God is not controlling. If He knows, then He could make everyone in a way that they would choose to follow Him. How many of you believe this?? Before God created life, He had sole authority, control and responsibility. I guess it does bring some peace and comfort to know…we are not in control. Many people today believe that, even if there is a God, He is not actively involved in this world. The sovereignty of God answers the question, “Who or What is in ultimate control?” Many people feel that life is generally a matter of good luck or bad luck. For the first man fell Many people today believe that, even if there is a God, He is not actively involved in this world. Describing the God we encounter in the Bible, one has written, “God does whatever he chooses to do, whenever he chooses to do it, wherever he chooses, involving whomsoever he wishes to involve.” The sovereignty of God answers the question, “Who or What is in ultimate control?” We see unjust, uncaring or even clearly wicked people doing things that adversely affect us. condemnation? It should draw us to worship our great God. The God revealed in the Bible is repeatedly recognized as absolutely sovereign over everything. Others reason, “If God has control over everything that happens — is he not a cosmic puppeteer pulling our strings when he wants us to dance?” This is not the way the Bible describes God. 14 What shall we say then? Well, it’s late and I probably will not be back on here until Saturday or Sunday. We have freedom to choose within the constraints of who we are and the circumstances we find ourselves in. It is a free gift to us that we have the opportunity to get to heaven, reciceved when we acept Him into our hearts as the Lord our Savior. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. It works this way, because if it didn’t no one could say that Christ died on their behalf. Faith, we know from numerous texts is how we are saved, but as Eph. It seems to me that even the fact that God merely knows what will happen makes God the deciding factor in the person’s salvation anyways. With all due respect, that is not only false, but ludicrously incongruent with what Jesus taught (Come to me ALL who are burdened…, etc.) Most people today believe that we live in a closed, mechanistic universe, that is, a universe that functions from day to day according to certain physical forces and causes. 2:14 teaches that the natural man cannot understand spiritual things, they are foolishness to him. no one understands; Scripture will not tolerate any view of God’s sovereign control that diminishes human responsibility. they must be a member of a type that you don’t love. Save more when you purchase five or ten copies of Does God Control Everything?. I was in your shoes not too many years ago. Does God Control Everything? R.C. I believe his hand hovers over it, to intervene if he so desires. He simply allows them to have what they want. ( Log Out /  Its incompatible with Arminianism and Calvinism and every other understanding of Christianity! The wise teacher wrote, “The conclusion, when all has been heard, is fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. Arminianism treats our Lord’s parable of the Supper to which further guests were invited in place of those who never came (Luke 14:16-24; cf. sole decision of God’s will, the cause of which is hidden in him.” Absolutely everything! God was still behind that because He had a reason for David’s action. And that Election doctrine is awful!!! because the Lord had judged it to be expedient; why he so judged is 1:3-14, John 6:65, Acts 13:48), when disasters occur in cities (Amos 3:6), the exact time when each individual person will die (Job 14:5), what each person does in their life (Prov. If it did, that would mean that God had stopped loving us, which is ridiculous. Calvinists have grossly perverted the meaning of ‘sovereign’ and based an entire Christian-in-name-only religion around that perverted definition of this word. Eph. Arminianism gives Christians much to thank God for, and Calvinism gives them more. God Would Rather Pour Out Mercy Than Wrath – The Analogy of Scripture Part II, Early Warning Signs of Adult Onset Cage Stage, The Necessity of Proper Foot Notes and Translations to Hold to The Original inspired Message of The Bible. John 3:16 clearly is not teaching that God loves everyone in the world. this just reinforces the view that christianity is a crutch for people who cant deal with the harsh reality that life can suck sometimes. It can be a whole lot easier to blame God for actions, and the state of the world. For who can resist his will?” 20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? And, before you respond, please watch this additional short clip…, http://bloodtippedears.blogspot.com/2008/06/mark-driscoll-total-depravity-and-gods.html, “You show me in your own words where the Bible teaches libertarian free-will?”, You need look no further than Genesis. And this is Rejected in their minds) and then and only then bring the wheat into the barn. ordinance to that corruption which is now claimed as the cause of and none can stay his hand David, I hope you would read it in its entirety. Yet while God controls those circumstances but does not control us. I am only pointing to this presentation and argument. According to Scripture, God is the superior or supreme being. Unconditional election is a fact from Scripture. himself through himself, by God’s mere permission and without any If you’re going to pick a god, pick a good one! No one would have chosen God, had He not first Chosen us. The New Testament writers assure us that our Father does indeed have everything under control in our lives. Biblical Christianity has taken a very different view, teaching that God, not fate or free will, is the primary cause of what is and what happens. If you cannot sin in heaven, do you still posses libertarian free-will? what I said to begin with, that we must always at last return to the “And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed” (Acts 13:48). Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Good discussion, sir! In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. We are dependent on Him, not only for our origin, but also for our continuing existence.” ― R.C. Faith isn’t what we add to the process of our salvation but, rather, is something that God has given as a gift to us. He made it clear that His sheep were given to Him by His Father beforehand, and that they would hear His voice and receive eternal life (John 10:27-29). I speak from experience. “He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. The Bible says that “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17). It should be encouraging to know that God has a plan that will conquer what feels like the chaos of human history. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. I might be very impressed with your smartness, and say, “wow, B knows everything!” yet I don’t mean it literally. We must always remember the doctrine of sovereignty, if we don’t we won’t understand why bad things happen. God said, “Have you not heard? And if I may use one more long quote (though I would hope you would make time to read through the entire article): Biblically, the difference between these two conceptions of how God in love relates to fallen human beings may be pinpointed thus. The author writes well in an interesting and factually correct way. God is also omniscient. 19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? And with Lydia it is said that the Lord “opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul” (Acts 16:14). I am glad that we have been able to consider these things with grace, as brothers! Those people God did not choose, He simply past over, leaving them in their sin and rebellion towards Him. That passage in Isaiah where he says “Declaring the end from the beginning” will be trotted out against me, but in context this is only about his PREDICTING based on the STUBBORNESS of Israel that they would have to be sent into Babylonian captivity. According to Scripture, God is the superior or supreme being. Pingback: God and His World | WisdomForLife, Pingback: Top 15 Countries & 15 Posts « WisdomForLife. ( Log Out /  Segment 1 (0:00) – God is in control of everything and allows everything that happens, including calamities. Overview . By no means! The truth is this: although God is not directly responsible for bad things that happen, He is ultimately responsible for everything that happens. At the other end is the idea that, while God is sovereign over all things, He chooses to stand back and let the universe run on its own. They are very good. For example, God caused David to take a census (which God had previously forbidden), and then punished him for the sin. 24:1; 1 Chron. At one end is the idea that God totally controls every event, every action in the universe, down to the box of Raisin Bran Crunch you had for breakfast. Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC, has an insightful discussion about free will, pre-destination and God's omnipotence, using Romans 8 as his text. If he punished Jesus for everyone’s crime, then God’s wrath has been satisfied for everyone, and therefore, it cannot be poured out on anyone. “The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, ‘Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, And as I have purposed, so it shall stand’” (Isaiah 14:24). Our lives are in His hand. Jesus presents a more scientific view of the sun and rain, even if he still uses poetic hyberole, and in doing this he has sanctified our progression to a more scientific view of the same. It is a much more involved process than a more passive guidance. Nothing you have said is offensive in the least! And God is perfect love. God may withold the rain from the wicked nation according to the author of Kings or Chronicles — but to Jesus he sends his rain on the just and the unjust. In God’s omniscience, he knows who will do so, but he does not in any way choose, designate or assign who will do so. Receive new posts by email. I would also like to say that many replies given to the non-calvinist over God’s control vs controlling nature bring up tons of false dichotomies. Or else, He could make the world in such a way that everyone would follow Him. Working all things to His Glory All these verses teach the absolute opposite of libertarian free-will. I am certain that this is a definite misreading of the teachings of historic Calvinism. While men slept the enemy (devil) sowed tares (false doctrine) in the master’s field (scripture). the chief of his creatures [Adam] to be! I’m trying to respond here to someone who says, “Well, God doesn’t control everything, but he permits lots of things.” I’m saying that’s right. 3.6 • 5 Ratings; Publisher Description. . Sproul. God would be unjust if he punished for the same crime twice. 