“God is not responsible for everything.”
WCF:
CHAP. III. - Of God’s Eternal Decree.
1. God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass
Calvin diagrees with you, my friend.
If the belief comes first, then the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, then how does that occur under Reformed theology? I thought that Reformed folks believed that the Holy Spirit hijacked the individual, then the belief occurred.
WCF: CHAP. III. - Of God’s Eternal Decree. 1. God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass.
Calvin diagrees with you, my friend.
You must be looking at an abridged version since you didn't copy the whole sentence. :) Here it is:
I. God from all eternity did by the most and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin; nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established. (emphasis added)
So, the same sentence you quote backs me up in that God is not responsible for sin.
If the belief comes first, then the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, then how does that occur under Reformed theology? I thought that Reformed folks believed that the Holy Spirit hijacked the individual, then the belief occurred.
The Holy Spirit regenerates the individual before He indwells. In between these actions there is belief.