No?
No. There is no evil nor desire of evil in God. God does not predetermine evil otherwise he would be the author of evil. Through free choice (meaning no coercion from God), Satan chose the evil path and is 100% responsible for his actions.
No. There is no evil nor desire of evil in God. God does not predetermine evil otherwise he would be the author of evil. Through free choice (meaning no coercion from God), Satan chose the evil path and is 100% responsible for his actions.
No coercion in salvation. Nobody is pulled kicking and screaming into heaven.Why doesn’t God stop Satan from doing evil tomorrow?
No. There is no evil nor desire of evil in God. God does not predetermine evil otherwise he would be the author of evil. Through free choice (meaning no coercion from God), Satan chose the evil path and is 100% responsible for his actions.
Does Calvinism say the same thing as I mentioned above?
I wrote: "No coercion in salvation. Nobody is pulled kicking and screaming into heaven" to Sketo.This is overly simplistic, and appeals more to emotionalism than to Scripture.
So before you can ask, "Does Calvinism say the same thing?", we have to determine whether your assertions are BIBLICAL or not.
1) Scripture is clear that God predetermines evil:
(Gen. 50:20, - Joseph's brothers selling him into slavery;
Isa. 10:5-7, - God wielding Assyria against Israel;
Acts 4:27-28). - the murder of the innocent son of God.
So you would have to address those passages:
2) You would need to prove FROM SCRIPTURE that predetermining evil makes God "the author of evil";
3) You claim man acts through "free choice without coercion from God". You need to demonstrate that FROM SCRIPTURE.
4) You try to divorce Satan from God, even though the book of Job that Satan cannot do ANYTHING without God's approval.
I wrote: "No coercion in salvation. Nobody is pulled kicking and screaming into heaven" to Sketo.
If evil has not been purposed and willed into the world by God, then evil has no purpose, it simply, "is."No coercion in salvation. Nobody is pulled kicking and screaming into heaven.
Does Calvinism believe that God predetermines everything which includes evil?
If evil has not been purposed and willed into the world by God, then evil has no purpose, it simply, "is."
Is evil pointless, or is there a point to it, a purpose for it?
And he dodges the question. No surprise there.Is this the part where we are to believe Satan's evil, and yours, has a good purpose?
And he jumps to the an extreme, wrong conclusion as he neglects mentioning his sin and his evil, and "his god.".If all your evil sins have a good purpose, why repent? After all, God predestined you to do them, and then you did them according to His will exactly as He ordained, and your evil was for His good purposes, so why then would you need to repent for doing God's will which results in a good purpose? Your God requires you to repent for doing exactly as He wanted?
And he dodges the question.
He didn't read the entire post, just went off "half cocked." ?Oh what question was dodged?
He didn't read the entire post, just went off "half cocked." ?
You certainly are.I see. We are having a confusion party are we?