16, 27) and follow him (v. 27), and be kept from perishing forever (v. 28). God does not control us. God never blesses the wicked and whatever they receive is only to their own destruction. For his power and goodness are so great and incomprehensible that he arranges and does his work very well and justly even when the devils and wicked men act unjustly.”. Arminians praise God for providing a Savior to whom all may come for life; Calvinists do that too, and then go on to praise God for actually bringing them to the Savior’s feet. He even states in the OT that “and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind”. Summary. that thereby the glory of his name is duly revealed.” (3:23.8)”. Are we Jews any better off? The doctrine of free wii alone, show that this concept is not scriptural. I have got study and so i am confident that i am going to likely to read once again once more down the road. We are free, but that freedom does not supersede God's sovereignty. Yet the fact remains that Biblically he is a sacrifice and a sacrifice must be accepted somehow. and some people are made for salvation by grace. Is he not, then, unjust who so cruelly deludes his creatures? My story is similar to John Piper’s: http://bloodtippedears.blogspot.com/2007/12/john-piper-free-will.html I hope you took the time to watch the 3 videos I posted. 1:9-10) Just to name a few. and among the inhabitants of the earth; Merely, that he loved all types of people in the world.”. Please give me a specific verse and chapter that denotes libertarian free will. Further more…I shouldn’t be held accountable for that action either…because He willed it..and If He wills it..who are we as men to setup ‘justice’ for my actions?! He is the supreme Lord (Isvara) with endless manifestations and appearances. (John 6:44; John 6:65; John 6:70; Acts 13:48; Eph.1:3-6; Eph. You guys can have a stuffed plush God powerless spectator of world events but My God is GOD. I am not controlling the passengers many many choices, only where they will end up when the ride is over. “At no point whatsoever does the remarkable emphasis on the absoluteness of God’s sovereignty mitigate the responsibility of human beings who, like everything else in the universe, fall under God’s sway. God is in control. Change ). “It seems to me that even the fact that God merely knows what will happen makes God the deciding factor in the person’s salvation anyways.”. We believe because we are God’s chosen sheep, not vice versa. Actually, I find this teaching liberating! So God is totally in control. “Unconditional Election” is taught throughout the Bible. He also created the laws by which the universe is governed, and the Lord Jesus Christ continues to watch over it from heaven. It does not mention there that God control everything. No; the difference is that Calvinism recognizes a dimension of the saving love of God which Arminianism misses, namely God’s sovereignty in bringing to faith and keeping in faith all who are actually saved. Primarily because Calvinists love to play word games, and whenever anyone dissents from their absurd views, they say “So you deny God is sovereign?” They make their entire system to rest on the abuse of one word, so don’t deny that this is indeed the issue. 15 For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion,[b] but on God, who has mercy. PLUS — AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT — THERE IS a difference of intepretation between portions of the Old Testament and Jesus on the matter of how God uses the rain and the sun. He offers us blessing and cursing, life and death. http://bloodtippedears.blogspot.com/2008/05/james-white-who-controls-salvation-man.html, Josh, you said: “If Jesus died for everyone, no one would go to hell.”. They choose that themselves. 1:11; Rom.8:29-30; 1Thess.1:4; 2Thess 2:13-14; 2Tim. or say to him, “What have you done? predestination of God, and dragged his posterity headlong after him. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. I can be in control of where the bus i am driving is headed. What is the relationship between God’s sovereignty and our free will? However, If the Bible preaches Calvinism as you say, then I must come to see its truth. And later we find that it was Satan who tempted David to take the census (2 Sam. Apparently He “micromanages” everything, including the death of sparrows (Matt 10:29), the outcome of casting of lots (Prov. “The issue is not whether anyone thinks Calvinists have perverted the word sovereign or not” — yes it is. Long ago I did it; from ancient times I planned it. Also, it has to do with a concept in the legal system called double jeopardy. A pastor had given a sermon in which he had lauded the truth that God caused the election of U.S. president Donald Trump. We are created in the image and likeness of God. But someone can say, “I don’t believe in God, so that proves that God is not in control of everything!” Pretty strong argument isn’t it? sin, or holy obedience/action. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so that they cannot respond to the gospel. Unwilling and unable to turn to Jesus. He certainly does permit lots of things. No, if that is the case, then Jesus did not PAY our debt on the cross — the cross merely was an appeal by Jesus to the Father to forgive the debt (it was NOT payment). I am not arguing for Greg Boyd’s views as a whole. many people confuse God’s longsuffering towards the wicked with His blesssing toward them… If the object of his patience are the Christians, what would lead you to believe that the rest of the sentence is talking about everyone in the world? It is nice when there can be discussions of things like this without the unfortunate tendency by many to resort to name-calling and pronouncements of damnation! In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. I denied the doctrine of election. God is more concerned about our holiness than our happiness. 