GOD OWNS EVERYTHING ON EARTH:

He [Melchizedek] blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth” (Genesis 14:19).
Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth (Genesis 14:22).
Moses said to him [Pharaoh], “As soon as I go out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the Lord; the thunder will cease, and there will be hail no longer, hat you may know that the earth is the Lord’s” (Exodus 9:29).
Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine (Exodus 19:5).
Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it (Deuteronomy 10:14).
Your, O Lord, is... everything that is in the heavens and the earth... who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You. For we
are sojourners before You, and tenants... all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy name, it is from Your hand, and all is Yours (1 Chronicles 29:11,14-16)
Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole
heaven is Mine (Job 41:11).
The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it (Psalm 24:1).
If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the whole world is Mine; and all it contains (Psalm 50:12).
Arise, O God, judge the earth! For it is Thou does possess all the nations (Psalm 82:8).
The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; the world and all it contains, You have founded them (Psalm 89:11).
In whose hands are the depths of the earth; the peaks of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for it was He who made it; and His hands formed the dry land (Psalm 95:4-5).
O Lord, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; the
earth if full of Your possessions (Psalm 104:24).
For the earth is the Lord’s, and everything that is in it (1 Corinthians 10:26).

Parable illustrating God’s ownership:

For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves, and entrusted his possessions to them. And to one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey. Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents.

In the same manner the one who had received the two talents gained two more. But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

Now after a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them. And the one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted five talents to me; see, I have gained five more talents.’

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave; you were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things, enter into the joy of your master.’

The one also who had received the two talents came up and said, ‘Master, you entrusted to me two talents; see, I have gained two more talents.’ His master said to him, `Well done, good and faithful slave; you were faithful
with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the Joy of your master.’

And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed.

And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground; see, you have what is yours.’

But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I scattered no seed. Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival. I would have
received my money back with interest.

Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has ten talents’ (Matthew 25:14-28).

Lord holds all things together:

He... upholds all things by the word of His power (Hebrews 1:3).
In Him all things hold together (Colossians 1:17)

SPECIFIC POSSESSIONS GOD OWNS:

1. Land

The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine(Leviticus 25:23)

2. Gold and silver

You also took your beautiful jewels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images that you might play the harlot with them (Ezekiel 16:17).
“The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,” declares the Lord of hosts (Haggai 2:8).

3. Animals
For every beast of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird of the mountains, and everything that moves in the fields is
Mine (Psalm 50:10-11).

GOD CONTROLS
EVERY EVENT:

THE LORD CONTROLS ALL EVENTS ON EARTH

Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great, and to strengthen
everyone (1 Chronicles 29:11-12).
Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, in heaven and in earth (Psalm 135:6).
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord (Proverbs 16:33).
Man’s steps are ordained by the Lord, how then can man understand his way? (Proverbs 20:24).
Daniel answered and said, “Let the name of God be blessed forever... it is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings (Daniel 2:20-21).

Lord allows difficult circumstances to occur

Then all his [Job’s] brothers, and all his sisters, and all who had known him before, came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had broughton him (Job 42:11)

I am the Lord, and there is no other, the One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these (Isaiah 45:6-7).
Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both good and ill go forth? (Lamentations 3:37-38).
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it? (Amos 3:6).

Lord uses every circumstances for a good purpose in the life of the godly.

We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28).

• Example of Lord allowing difficult circumstances for ultimate good
Do not be grieved or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a
great deliverance.

Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here,
but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all hishousehold and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry and go up to myfather, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, “God has made me lord of all Egypt (Genesis 45:5-9).

A carnal person’s perspective of the control of events

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise, nor wealth to the discerning, nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all (Ecclesiastes 9:11).

SPECIFIC EVENTS AND ITEMS LORD CONTROLS

1. Lord directs people’s hearts
The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns
it wherever He wishes (Proverbs 21:1).•

Lord can give godly people favor with others

The Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer (Genesis 39:21).
The Lord had caused them to rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel (Ezra 6:22).
The king granted them [Nehemiah’s requests] to me because the good hand of my God was on me... I told them how the hand of my God had been favorable to me (Nehemiah 2:8, 18

GOD OWNS EVERYTHING ON EARTH:

He [Melchizedek] blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth” (Genesis 14:19).

Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth (Genesis 14:22).

Moses said to him [Pharaoh], “As soon as I go out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the Lord; the thunder will cease, and there will be hail no longer, hat you may know that the earth is the Lord’s” (Exodus 9:29).

Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine (Exodus 19:5).

Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it (Deuteronomy 10:14).

Your, O Lord, is... everything that is in the heavens and the earth... who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You. For we

are sojourners before You, and tenants... all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy name, it is from Your hand, and all is Yours (1 Chronicles 29:11,14-16)

Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole

heaven is Mine (Job 41:11).

The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it (Psalm 24:1).

If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the whole world is Mine; and all it contains (Psalm 50:12).

Arise, O God, judge the earth! For it is Thou does possess all the nations (Psalm 82:8).

The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; the world and all it contains, You have founded them (Psalm 89:11).

In whose hands are the depths of the earth; the peaks of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for it was He who made it; and His hands formed the dry land (Psalm 95:4-5).

O Lord, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; the

earth if full of Your possessions (Psalm 104:24).

For the earth is the Lord’s, and everything that is in it (1 Corinthians 10:26).

Parable illustrating God’s ownership:

In the same manner the one who had received the two talents gained two more. But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

Now after a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them. And the one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted five talents to me; see, I have gained five more talents.’

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave; you were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things, enter into the joy of your master.’

And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed.

And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground; see, you have what is yours.’

But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I scattered no seed. Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival. I would have received my money back with interest.

Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has ten talents’ (Matthew 25:14-28).

Lord holds all things together:

He... upholds all things by the word of His power (Hebrews 1:3).

In Him all things hold together (Colossians 1:17)

SPECIFIC POSSESSIONS GOD OWNS:

1. Land

The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine(Leviticus 25:23)

2. Gold and silver

You also took your beautiful jewels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images that you might play the harlot with them (Ezekiel 16:17).

“The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,” declares the Lord of hosts (Haggai 2:8).

3. AnimalsFor every beast of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird of the mountains, and everything that moves in the fields is Mine (Psalm 50:10-11).

GOD CONTROLS EVERY EVENT:

THE LORD CONTROLS ALL EVENTS ON EARTH

Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great, and to strengthen

everyone (1 Chronicles 29:11-12).

Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, in heaven and in earth (Psalm 135:6).

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord (Proverbs 16:33).

Man’s steps are ordained by the Lord, how then can man understand his way? (Proverbs 20:24).

Daniel answered and said, “Let the name of God be blessed forever... it is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings (Daniel 2:20-21).

Lord allows difficult circumstances to occur

Then all his [Job’s] brothers, and all his sisters, and all who had known him before, came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had broughton him (Job 42:11)

I am the Lord, and there is no other, the One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these (Isaiah 45:6-7).

Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both good and ill go forth? (Lamentations 3:37-38).

If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it? (Amos 3:6).

Lord uses every circumstances for a good purpose in the life of the godly.

We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28).

Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all hishousehold and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry and go up to myfather, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, “God has made me lord of all Egypt (Genesis 45:5-9).

A carnal person’s perspective of the control of events

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise, nor wealth to the discerning, nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all (Ecclesiastes 9:11).

SPECIFIC EVENTS AND ITEMS LORD CONTROLS

1. Lord directs people’s hearts

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns

it wherever He wishes (Proverbs 21:1).•

Lord can give godly people favor with others

The Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer (Genesis 39:21).

The Lord had caused them to rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel (Ezra 6:22).

The king granted them [Nehemiah’s requests] to me because the good hand of my God was on me... I told them how the hand of my God had been favorable to me (Nehemiah 2:8, 18

But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I scattered no seed. Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival. I would have
received my money back with interest.

3. Animals
For every beast of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird of the mountains, and everything that moves in the fields is
Mine (Psalm 50:10-11).

GOD CONTROLS
EVERY EVENT:

Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here,
but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all hishousehold and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry and go up to myfather, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, “God has made me lord of all Egypt (Genesis 45:5-9).