Subject: The Plan of God in an Arminian Nutshell |
Bible Note: Clarification .................................. Dear Dan K, I also appreciate your last posting regarding the two types of God's "will". If I understand you correctly, you are saying that God has a "sovereign will" which is unstopable and perfect, and a "permissive will" which is allowed by Him to be disrupted. I think that I agree with you completely. God does have a general will for all of the universe, to glorify Him. I believe that this is inevitable. No matter what choices anyone makes, in the end all glory will go to God. I also agree with you that there are times when something that appears to be against God's will ends up working for the best (ie. Joeseph's entire life). Romans 8:28 also gives me confidence that as a Christian, God always has my best interest at heart, and that in the end things will work out well for me (eternity in heaven with Him). However, I believe that within this framework of the eternal plan we live almost completely in the "permissive" system that God has set up. In one sense, God chose to set it up that way, so it is indirectly in His control. But in the lives of individuals, the choices that they make are completely their own. God's overall plan will be accomplished in the long term, but in the short term, earthly life of an individual that may not be the case. |
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