4.7 • 6 Ratings; Publisher Description. I want everyone to seek after the truth because that is the most important thing! 9:11-24, Eph. Now, of course, several passages have humans confessing to God “Lord, you know everything” — but this is human confession to God not God speaking of himself, firstly. course, I admit that in this miserable condition wherein men are now Title: Does God Control Everything? And it’s in that hope..that He left His holy Spirit here…gives me great comfort. Jesus says to the Jews in John 10:26, “You do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep.” He does not say, “You are not my sheep because you do not believe.” Being a sheep is something God decides for us before we believe. Describing the God we encounter in the Bible, one has written, “God does whatever he chooses to do, whenever he chooses to do it, wherever he chooses, involving whomsoever he wishes to involve.”. God’ sovereignty is also exercised over man’s salvation. God knows everything in the sense of knowing everything that can be known, not in the sense of literally knowing everything. If God’s hand WAS controlling everything, then he did all the good and all the bad, and can have fun being mad at himself if he is Just. 16:33), who will receive salvation (Rom. Because they seem possible to me. I have come to feel it is not truth, but I only want to talk about these things because I DO want the truth. However, only if God’s wrath was not satisfied for certain people, would he be able to pour it out on those people. Wretched relies on the generosity of God’s people. 21:1). In that same parable, he speaks of the Sovereign’s ability to UNFORGIVE the debt if the forgiven person does not make the proper response to his forgivenness. Sacrifices are mysterious things, however, and how and why they work rests entirely in the mind of God — they’re nonsensical in other words — so the question of why Jesus’ sacrifice can save people from hell cannot be answered. I actually think this is the basic point of all Scripture: I know that not all people get saved, but God wants all people to be saved. Adam and Eve made a decision….not sure God would bring justice on something He permitted in the first place??? Jesus died for the whole entire world (John 3:16) and God wants all people to be saved (2 Peter 3:9). “… I am God, and there is no one like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things which have not been done. Even the interpretation of this parable which is found in Matt 13 is a tare. God is in control of everything! https://thinkpoint.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/look-into-gods-heart-his-dispositional-will/, http://bloodtippedears.blogspot.com/2007/12/john-piper-free-will.html, http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/conference-messages/is-god-less-glorious-because-he-ordained-that-evil-be, http://www.reformedliterature.com/packer-arminianisms.php, http://thebereanway.wordpress.com/calvinism-discussion/, Top 15 Countries & 15 Posts « WisdomForLife. We are dead in our sin, rebellious towards God, enslaved to ourselves. Timothy J. Keller | Jan 7, 2007 Share. but the passengers in the seats might sing, tell scripture to each other, curse, steal, do drugs, read a book, murder, anything. This is a book you must read. He does not give us free will then take it away. Long ago I did it; from ancient times I planned it. saying things like “your God is not in control” or “then God doesnt get what God wants” There are plenty of things that have happened on earth that were not God’s desire. As if God did not establish the condition in which he wills Of co It makes no sense for a judge to tell a person that their fine/penalty has been paid, but they must pay it again. If even one rouge atom is loose to do whatever it pleases, then God is not ultimately in control of the universe. The entire chapter of Romans 9 teaches us about unconditional election; Verse 10, “…when Rebecca had concieved children by one man, our forefather Isacc, 11)though the twins were not yet born and had done nothing neither good or bad- IN ORDER THAT GOD’S PURPOSE ACCORDING TO ELECTION SHALL MIGHT CONTINUE, NOT BECAUSE OF WORKS BUT BECAUSE OF HIS CALL. Does God Control Everything? Does that mean we are omnisicent because we were created in God’s image? I recently read an interesting article. Sproul, Does God Control Everything? David is still responsible for the sin, God is still blameless in His doings, and everything that happened occurred because God wanted it to occur. 14, 16, 27; cf. He is not the author of sin, but only allows sin to occur for His ultimate purposes. I think that there are more compelling verses that show that we are incapable/unwilling to choose God, and incapable/unwilling to choose good. That is, the Sovereign frankly forgave a servant a huge debt, but the servant instead of forgiving his fellow servants went and choked them saying ‘pay me now’ and this made the Sovereign mad, so he unforgave the man and put him in debtor’s prison! and he does according to his will among the host of heaven R.C. Keller provides a clear, straightforward explanation of how we can have free will and that does not conflict with God… It’s arrogant, he says, to think you’re in control. 