1 Timothy 6:15
With a description like this, we have only begun to scratch the surface of the sovereignty of God, especially in its importance to our Christian life and growth. Understanding even a tiny portion of God's glory, wisdom and power is much needed because the ruler of this world's "Christianity"—a miserable, blasphemous creature and a travesty of the truth—has given us a deceptive picture of Jesus Christ, causing us a great deal of misdirection. Some of the concepts of that false Christ, planted before conversion, remain in our minds, influencing our attitudes and choices.
He has presented a portrait of a helpless effeminate, a maudlin, hand-wringing sentimentalist who is desperately trying to save humanity. If He is as He is portrayed, then He must be constantly disappointed, dissatisfied, and discouraged! In His ineptitude He is being defeated by the very creatures He is supposed to have created and be greater than. Is God so weak that Satan and sin in recalcitrant man thwart His purpose for mankind at every turn?
God's sovereignty, glory, wisdom, and power are vital to Christian life and growth, yet only a tiny portion can be grasped. The god of this world, "a miserable, blasphemous creature," has painted a deceptive picture of Jesus Christ as "a helpless effeminate," a sentimentalist desperately trying to save humanity, disappointed and defeated by His creatures. Such false concepts, planted before conversion, still influence attitudes and choices. God is not so weak that Satan and sin thwart His purpose. He covers Himself with light, His righteousness and truth, and dwells in light so brilliant that mortal eyes cannot survive it. Even shielded behind a rock, Moses was physically affected; his face shone. The only begotten Son has declared Him.