Cut for time, but this illustrates how God’s sovereign will does NOT negate man’s choices.

God's sovereignty and man's responsibility are not opposites! They somehow work in perfect harmony

The ultimate Biblical example: the cross. Who killed Jesus? Was it the Romans? The Jews? God, according to Isaiah 53?

The answer is: All of the above. It was God's plan from the beginning, but men, by their own choices, carried it out and were guilty of killing the Son of God – as God ordained they would.

It can give you a headache trying to figure it out, or you can say, “That’s how God says it is, and we can’t fully explain it. So I’ll just believe Him. After all, He is God, and I am… not!”