[drstevej]

***Is it God's "will" that man sins?***

No sin was more heinous than the crucifixion of His Son.

Ac 2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.

- DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY "Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God"

- HUMAN ACCOUNTABILITY "ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.

Define "will" and your question will be clearer.

[P-Marlowe]

Define "will" and your question will be clearer.

You answer the question and then feel free to define the term. That seems to be the problem. After two years on these threads I still have no real idea of what the Calvinist means when he talks about the "will" of God.

It seems to me that some Calvinists think that nobody can tie their shoes without it being the will of God that he tie his shoe. Others talk about permissive will, which allows man free will determination as to his entire life, but being denied free will when it comes to salvation.

So you answer the question and then define the terms as you understand them. But start with a yes or a no.