2. It’s not about free will. John 8:34 teaches that we are slaves to sin. God said, “Have you not heard? Format: Add to Cart. 9:11-24, Eph. bound, all of Adam’s children have fallen by God’s will. People want to believe he knows the future exhaustively, because that silly notion gives them a sense of security. Just with the wicked… aha, you deserve hell In short, God was in total of everything at the beginning and He will be again at the end. Publisher: Reformation Trust Publishing Author: R. C. Sproul Description. According to Scripture, our decisions constitute real causes that produce real effects — for which we will be held accountable. To interptet it otherwise would just be silly. All powerful It is the basis and enablement of our belief. This is a lying doctrine. Is there injustice on God’s part? Further, look at the stories in the OT where God is surprised, or where God clearly doesn’t or didn’t know something about the future. See more sermons from this series: In Christ Jesus: How the Spirit Transforms Us. I only am thinking as I am because it makes the most sense to me. 6:37-40; 17:6, 11f. His death was sufficient for all, but only effective for His elect. and his kingdom endures from generation to generation; That would be the fair thing. From the unified, transcendental perspective, God is everything and controls everything. “God would be unjust if he punished for the same crime twice. This would be contrary to his nature of perfect agape. You say that our choice to receive Christ is preceded by God’s choice of our salvation. We cannot do this without your support. Therefore, when the Bible speaks as if God is actively doing it all, he maketh the rain to fall and collecteth the waters into rivers, and calls them forth to heaven again, and sends them back to the earth — we must interpret it not that he is actively doing it but that he has set it in motion by creating the laws of physics which keep the system going. How much does God control the events in history? Bible Doctrine of Election, The by C.D. not even one.” The God I read in the Bible is love. Paul wrote that believers in Christ have been “predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will” (Ephesians 1:11). Pingback: My top 10 posts « Wisdom for Life, Nowhere in the Bible do we see that God loves the reprobate, in fact there is quite a lot of evidence of the contrary. God Is In Control of Everything and Allows Everything That Happens – Including Calamities. Its been designed in an exceedingly straightforward way which is only soon after i finished reading this ebook by which actually altered me, change the way i think. No, not at all. no one seeks for God. Do you believe what the false interpretation in Matt 13 says, that God sowed his people in the world and God sowed his people in the world? Today, by God’s grace, I see the doctrine of election as one of the most humbling doctrines in all of Scripture. This choice that God made was “UNCONDITIONAL”. The situation with His elect is different, He loves them unconditionnally because of His grace and even though He sometimes punishes them they are always loved by Him, they are His children. The issue is not whether anyone thinks Calvinists have perverted the word sovereign or not, but whether Scripture actually teaches if God controls everything or not. As the Westminster Confession states: “God the great Creator of all things upholds, directs, disposes, and governs all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by his most wise and holy providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of his own will, to the praise of the glory of his wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy.”. Does God control everything? But people then assume that since He is that powerful, then He would control everything. When calamity strikes we must remember that God is allowing that to happen. Prov. Don’t be concerned that I have been offended! Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Sproul. The Calvinist will have to tell us this is all “accommodative language, fitted to our imbecility” — perhaps its the other way around, when God is said to know everything, isn’t that the “accommodative language”? Jesus concludes that God’s forgiveness of us works the same way! “It makes no sense for a judge to tell a person that their fine/penalty has been paid, but they must pay it again.”. Sovereign in EVERYTHING We have freedom to do what we want to do…and what we want to do is determined by our nature….And by our nature, we are dead in our sin (Eph 2:1). ( Log Out /  A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit (Matt 12:33). He then deals with some of the philosophical and theological questions and objections the doctrine raises. So I leave you with this…. They all denote inability with words like: Bondage, slavery, cannot understand, does not seek, cannot come unto Me, blinded, dead in sin etc…, You said, “God has “libertarian free will.” Sin did not remove our free will.”. Bring a great multitude to heaven who otherwise would never have been saved faith. Smallest sub-atomic particle, God is in control of everything at the end life, we need to!. 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