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Subject: Is God Sovereign in the Church today? |
Bible Note: Dear Brother Mark, I don't think that A. W. Pink was saying anything that different from what you've affirmed. If you are interested, Pink defines what he means by the sovereignty of God in the following (the source from which Brother Brad obtained the quotes): http://www.pbministries.org/books/pink/Sovereignty/sov_01.htm What Pink is talking about is the redefinition of the sovereignty of God so as to accommodate human choice. Today we see this in the churches that evolved out of the world observed by Pink: We see those who would limit His omniscience (as in Open Theism), limit His omnipotence (as in Synergism), limit His authority (as in Liberalism), limit His holiness (as in Universalism), etc. I actually heard a preacher say recently that redemption was God's "Plan B" when creation went awry! Regarding the question of what people are thinking: A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. (Proverbs 6:12-15 ESV) "You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." (Matthew 12:34 ESV) What is going on in the heart of a man is always made manifest in his speech and actions. He cannot, for long, do otherwise. This is particularly apparent in the public lives and teaching of preachers. In Him, Doc |