Inconsistent Brothers [Theological Rationalism, Part 4]

In the last few posts I have spoken about man placing his mind as the highest authority in the universe. We see this in unbelievers when they reject the Bibles teachings on 6 day creation, the virgin birth, and miracles. Because these teachings go beyond their naturalistic ability to grasp it...then it just can't be.

If "I" can't do it, then no one can...not even an Infinite God!

Next we saw that this thinking has even risen from within the church [even though Church history shows us that it was dealt with] Those who denied the Trinity and the Deity of Christ did so [in many cases] because these teachings did not make sense to their man-centered logic and reasoning.

But remember the Being of the Triune God is the actual pre-condition for logic in the first place. Without God you can not even give an account for why you would use logic.

God tells us that His thoughts and ways are above ours. He is God and we are not, deal with that reality and you will begin to understand some very wonderful truths.

Today I would like to focus on some Christians who would agree with everything I have said...they would give a hardy, AMEN!

But then when we come to another area of Biblical revelation they quickly leave their consistency at the door like a wet jacket.

What is this area?

The Bible teaches that God is sovereign over all the affairs of the universe.
So far so good.

The Bible teaches that God has foreordained everything that will ever take place. And that nothing will thwart His holy will.
Still...so far so good.

God has foreordained who will trust in His Son and be saved, and who will reject His Son and ultimately be lost!

Wait a minute!!

Hold the Train!!

They begin to shout in objection "Men are free moral agents! God doesn't force anyone to do anything"!

To this objection the answer returns "God has foreordained the free choices of men".

What!? But...if...huh? That doesn't make sense.

How can a man's choice be free if God foreordained it?

To this comes the simple answer...I don't know.

Just like I can't comprehend how God is Triune, that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. How God can create the vast universe out of nothing, have a baby conceive without sexual intercourse, open blind eyes, raise a dead corpse to life...etc.

The point is that the Bible teaches that God is Almighty...He can do what we can not.

But our inability doesn't hold back His hand [even our inability to understand].

God has pre-planned every choice in human history, and yet He has done so in such a way as to leave men free.

God's word teaches both sides, by faith we must humbly submit to His revelation.