Bible Question (short): God orchestrates or allows? |
Question (full): Nothing happens without the Lord's knowledge or His allowing it happen. Job for example...God was aware of the things that the devil was doing to him for God gave permission except for the life of Job. It's just hard to accept that God "orchestrates" everything that happens in this world, as the Brother stated Tuesday night. If that was entirely right, where does this leave the devil and his angels? The Bible speaks of the devil walking to and fro seeking whom he can devour, he's the accuser, father of lies, etc...No temptation comes to man more than he can bear without there being a way to escape. To me, it sounds like God has a permissive will and not that he entirely "orchestrates" everything that goes on in this world. If He does, it would seem that it would interfere with man's "free will" Just my thoughts...is an interesting discussion and surely, we'll understand it all when this life is over. |