The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum God does not command evil?

Ordain: To order by divine decree. In this case, to determine the existence and end of all things by God's immutable counsel from eternity according to His good pleasure and without influence from the things created. All that God ordains He also providentially directs and brings them to their appointed end.

To believe anything less than this, as R.C. Sproul has said, thrusts one into the arena of the Atheist.

All the answers, which were questions, that you gave in response to my questions that followed were irrelevant, e.g., whether or not the angels had a "free-will", whether men are "free-agents". My questions therefore remain and I would appreciate a yes or no answer. It's very simple really. Such questions have been asked of countless people and they were all able to answer them quite easily. I'm sure you can do it if you really try.

1) Did God ordain the fall of Satan and those angels who joined with him in rebellion against Him?

2) Did God ordain the Fall of Adam and consequently all of mankind?

3) Did God ordain the crucifixion of Christ, including the acts of the actual men who physically nailed Him to the cross?

4) Does God ordain such things as rape, murder, child molestation, in fact all the wicked acts of men which happen to both believers and unbelievers?