Thursday, July 2, 2020

God And Fate

And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad - in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls - she was told, "The older will serve the younger." (Romans 9:10-12 ESV)
  1. For Christians, all things, whether good or evil, will work for our good. We can the the hand of God in everything and we know how it will end. We are created to show God's mercy.
    We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28 CSB)
  2. For those who are outside the Kingdom of God, things happened without purpose. Or rather, things do not happen according to their beliefs. Good and bad things happened because of fate. They do not know that they exist to demonstrate God's justice.
    The LORD has prepared everything for his purpose - even the wicked for the day of disaster. (Proverbs 16:4 CSB)
Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory - even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? (Romans 9:21-24 ESV)

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