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NASB | Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 1:20 For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense. [Ps 19:1-4; Eph 2:10] |
Subject: Is God somehow responsible? |
Bible Note: "Do you see a connection between the doctrine of double predestination and the doctrine of extrinsic justification?" I myself do not believe in "double predestination" (supralapsarianism). The term I have always heard for Protestant justification is "forensic" (legal), a declaration of righteousness on God's part based on the merit of Christ's perfect life imputed to our account. Is that what you mean? I do not see the connection you are trying to make between the two, however. Perhaps you could connect the dots a little more for me. "God's sovereignty demands that the Devil too is subject to God's will and his acts are also predestined and the Devil is therefore God's agent?" I do agree that both Satan and those humans who will be in hell are God's agents -- in spite of their willful rebellion against Him. God has anticipated and uses and directs that rebellion in the entire tapestry of cosmic history for his glory and for the good of His people (Romans 8:28). --Joe! |