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NASB | Isaiah 33:22 For the LORD is our judge, The LORD is our lawgiver, The LORD is our king; He will save us-- |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 33:22 For the LORD is our Judge, The LORD is our Ruler, The LORD is our King; He will save us. [Is 2:3, 4; 11:4; 32:1; James 4:12] |
Subject: Why two tablets ??? |
Bible Note: Hi Doc: This all just does not make sense. If God can control our will to repent and save us - or - "God's saving us by changing our will" - then why would God not just change the devil's will after he rebelled. And even before that - if God controls will then why not just not let the devil ever rebel. You see how the arguement does not make sense. I fully agree God can act on our will to make us do things to fulfill His plan. But never can God change a person who willfully does not want to repent. He can reveal His love to us and that can assist us in seeing God as our Saviour. But if we do not want to recognize God as our creator and only opportunity to have life after death then that is our "willfull choice". Our will can be softened by God but ultimately we are created individually to make the choice to follow Him by repentance. Now I am not saying God is not all powerful but He wants our worship which comes from our love and thankfulness towards God. There is absolutely now way anyone can look at the Bible as a whole and conclude that we do not have a free choice to accept or deny God's love and grace. God has power to do anything but His plan is to have people love Him because He revealed His love to them. In order to rid the world and universe (including the angels) of sin -He chose to reveal His awesome love through His Son's death and by revealing this love and grace He "wishes" all man to come to know Him and love Him but He knows that is not possible since man and the devil have a free will to work evil rather than to show love. Once His plan is fullfilled as prophesied in Daniel the whole creation (universe, angels, man ..) will know His loving kindness and result of sin will be so obvious that never again will there ever be sin - THAT IS AN AWESOME THOUGHT !!! Sin will never ever be again because God has not controlled the "will" of sin but instead has overcome it by His reavealed love which is greater and more powerful than evil. His "creation" will never resort to sin again because God has let sin takes it course and the outcome is love overcomes sin. Seeing the ugly result of sin in comparsion to the beauty of God's love - will justify God's judgement of sinners and exault His mercy to the redeemed. In love, Merv |