everything is predestined?
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I think people can repent of wrongdoing and many do make attempts to be better people, but cannot accept the Biblical God, and that is the crux of the matter, for those attempts devoid of faith are as filthy rags. If you do a search of this page for Acts 17:30, you will see that twenty-eight (28) versions on the main page say everywhere (there may be more usages in additional translations). Heh, another says every where. And it is paired with some form of all men, such as all people, everyone, etc. KJV also says And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Great stuff brother. We are smack dab in the middle of the angelic conflict.......And satan has done wonders at blinding us from this fact.
Mankind was created, as a lesser creation to PROVE to satan(all fallen angels/unbelievers) that God Is full of grace,mercy, love and He is JUST and fair in His final judgement of unbelievers and fallen angels.
We can be WILLING participants and Glorify God or we can sit and agree with satan that He is some sadistic, power hungry dictator. Calvinism agrees with satan(willy nilly electing for salvation). Armin agrees with satan.(loss of His salvation)
Mankind was created, as a lesser creation to PROVE to satan(all fallen angels/unbelievers) that God Is full of grace,mercy, love and He is JUST and fair in His final judgement of unbelievers and fallen angels.
We can be WILLING participants and Glorify God or we can sit and agree with satan that He is some sadistic, power hungry dictator. Calvinism agrees with satan(willy nilly electing for salvation). Armin agrees with satan.(loss of His salvation)
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Velocity, acceleration, speed infers time.
God is outside of time. He is not bound by any of these.
He also is omniscient. Which is why He always has all of the right answers. Because ONLY HE has all of the information.
All of it.....
Which is why we should hear Him.
Mar 9:7
And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!”
God is outside of time. He is not bound by any of these.
He also is omniscient. Which is why He always has all of the right answers. Because ONLY HE has all of the information.
All of it.....
Which is why we should hear Him.
Mar 9:7
And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!”
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In the book of James, we're told, "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil and neither does he temp any man. We each are tempted when we of our own lust are drawn away, and enticed..."
In Mt 10 "There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able, but will with the temptation make a way to escape that you may be able to bear it."
In Deut 30, "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, for I have set life and death, blessing and cursing before you, choose life that both you and your seed might live."
In Mt 10 "There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able, but will with the temptation make a way to escape that you may be able to bear it."
In Deut 30, "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, for I have set life and death, blessing and cursing before you, choose life that both you and your seed might live."
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No. If that was the case, there would be no point in praying. We pray, "Your will be done", because God's will is not being done. Somehow, God is able to weave all the events in a Christians' life into something good. But "supposed to happen"? Was David supposed to sleep with Bathsheba and murder her husband?
If God ordains sin then He is not being righteous when He punishes sin. So no, God knows all that will happen. He does not make it happen.
If God ordains sin then He is not being righteous when He punishes sin. So no, God knows all that will happen. He does not make it happen.
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