One of the most incredible things about life is that God actually became human and for 3Β½ years we got to hear His point of view on everything, firsthand. β
May 4, 2023 β’ 5 tweets β’ 2 min read
Paul didnβt teach that God created some people solely for the purpose of destroying them.
Paying attention to all Paul said on the matter would give a clearer perspective on this.
Yes! this speaks from Predestination but Manβs choice isnβt excluded in it.
Unless, when Paul spoke of vessels unto honor & dishonor, he wonβt have added βif a man purges himself of theseβ¦β
The emphasis of Romans 9-11 is Predestination, because the fate of the Jewish people according to Godβs will is the point, the whole counsel doesnβt exclude Choice.
May 4, 2023 β’ 20 tweets β’ 5 min read
Recently I saw an old movie where a very young boy was to be hung by a supposedly mean political lord because he belonged to a wrong group, Pirates.
I was curious to see if the plot would be written in such a way as the protagonist would save him before his death, but it wasnβtβ¦
The young lad actually hung and died, and I couldnβt help but think:
The irreligious/atheist blames God for creating the kind of world where evil is possible and even present, such evil as the death of a child, yet in their own purview of creativity create such world themselves.
