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- Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:55 pm
- Forum: The Pentateuch
- Topic: Was Joseph a Calvinist?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 19076
Re: Was Joseph a Calvinist?
They did evil. God responded with good. EXACTLY. God doesn't induce people to do evil that good may come. Rather he brings good OUT OF the evil that people do. Hi Paidion, This sounds nice but it isn't trustworthy. God’s judgments are righteous and good. God absolutely induces people to do evil, li...
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:08 am
- Forum: The Pentateuch
- Topic: Was Joseph a Calvinist?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 19076
Re: Was Joseph a Calvinist?
Hi Matt, I didn’t say the brothers had no alternatives, I said their ultimate response was God ordained, that's if you take Joseph’s words at face-value in Gen 45 & 50 . But don’t you know your argument contends that Joseph made fallacious statements against God? So to disprove a Calvinistic procliv...
- Sun Jul 15, 2018 11:47 pm
- Forum: The Pentateuch
- Topic: Was Joseph a Calvinist?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 19076
Re: Was Joseph a Calvinist?
Hi Matt, Your reply is noteworthy but speculative. With all due respect, you stated: Joseph wasn't trying to teach his brothers a particular view of divine sovereignty. Joseph was trying to help his brothers move on. This is your opinion. What if God moved Joseph to say and act out what was written?...
- Sun Jul 15, 2018 9:31 pm
- Forum: The Pentateuch
- Topic: Was Joseph a Calvinist?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 19076
Re: Was Joseph a Calvinist?
Hi Brothers, I enjoyed reading this thread and have learned a great deal on possible back stories regarding Joseph’s adolescent life. However, we must not forget that God sovereignly chose Joseph, despite his shortcomings, over his brothers to narrate His own purpose, mercy, and exaltation regarding...
- Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:23 am
- Forum: Ethics
- Topic: Responding to gay Christian friends
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6895
Re: Responding to gay Christian friends
Hi Steve, Yes, breaking bread together and having conversations regarding life issues is a normal social behavior. Thus, any written correspondence that follows will be targeted with specificity and wholly appropriate; moreover, in face-to-face encounters, mannerisms and body language completes the ...
- Wed Jul 11, 2018 4:39 pm
- Forum: Ethics
- Topic: Responding to gay Christian friends
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6895
Re: Responding to gay Christian friends
Hi Steve, I enjoyed reading your draft letter. However, it would be more helpful if we knew the details of the “gay person’s” initial correspondence. In other words, what prompted the contact? For example, was the recipient invited to a gay wedding? Or, asked to comment about gay relationships? The ...
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:33 am
- Forum: Ethics
- Topic: Destroying The Righteous With The Wicked
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14475
Re: Destroying The Righteous With The Wicked
Hello All, Thank you for your input which helped me unpack the truth of my inquiry. My original understanding grouped children/infants amongst the righteous, but after further review, they are a class unto themselves—innocent. Lot’s righteousness was sufficient in God’s judgment, and that’s good eno...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:46 am
- Forum: Ethics
- Topic: Destroying The Righteous With The Wicked
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14475
Re: Destroying The Righteous With The Wicked
Moreover, arguments concerning foreknowledge of sin is contradictory to Lot and his daughters sinful behaviors, yet they were declared righteous? Didn't God know Lot's wife would disobey His command and perish? Or, Lot would offer his daughters up to be viciously ravished? Yet, they were more right...
- Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:12 am
- Forum: Ethics
- Topic: Destroying The Righteous With The Wicked
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14475
Re: Destroying The Righteous With The Wicked
Hi Robbie, I was going to answer along the same lines as TK. I don't think Abraham's question implies the existence of only two groups. There are "righteous" people, "wicked" people, and "innocent" people. The latter category, to the exclusion of the other two, would include Adam and Eve, prior to ...
- Sun Jul 01, 2018 2:08 pm
- Forum: Ethics
- Topic: Destroying The Righteous With The Wicked
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14475
Re: Destroying The Righteous With The Wicked
Maybe the answer is that children, particularly very young ones, can neither be righteous or unrighteous. They have no idea what they are doing and have no sense of right and wrong to the point of being righteous or unrighteous. If that is the case then God was not "counting" them when He said He w...