Originally Posted by JesusFan
I have no proble accepting all that you stated here, its just that somehow have a hard time reconciling God directly determing a Hiler, or causing ISIS to chop off heads?
Why? Where is the problem? Are you familiar with the book of Habbakuk? In it, God through the prophet reveals the consternation of the people of Israel against God for bringing the Assyrians against them in order to punish their sinful ways when the Assyrians are perceptually far more sinful than them (Israelites). Did not God chose Cyrus to bring punishment upon Israel as well? Did not God raise up Pharoah and Nebuchadrezzar against Israel?

Remember once again that God by his "determinate council and foreknowledge" through the hands of lawless men did crucify Christ (Acts 2:23). There is nothing to reconcile... God is wholly sovereign and man is wholly responsible, aka: determinism AND compatibalism. These are not antithetical concepts but biblical truths of how things really exist.

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simul iustus et peccator

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