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NASB | Matthew 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 23:37 ¶ "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. [Luke 13:34, 35] |
Subject: Two aspects of the will of God |
Bible Note: "When I think 'decree', I think 'scripted'! :-)" So it seems what we may have here is a difference in connotation. Another word Westminster uses in biblically defining God's providential decree is His "governing" of all that happens in His creation. To me, governing would include both the active and the permissive. Where I really see us differing is not in our understanding of God's will, but in two other areas: what unregenerate man in himself is morally capable of, and to what extent the governing of God is "active" and "manipulative," for lack of a less-negative-sounding term. We both agree that God is an intervening God to some extent, and we both agree that God does not directly cause everything (e.g. the sinful intentions of men and Satan). And I think we both agree that at least the "big picture" of redemptive history is scripted. The question on which we disagree seems to be just how much of our own role is written by us, and how much is written by the sovereign Dramatist and Director. Blessings! --Joe! |