Everything is under the sovereign will of God. The rule of everything has been given to Christ. God is incapable of sin but that doesn't mean He doesn't use our sinfulness to exact His plans. Scripture is very clear about God raising up godless rulers or sending demons to exact His will. And if God sent a tornado tomorrow so that we would return to Him, that isn't sin on God's part. One would hope that it would get our attention.
I do not believe God “willed” the horror of Hitler or Stalin, or “willed” the AIDS epidemic ...I think the writer was stating God is incapable of sin.
“Everything is under the sovereign will of God. The rule of everything has been given to Christ. God is incapable of sin but that doesn’t mean He doesn’t use our sinfulness to exact His plans. Scripture is very clear about God raising up godless rulers or sending demons to exact His will. And if God sent a tornado tomorrow so that we would return to Him, that isn’t sin on God’s part. One would hope that it would get our attention.”
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I also said this...except for my first sentence here.
I think we agree, it’s the way we each state it. God doesn’t raise up “godless rulers.” Nor does He send “demons to exact His will”, that would be cooperating with evil and their hate. If you mean God sees all and being divine can bring good out men’s (not always) sinful CHOICES and demon’s always evil intent, yes.
There’s that free will, it’s true.