Subject: God is not the author of evil. |
Bible Note: Hiddee Hi Tim, Matt 23:37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. Jesus is the one doing the speaking. I believe He is speaking from the weakness of His human nature. Everything which He did was in obediance to His Father's will. When He took upon Himself flesh, He also laid aside many of the perogatives that being God the Son entailed. 2 Cor 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. Be carefull here Tim. What you are inferring is that God is less than an absolute ruler; that His governance is not over ALL of His creation. Rom 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! You force me to make an arguement for the universality of the term "ALL" (at least in this case) :-). Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For this promise to be true God would have to be ruler over "all things". If I were to ask you if God were able to foreordain every single thing that occurs, and at the same time, preserve man's freedom to make his own choices freely, what would your answer be? But before you reply...consider this particulat attribute of God's: Matt 19:26 And looking at them Jesus said to them, "With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." John |