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NASB | Galatians 2:17 "But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be! |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 2:17 "But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ [by faith], we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ an advocate or promoter of our sin? Certainly not! |
Subject: But aren't they mutually exclusive? |
Bible Note: I was trying to think of the answer for Bob, but I guess I'll just go for it here, you can both tear me apart. :) I think there is God's will that is predetermined that will come to pass regardless, like the promises and prophecies in the Bible, including Jesus coming to die for out sins and Him coming back again, the laws of nature, physics, etc. He made and unless He steps in and does something, what is predisposed to happen will happen. But then you get to each person's life. God desires each person to be saved and spend eternity in Heaven w/Him. But that doesn't happen all the time. God made a perfect plan for my life, but I did not follow that plan. We are free will creatures, we eventually follow our own plan, sometimes no matter how dedicated we are and try to follow God's plan. God did not have in his plan for me to be a druggie or a boozer or promiscuous or to lie, cheat, steal, etc. but I did it anyway. He may not have intended me to marry whoever I married or He may not have intended me to get a divorce, but He let me do all these things. This is the permissive will of God. He permits you to make wrong choices. These wrong choices then mess up the perfect plan God had for me. But at any time, I can repent and come back to God, then God will take me, whereever I am, and start a new plan for me, it's not His original plan, but it will still work. Then let's say I'm going along good for awhile, but then I mess up, say I get involved w/someone at work and the gang is going out for drinks or I go to a party and get carried away and make a fool of myself, whatever, this is not God's plan for my life, it is my plan, however I can repent and come back and God will make a new plan for my life. Say I ended up in prison, God can still take my life where it is and turn it around to where I'm doing His will. Now that doesn't mean I should go out and do those things and keep expecting God to forgive me all the time, like I'm using Him. That just means I'm human and I have failings and I mess up, sometimes intentionally or unintentionally, maybe I might accidentally get involved w/something I shouldn't, maybe I may make a wrong decision of where to work or where to live or who to marry, but that doesn't mean God planned that for me, I made a dumb decision and in His generousity and goodness will forgive me and start me on a new path. Even if I never accepted Jesus as Savior, it was still God's will for me to be saved and He had a good plan for my life, I just decided to follow my own path instead and God let's us do that. This is what I think is the permissive will of God. Maybe you disagree, but that's what I think anyway. |