Within His Will

 


 




I can agree with one thing I've seen this morning: that God's "sovereign will" takes into account men's mistakes and uses both those evils and any good for our good in Jesus.

I believe a lot in our walk of faith is learning from mankind's mistakes. God allows some people to do the evil they want to do - and to believe the lies they want to believe. But through even the gravest of problems, some of us want to learn and overcome. And in learning, it's not about, "Well, God willed that this happen and so it is."

No, instead, it's God allowed this evil that His children may stand corrected.

God disciplines (diciples) who He loves, while allowing others to deal destructively in matters of eternal life and death.

Often, He allows who He loves, who He foreknew as destined to live in Him, to make godless mistakes - but not to reach a point of no return.



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