everything is predestined?
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It does not say clearly that we are all BORN dead, that is , dead to god.
2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
It merely SAYS that before being saved they were "dead in their transgressions and sins". Nothing about being born that way.
2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
It merely SAYS that before being saved they were "dead in their transgressions and sins". Nothing about being born that way.
God may have? And it doesn't mean God is controlling all things?
That is your rationale, not the world of God.
Isaiah 45:6-7 - That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Psalms 115:3 - But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Isaiah 14:24 - The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
God is completely in control, even if he is not "controlling" or has not shown himself to be a tyrant. Everything is moving within the context of His will, and He has allowed the world to do what He said it would do (Matthew 24, Romans chapter 1).
That is your rationale, not the world of God.
Isaiah 45:6-7 - That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Psalms 115:3 - But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Isaiah 14:24 - The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
God is completely in control, even if he is not "controlling" or has not shown himself to be a tyrant. Everything is moving within the context of His will, and He has allowed the world to do what He said it would do (Matthew 24, Romans chapter 1).
All great verses you posted. Maybe you took my post in a wrong manner. Yes, God has complete control over all things, but he is not controlling all things. Many things happen that is not pleasing to him. Will his end desire come to pass as we read in scripture? Absolutely. Not all things are the will of God. I step out of God's will for my life daily.
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I agree with you that God allows things to be done that are not pleasing to him, yet there is the law of SIN, which is death. This means that God has attached the reward for sin to the action of sin.
Yes, you can violate his law and sin, but there is reaping that comes with that automatically. Therefore, He is still in control unless you repent and accept His Provision of Grace through Christ.
Yes, you can violate his law and sin, but there is reaping that comes with that automatically. Therefore, He is still in control unless you repent and accept His Provision of Grace through Christ.
That's quite a mix. I prefer straight out of scripture and not a Calvinism/Gospel mashup 
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