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1 | Thank you Brad | Ps 115:3 | DocTrinsograce | 195090 | ||
Hi, omimotoni... Our brother Brad may have a different answer. However, I think he wouldn't mind if I jumped in here for a moment. Whatever has come to pass is, necessarily, part of God's decretive will. Consequently, the events of Hezekiah's life all fall into this category. Note that the revealed will of God is fully knowable to us -- for that is what we have in the Word. However, the decretive will of God is hidden from us and unknowable. (cf Deuteronomy 29:29) I like the example given by Rick Reilly: "Suppose someone comes to me and asks if it is God's will that he rob a bank. I can tell him with 100 percent certainty that it is not God's will he do so based on God's preceptive, revealed will. If this person goes ahead and robs the bank then I can look back on that bank robbery was part of God's decretive will. I can also look to God's preceptive will after the fact and say with 100 percent confidence that this person has sinned and should be punished." In Him, Doc |
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2 | Decretive Will vs. Perceptive Will? | Ps 115:3 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 195098 | ||
Doc, Regarding the example... 1. Is it actually suggested that it was God's decree - "His eternal purpose, according to His will, whereby He has foreordained" - that the man rob a bank? 2. Would that not be the same thing as saying that God decreed the man to sin, that is, God decreed this man to go against his preceptive, i.e. revealed will? Even further, being an eternal decree, is it being suggested that God never intended for the man to obey a known divine precept? 3. Could not the rape of a child also be used as an example of God's "decretive will"? Can it not also be said that, although God having laid the command "thou shalt not rape children," nevertheless, God never intended for this man to obey it? 4. How can God, if the integrity of His being is to be maintained, will the opposite of what he commands, worse, never intend the obedience demanded in the first place? 5. Furthermore (and this question is the more important, which I would like a response), how does Deut 29:29 demonstrate such a teaching regrading God's will as proposed in your post? |
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3 | Decretive Will vs. Perceptive Will? | Ps 115:3 | Searcher56 | 195100 | ||
This is going into the area that is off limits - Calvinist-Armenian. It has been discussed before, as well. | ||||||
4 | Decretive Will vs. Perceptive Will? | Ps 115:3 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 195101 | ||
Hi Doc. 1. Would answering #5 be considered off-limits since it does pertain directly to the understanding of a Biblical passage? 2. If the issue regarding the "divine decretive and preceptive will" is a subject that is off-limits, why, may I ask with no intention of disrespect, was the issue brought up by you in the first place? 3. If discussed in this forum, would it be permissible for you to direct me to is so that I may review the discussion (without any intention, on my part, to post responses to it or bring it up again on this forum)? Thanks... |
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5 | Decretive Will vs. Perceptive Will? | Ps 115:3 | azurelaw | 195105 | ||
Dear Looking, Just to remind you that it was Searcher who responded to your post not Doc. Shalom Azure |
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6 | Decretive Will vs. Perceptive Will? | Ps 115:3 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 195123 | ||
Azure, Oops! I sometimes wonder why I wear glasses. Doc, please accept my apologies for the mix-up and, Doc, thanks for your reply, anyway. Searcher, let me be clear, however, that I am not presenting my questions on the basis of Arminianism-Calvinism debate. My questions are based on the posts read and reponses I receive for my questions. |
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7 | Decretive Will vs. Perceptive Will? | Ps 115:3 | azurelaw | 195124 | ||
Why you wear glasses? Perhaps your user name gives the reason. Just kidding! :-) Azure |
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