Re: Getting to The Will of God
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:28 am
Hi Dizerner,
You should know that I am staunchly non-Calvinist but I have a strong view of God's sovereignty, and I see no contradiction in this.
Not exactly; I quoted the NKJV. The NIV is similar, adding "care" instead of will. I just didn't check the Greek. But this is all irrelevant. You concluded with:This is a tough question, but you misquoted the verse.
So Jesus is telling His disciples that they should not fear what their persecutors do (Stephen for example)because God will know about what they do to you? Shouldn't it be understood that God will be aware and will help them - that they will only suffer insofar as it is God's will??I think then, we should interpret the phrase "without your Father" in the light of "forgotten before God" as "without your Father's awareness."
You should know that I am staunchly non-Calvinist but I have a strong view of God's sovereignty, and I see no contradiction in this.