“What would ye that I should do for you? They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask…to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.”
Everything in the Bible is not, so to speak, set in stone. On the other hand, some things are eternally cemented and settled; predestinated and pre-determined, if you please. Man’s freewill and God’s sovereignty is something that has been debated over two-thousand years. And with all the great and godly minds on both sides working over-time, they have still not figured it out.
Each side covers the holes in their arguments, but with tissue paper; and any diligent observer can see through the patch work. I agree with C.S. Lewis on these two opposing factors: “Until (if ever) we can see the consistency it is better to hold two inconsistent views than to ignore one side of the evidence.” In other words, “Don’t throw the baby out with the wash.”
The Scriptures plainly teach that there is a HIS PART and OUR PART in the lives of saints. None will ever be held accountable for not knowing the former, but we sure will for not doing the latter. To cop out by saying you neglected to accomplish the second because you didn’t understand the first, won’t fly with God! Each knows the part they’re to play here; He’ll explain the other, I trust, in the hereafter.
When in a buck-board and the horses run wild, pray, and hang on tight!
Everything in the Bible is not, so to speak, set in stone. On the other hand, some things are eternally cemented and settled; predestinated and pre-determined, if you please. Man’s freewill and God’s sovereignty is something that has been debated over two-thousand years. And with all the great and godly minds on both sides working over-time, they have still not figured it out.
Each side covers the holes in their arguments, but with tissue paper; and any diligent observer can see through the patch work. I agree with C.S. Lewis on these two opposing factors: “Until (if ever) we can see the consistency it is better to hold two inconsistent views than to ignore one side of the evidence.” In other words, “Don’t throw the baby out with the wash.”
The Scriptures plainly teach that there is a HIS PART and OUR PART in the lives of saints. None will ever be held accountable for not knowing the former, but we sure will for not doing the latter. To cop out by saying you neglected to accomplish the second because you didn’t understand the first, won’t fly with God! Each knows the part they’re to play here; He’ll explain the other, I trust, in the hereafter.
When in a buck-board and the horses run wild, pray, and hang on tight!
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