The Illusion Of Being In Control

Pastor Waldrip delivers a powerful and thought-provoking message exploring humanity’s God-given mandate to exercise dominion over creation and how sin has distorted that calling into an illegitimate desire to control people, circumstances, and even God Himself. Drawing from Genesis, Psalms, and numerous Old Testament accounts of powerful kings (Pharaohs, Abimelech, Manasseh, Nebuchadnezzar), Pastor Waldrip vividly illustrates that no human being—no matter how mighty—has ever truly been in control. The sermon culminates in a compassionate gospel appeal: the unsaved person already has no real control; coming to Christ is not surrendering freedom but being liberated from the cruel tyranny of sin and Satan into the glorious liberty of serving the only One who is truly sovereign.