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A couple of days ago I had a discussion with a friend on Luke 4:5-6, resulting from a sermon Greg Boyd delivered recently. If God is sovereign, how does the devil have control over all the kingdoms of the earth? My take is this: take heed to the wording of verse 6: they have been delivered to me. When we think about that thought, we should take into account Daniel 4:32. God rules the kingdom of men, and gives them to whomever He wills. It’s an amazing thought that God would deliver kingdoms and political organizations of men to the devil, Hitler, Mussolini, Pol Pot, George Bush, Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, Saddam Hussein, Kofi Annan, etc. It doesn’t matter who they are, they are still subject to the authority and sovereignty of God (as per Romans 13:1). I can rest easy knowing that God is in total control of every political situation, regardless of what it looks like from the outside in.