The Decrees Of God
This is part response to Holding's essay on Unconditional Election, and part foundation on my (planned) article on God's Sovereignity & Free Will.
Lamentations 3:37-38- "Who has commanded and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and evil come?"
Isa 45:7- I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things.
Eph 1:11- ...being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will
Isa 46:10-11 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
With these verses, I think that the doctrine of God's decree is set in stone. God controls everything, and as much as we hate it, we have to accept it. God's decrees is a beautiful doctrine, I believe, but it also leads so several not very beautiful conclusions. Namely, no free-will for humans and ultimately, fatalism. I will address these issues when I get the time. Stay tuned!
Lamentations 3:37-38- "Who has commanded and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and evil come?"
Isa 45:7- I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things.
Eph 1:11- ...being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will
Isa 46:10-11 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
With these verses, I think that the doctrine of God's decree is set in stone. God controls everything, and as much as we hate it, we have to accept it. God's decrees is a beautiful doctrine, I believe, but it also leads so several not very beautiful conclusions. Namely, no free-will for humans and ultimately, fatalism. I will address these issues when I get the time. Stay tuned!
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