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NASB | Revelation 13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 13:8 All the inhabitants of the earth will fall down and worship him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who has been slain [as a willing sacrifice]. |
Subject: Whose will causes a believer to sin? |
Bible Note: Hank If Adam and Eve had the freedom to choose (as you have stated), was it Adam and Eve's will, or God's will, that resulted in their decision (choice) to disobey God's command? My Final Answer is..........(dramatic pause)Both! They meant it for evil but God meant it for good. As I understand the Bible, God had an eternal purpose in creating the world and all things in it. Now, I am confident that a sound SB like yourself would never buy into the diest view that sees God as a watchmaker who created the world, wound it up and just let it keep on ticking. The Bible refutes such nonsense. Is 46:1 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, 'My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure'; "all My good pleasure". That means to me that God does not merely know the beginning from the end, but has "declared" them, so as to inform us all that He rules over everthing and everybody. "My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure'; That sounds as definite as it gets. Everything that He has planned will happen. Do any of us think that we will live a nanosecond longer than God has planned for our lives? Or that a drop of rain will fall in any other place than where God planned for it to fall? Of course not! We serve a Mighty God. There is no end to the depth of His greatness. Re-read Acts 4 and tell me what it means. Just don't tell me it relates to the crucifixtion but not to the rest of God's works. Eph 1:11,12 "also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory." God Bless, John |