To: connectthedots; Dr. Eckleburg
*** I simple do not think that everything that happens is what God desires.***
But, mysteriously, He sovereignly allows those things, because though it He will receive a greater glory than could be possible were He to not allow it.
How could the host of Heaven see and understand the depths of God's love were then not allowed to see Him stripped naked and hanging from a cross for His creatures?
As the Scripture says...
"Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!"
Matthew 18:7
To: PetroniusMaximus
But, mysteriously, He sovereignly allows those things, because though it He will receive a greater glory than could be possible were He to not allow it. That is a presumptuous statement not based on scripture. At least you acknowledge that God 'allows things' to happen.
What the Bible really means is that despite all our sins and screw-ups, God can still use us through those experiences to further his glory, even if it wasn't what he most desired for us. I've seen that in my own life.
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