Google search "Bible verses God is in control"
I read through all those verses and most say things like "don't fear, God is with you" type verses, but I can't find one verse that says God is in control.
Isaiah 41:10 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Psalm 46:1 “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”
1 John 4:18 “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The One who fears is not made perfect in love.”
These are the closest verses I can find, God is not in control, but He is Love, our helper, our comforter, our strength.
Acts 7: 54 When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he (Stephen), being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
So, Yeshua is in Heaven standing next to YHWH, correct? Who was in control during these verses? Looks like the people were in control of things on earth.
Numbers 11: 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied,
"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
"The Spirit told me to go with them without misgivings These six brethren also went with me and we entered the man's house.
The Holy Spirit is a helper, reveals truth, prophecy, comforter, but He is not in control.
John 14: 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,
John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
John 16: 11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
Matthew 4:8-9 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.”
1 Corinthians 10: 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.
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
Job 1:6 Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”
Luke 22: 31 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you,[d] that he might sift you like wheat, 32 but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” 33 Peter[e] said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.
Wow, looks like the Devil rules the earth, but the good news is, we can resist and fight with help of Holy Spirit, the devil doesn't have to rule us, but the devil can attack us, sift us and the truth and obedience sets us free from it.
Matthew 25:14-30 Parable of talents. God gives equivalent of up to $1 million (5 talents) to me for control, what have I done with it? God is in control when He returns then will decide where to put me in control of something else in Heaven depending how I did here on earth.
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Galatians 4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.
Luke 10:17-18 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
Romans 16:20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Fantastic imagery, we as humans can be under satan's control. Or by reading, obeying the Bible and being filled with the "Helper'- Holy Spirit, we can have control over the earth and devil.