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1 | God's eternal purpose | Deut 32:4 | mark d seyler | 174633 | ||
Are we saying then that the only way for God to achieve His eternal purpose was through Adam's sin? That unless someone sinned, God's purpose could not be accomplished? Or, are we saying that of all the various ways God could have acheived His eternal purpose, He chose a method that necessitated Adam to sin, again saying that God's purpose required sin, but that it could have been different? Or should we rather say that God's purpose was to have a people holy and blameless, without the hint of sin, and so that is what He made, and that when Adam fell, He initiated and provided a way for man to be made holy and blameless, which was what He wanted all along? Just something to think about. . . Love in Christ, Mark |
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2 | God's eternal purpose | Deut 32:4 | Hank | 174635 | ||
Hi, Mark -- Might we also legitimately ask, "Was Adam's sin of disobedience pleasing to God, since, as one reasonably could infer from some theological systems, it was in accord with God's eternal purpose? Or should we be content to resign ourselves to the incontrovertible reality that there are divine mysteries which remain mysteries, which take the finite mind of man swiftly to the end of its tether? Is it stretching the point to say that some of God's mysteries -- we don't know just what all the mysteries are, or how many there may be -- are not revealed to man this side of eternity? And, for all we know, they may ever remain myseries to us, even beyond the grave. In short, is it reasonable to conclude that man tends to speculate far beyond what is clearly revealed in Scripture? At what point does one cross over the line from searching with humble heart that which is clearly revealed in God's word to presuming to understand that which is not? Something ELSE to think about, no? Blessings. --Hank | ||||||
3 | God's eternal purpose | Deut 32:4 | mark d seyler | 174640 | ||
Hi Hank, No, I don't think that's stretching the point at all! It troubles me that some presume things that fly in the face of clearly written Scripture. I suspect that some topics fiercely debated in this age will be unmentioned in the next. I think we do much better to stick with what is clearly and plainly stated, such as that sin is what is contrary to God. We should simply avoid it. If we do that, we do well. Love in Christ, Mark |
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