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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: By the way, Tim... I don't view the different aspects of the will of God in quite the same way as you do (recover from your shock!) This thread has mainly focused on an "active" will and a "permissive" will. From my perspective, both of these aspects fall under the same "decretive" will of God. Both what God chooses to do and what God allows to happen are part of His decree. I do see "God's will" used in a different sense in Scripture apart from this decretive will. When God gives His law, that reflects His will in another sense. Here is a concrete example: God tell humans not to steal. I think we would both say it is God's will that we do not steal, and that it is sin if we do steal. However, is God saying in this commandment, "I actively prevent you from stealing"? Obviously, since theft and robbery exist, that cannot be true. I also think it is safe to say that God is merely saying, "I permit you not to steal." So is God's commandment not to steal an example of an active will or a permissive will? I would answer that it appears to be neither a declaration of what God WILL DO nor a declaration of what God WILL ALLOW. The law of God merits a completely different facet of what we call "God's will." Some theologians call this a "preceptive will"; and I, having two eyes in my head, stand with you in agreement that God's preceptive will CAN BE and too frequently IS resisted, both by God's people and by Christ-haters. Am I making sense here? --Joe! |