Sunday, September 02, 2007

God continues to teach...

Notes from John Piper

Why Do We Resist God's Sovereignty??
There are two ways that the soul can resist the truth of God's sovereign governance over all evil that is implied in Genesis 50:20 “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.”

1. The soul can resist with an unbelieving and rebellious spirit that willfully resists God's right and power and wisdom in “meaning evil for good.”

2. The soul can resist with a humble mixture of love for God's holiness, justice, and love, on the one hand, and mental perplexity as to how these could be consistent with God's “meaning evil for good,” on the other hand.

#2 brings God's patient, merciful displeasure, leading eventually to greater light.

#1 brings God's punitive displeasure, leading eventually to death, if there is no repentance.



In other news of note, my dad--the chief of the clan--has entered the blogosphere with an interesting site devoted to all things Tweeddale. Check it out at tweeddaletributaries.blogspot.com

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