If God is sovereign, do I really have a choice?

Chuck Smith answered from Jehoshaphat's prayer: "yes, God rules, but God in His rule has allotted man free moral agency, self-determination, the power or capacity of choice." The same prayer confesses that God rules "over all the kingdoms of the heathen" (2 Chronicles 20:6). Read Chuck on 2 Chronicles 20:6 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.

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