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NASB | Proverbs 4:10 ¶ Hear, my son, and accept my sayings And the years of your life will be many. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 4:10 ¶ Hear, my son, and accept my sayings, And the years of your life will be many. |
Subject: Bad things, Good People. Prov 4:10 |
Bible Note: Yes, that's right, Val... Good point! You are bringing up the branch of theology called theodicy. Had you pointed this out to the Reformers, they would not have slapped their foreheads and said, "Oh my! We hadn't thought of that!" :-) Sola Scriptura takes the entire Word of God into account! Hence, the old divines also wrote: "God hath decreed in Himself, from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely and unchangeably, all things, whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby is God neither the author of sin nor hath fellowship with any therein; nor is violence offered to the will of the creature, nor yet is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established; in which appears His wisdom in disposing all things, and power and faithfulness in accomplishing his decree. (Isaiah 46:10; Ephesians 1:11; Hebrews 6:17; Romans 9:15, 18; James 1:13; 1 John 1:5; Acts 4:27, 28; John 19:11; Numbers 23:19; Ephesians 1:3-5)" --London Baptist Confession of Faith 1689 (chapter 3, paragraph 1) Theodicy is pretty heady stuff, but there's an article by Dr. W. Gary Crampton that's fairly easy to read: http://gospelpedlar.com/articles/God/god_evil.html In Him, Doc |