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To: Dr. Eckleburg

So you think God has determined what you will be eating for dinner, two months from now?


170 posted on 08/02/2005 11:51:31 AM PDT by connectthedots
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To: connectthedots
So you think God has determined what you will be eating for dinner, two months from now?

How can you NOT think that is true?

While it seems like a silly question, it strikes at the heart of who God is. Where do you draw the line? God only concerns Himself with the "bigger" issues and leaves the smaller stuff to us? What's "smaller?"

If there's a God, and if He's the God of all Creation, and if He's the God of the Old and New Testaments, and if He's the God who died Himself for your sins and mine, then, YES, this is the very same God who determines what you'll eat for breakfast two weeks from Sunday.

Thank God. That is wonderful news. Because we are among His elect, because Christ came to gather you and me and return us to His Heavenly presence, we should rejoice in every step that takes us home.

Or else there is no God.

181 posted on 08/02/2005 12:00:14 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
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To: connectthedots
So you think God has determined what you will be eating for dinner, two months from now?

If you lived in Africa you would be praying for HIM to provide you food

"Give us this day our daily bread"

Do you think God does not know or care what people eat? Is it of NO interest to Him?

186 posted on 08/02/2005 12:06:49 PM PDT by RnMomof7 (Sola Scriptura,Sola Christus,Sola Gratia,Sola Fide,Soli Deo Gloria)
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To: connectthedots; Dr. Eckleburg
So you think God has determined what you will be eating for dinner, two months from now?

If God numbers the hairs on my head, and determines our every breath, then I don't find it too much of a stretch to think that He's prepared the menu for my entire life. I know at our table we thank God for His provision and for providing our meals. How could He provide my meals if He didn't decide what to provide?

187 posted on 08/02/2005 12:07:09 PM PDT by ksen ("He that knows nothing will believe anything." - Thomas Fuller)
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To: connectthedots
So you think God has determined what you will be eating for dinner, two months from now?

How could a God who is both omnipotent and omniscient NOT necessary ultimately determine it?

212 posted on 08/02/2005 12:30:12 PM PDT by Frumanchu (Saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone to the glory of God alone.)
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