such a time as this. But, if she disobeyed they would get deliverance from some other quarter.
Psalm 103:19 ESV / 254 helpful votes
The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
God has a plan for this Earth, nothing we do can stop it.
Genesis 50:20 ESV / 254 helpful votes
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
God orchestrated that whole thing using Joseph's brothers choices.
He gave Joseph a dream that made his brothers envious setting the whole process into motion.
He never made anybody do anything, all of them responded the way He knew they would.
Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 251 helpful votes
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
This is one of my favorite verses.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
1 Peter 3:14 ESV / 248 helpful votes
But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Amos 3:6 ESV / 247 helpful votes
Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the Lord has done it?
He wanted the Jews to know for certain this punishment was coming from Him, it would not be a coincidence.
Isaiah 43:1 ESV / 247 helpful votes
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Isaiah 43:9 ESV / 245 helpful votes
All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right, and let them hear and say, It is true.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Psalm 118:6-7 ESV / 245 helpful votes
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? The Lord is on my side as my helper; I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Jonah 1:4 ESV / 243 helpful votes
But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.
Why did God use a storm? Maybe because Jonah was exercising his freewill.
Then the men in the ship, after they knew it was Jonah's fault still tried to resist God's will, and the storm grew worse.
Finally those men relented and threw Jonah into the sea. Then the sea became calm and then the men feared the LORD. He can even use our sins to manifest His glory.
Psalm 55:22 ESV / 243 helpful votes
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Those who trust Him are like building on a Rock.
Psalm 34:4 ESV / 243 helpful votes
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Isaiah 41:2 ESV / 239 helpful votes
Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow.
See response to Psalm 22:28
Zechariah 4:6 ESV / 236 helpful votes
Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Romans 9:21 ESV / 233 helpful votes
Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
This verse is referring to what God did with the nation of Israel.
John 19:11 ESV / 233 helpful votes
Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.”
That would be Judas having the greater sin.
John 14:5 ESV / 233 helpful votes
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
2 Timothy 1:6 ESV / 232 helpful votes
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands,
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Genesis 8:22 ESV / 231 helpful votes
While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control of men's lives.
John 3:16-17 ESV / 224 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
2 Chronicles 20:6 ESV / 221 helpful votes
And said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.
See response to Psalm 22:28
John 16:33 ESV / 220 helpful votes
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Romans 13:1 ESV / 219 helpful votes
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
See response to Psalm 22:28
Proverbs 16:33 ESV / 219 helpful votes
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.
Septuagint, "For the unrighteous all things fall into their bosom, but from the Lord are all just things," which may mean either that, though the wicked seem to prosper, God still works out his righteous ends; or the evil suffer retribution, and thus God's justice is displayed.
See response to Jonah 1:4, Romans 8:28
Ephesians 1:11-12 ESV / 215 helpful votes
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
Already answered.
Genesis 1:1 ESV / 211 helpful votes
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Matthew 6:12 ESV / 210 helpful votes
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Psalm 91:4 ESV / 206 helpful votes
He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
We have a choice whether or not to put on the Armor of God.
Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 203 helpful votes
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...
By faith people acted.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Revelation 1:1 ESV / 196 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
Yes God has a plan for the end times and nothing we can do will stop it.
Romans 8:29-30 ESV / 194 helpful votes
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
This is a highly contested and misunderstood verse.
Psalm 24:1 ESV / 194 helpful votes
A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,
A great verse saying all of us are His. People should consider this verse when they attempt to preach Limited Atonement.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
2 Peter 3:2 ESV / 184 helpful votes
That you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,
God knows the future so He can accurately prophesy it.
Acts 17:26 ESV / 176 helpful votes
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
Don't forget the next verse.
17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
James 1:13 ESV / 175 helpful votes
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Psalm 9:10 ESV / 175 helpful votes
And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 168 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...
See response to Revelation 1:1.
Isaiah 14:27 ESV / 166 helpful votes
For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?
Already answered.
Ephesians 1:4 ESV / 161 helpful votes
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
What I put in bold is what He chose the church for. Not specific individuals.
Job 42:2 ESV / 161 helpful votes
“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
This is Job speaking, not God.
John 13:7 ESV / 156 helpful votes
Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.”
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Psalm 66:7 ESV / 141 helpful votes
Who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations— let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
Looks to me as if He is telling the rebellious not to get haughty.
Psalm 46:10 ESV / 141 helpful votes
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
If we do the first part of the verse, the 2nd part of the verse will be the result.
Romans 3:23 ESV / 140 helpful votes
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Was it God's will that everybody sin?
I am confused why this verse is here.
Psalm 27:14 ESV / 138 helpful votes
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
1 Corinthians 13:12 ESV / 137 helpful votes
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Hebrews 2:8 ESV / 127 helpful votes
Putting everything in subjection under his feet.” Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control.
At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.
So He does not control everything at present?
John 6:37 ESV / 123 helpful votes
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
And He gives to the Son, those who put there trust in Him.
1 Chronicles 29:11 ESV / 120 helpful votes
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.
God is above all. He still doesn't make choices for us.
Genesis 1:2 ESV / 120 helpful votes
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Revelation 1:8 ESV / 100 helpful votes
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Exodus 9:16 ESV / 98 helpful votes
But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
God knew what He was going to do, He knew what his response would be.
Psalm 90:2 ESV / 91 helpful votes
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Isaiah 8:1-22 ESV / 76 helpful votes
Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’ And I will get reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.” And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz; for before the boy knows how to cry ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.” The Lord spoke to me again: ...
God knows the future so He can accurately prophesy.
Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 68 helpful votes
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
Hebrews 10:5 ESV / 68 helpful votes
Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me;
I fail to see how this verse says God is in control.
When I say "I fail to see how this verse says God is in control." that should have been total control.
I was going to change it, but there were 36 of them, so I decided to make a note instead.