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Jesus healed someone He never prayed for... the woman who touched His hem from behind. All that came to Him were healed. But He didn't really walk around town playing tag on people who weren't seeking Him. That's the thing, the power is all His, the only thing we bring to the table is our participation. Seek, you find, ignore, you miss out. That's the basis of all faith and reward. There's power in His hem. But you gotta touch it.
Thank you jjtj22. Always nice when someone "gets you' lol. The thing about God's sovereign will is that He choses not to enforce it, (kind of). God yielded His sovereignty to give man authority. His deal with Adam over the new creation was I'll Walk with you, Talk with you, Lend you an ear and Give you advise, but what you say Adam, that what goes. You Adam are the authority. So Adam gives that away to satan. God could have in His sovereign power taken it all back, but then that would put Him back in authority and that wasn't His intent, His will. His intent/will was for man to have authority. So to restore what He intended/willed meant a man had to take things back from satan. But who could do such a thing? Well, God, coming to us as a man. So the Messiah comes and indeed takes back authority. Hallelujah, not only does God still keep His sovereignty, but He now splits a 50/50 stake with man in the authority part of it. That's where our partnership comes in. It's His sovereign will that we participate with Him in the enforcement of His authority over creation. And we do that thru partnering in the gifts and manifestations of the Holy Spirit. God yields his will to give us the authority to participate in bringing His will to bear in this world, which was His original intent/will. If that makes any long-winded sense
Thank you jjtj22. Always nice when someone "gets you' lol. The thing about God's sovereign will is that He choses not to enforce it, (kind of). God yielded His sovereignty to give man authority. His deal with Adam over the new creation was I'll Walk with you, Talk with you, Lend you an ear and Give you advise, but what you say Adam, that what goes. You Adam are the authority. So Adam gives that away to satan. God could have in His sovereign power taken it all back, but then that would put Him back in authority and that wasn't His intent, His will. His intent/will was for man to have authority. So to restore what He intended/willed meant a man had to take things back from satan. But who could do such a thing? Well, God, coming to us as a man. So the Messiah comes and indeed takes back authority. Hallelujah, not only does God still keep His sovereignty, but He now splits a 50/50 stake with man in the authority part of it. That's where our partnership comes in. It's His sovereign will that we participate with Him in the enforcement of His authority over creation. And we do that thru partnering in the gifts and manifestations of the Holy Spirit. God yields his will to give us the authority to participate in bringing His will to bear in this world, which was His original intent/will. If that makes any long-winded sense
Again, beautifully stated! I cannot find fault with your assessment of God's will which was the crux of my argument to you. Thank you, good sir!
I know a lot of people get frustrated with the back and forth of the debates on the bible discussion but I am learning a lot since I have joined CC. Definitely makes me think about things in different ways and why I believe what I believe.