a scene from Free Willy 7 : Bondage Of The Will*
Has God determined the end from the beginning?
Has He chosen before the foundation of the world?
Will those whom he called be justified, be sanctified, and be glorified?
(see Isaiah 46:10, Ephesians 1:4, Romans 8:29-30 for the answers)
Phil Johnson boils down free willers (arminians) into one of two words:
If tomorrow is predetermined and you don't want to acknowledge that the plan was decreed by God, you have only two choices:
Some being other than God determines the future and is therefore more sovereign than He. That is a kind of idolatry.
Some impersonal force does the determining without reason or coherence. That is a kind of fatalism.
So anyone who denies that God preordained whatsoever comes to pass but wants to avoid both fatalism and idolatry is logically compelled to deny God's omnscience.
That of course, is precisely the rationale that has led so many to embrace Open Theism.
The more sensible option—and the biblical one—would be to abandon Arminian presuppositions and acknowledge that God declared the end from the beginning, and that He works all things according to the counsel of His own will.
-Phil Johnson on Pyromaniacs
God never hands over the reigns of sovereignty ever. Not for a single moment.
*not an actual movie
1 comment:
As children of God how comforting it is to know that the reins of sovereignity are in His hands(ALWAYS).
Its good to be humbled and know that He has chosen us as His children, not because of anything good in us but because of His grace and mercy.2Tim 1:9
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