Subject: Why does God love the world (us)? |
Bible Note: Gee Melanie why dont you start out with a tough question? LOL You have asked a question that, at least to my limited knowledge, has not been fully answered in all of history. It is a question that deals with God's soverignty and man's responsibility. My poor little post will not begin to scratch the surface of this mystery, but perhaps it will help us both to get an inkling of His eternal plan. OK. What does the Word say. Acts 4:27-28 "For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur." Did God plan the crucifixtion? Yes. Did He actually cause it to happen? Yes. Were those who crucified the Lord of Glory forced by God to do so? No. Was God the author of sin? No. Through out the Bible God is dipicted as being the All-Powerfull Lord of creation. Nothing can stop Him and His will will be done. Everything that He does is holy and perfect. "I believe that God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence done to the will of the creature; and trusting in the decree of God, I who am called according to His purpose, I may be assured that all things will work together for my good." (B.B. Warfield) Where shoukd we go from here, Sister Melanie? John |