What does it mean that God is sovereign?
God's sovereignty means He can do whatever He wants to do, yet because He is righteous and holy, He will never do anything unfair, unrighteous, or treat anyone unjustly. His mercy and compassion are dispensed according to His own will, not based on human willing or running, but on God who shows mercy.
Les explains that God's sovereignty means He can do whatever He wants to do, but because He is the righteous and holy God, He will never do anything unfair or unrighteous, and He will never treat anyone unfairly. In Romans 9:14-16, Paul asks, 'Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid,' and then quotes God saying to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.' So it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God who shows mercy. Les also notes that believers can look back and see they were chosen from before the foundation of the world, while the lost person still hears 'whosoever will may come.'