Tags archives: How it works
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Example #11 - Judas and the Murder of Christ
If the very faith to be saved is "not of yourselves: it is the gift of God"; if "ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you" (Joh 15:16); if God simply has "mercy on whom HE will have mercy" (Rom 9:18) and if He truly "works all things after the counsel... [read more]
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Example #12 - Saul of Tarsus
We have one final example which should dispel any doubts about the foolishness of a doctrine which teaches that man's will is free from the hand of the Potter. IT IS TRUE GOD DOES NOT FORCE US TO DO ANYTHING: "... the goodness of God LEADETH thee to repentance" (Rom 2:4)... [read more]
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Example #10 - Ahab Goes to Ramoth- Gilead
2h 18 is the story of Jehoshaphat the king of the southern kingdom of Judah 'joining affinity' with Ahab the king of the northern kingdom of Israel. Ahab is a very wicked king married to Jezebel, a very wicked queen, responsible for the death of many of the ... [read more]
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Example #9 - David Numbers the People
"And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and HE moved David against them to say, Go number Israel and Judah: (2Sa 24:1).
In Exo 30:12-16, God had instructed Moses never to number the people without collecting a "ransom for his soul": "When th... [read more]
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Example #8 - "An Evil Spirit from the Lord Troubled [ Saul]" 1Sa 16:14
There are two prominent Sauls in scripture. Both were God's rejected anointed. Both were popular with the rejected people of God. Both persecuted the true people of God, and both were predestinated to destruction. That's right - ... [read more]
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Example #7 - Samson and His Philistine Wife
Only five chapters later we find the second blatant, straightforward statement in the book of Judges revealing to us that evil is "of the Lord."
Jdg 13 is the story of Samson's parents and the birth of Samson. Samson's father was a man of the tribe of Dan.... [read more]
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Example #6 - Abimelech and the Men of Shechem
Another story revealing just how much free will man has is the story of Abimelech, the son of Gideon. Gideon himself, as with all men, was the work of the Potter's sovereign hand. Gideon did not choose to conquer the Midianites. God chose Gideon and as a... [read more]
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Example #5 - Pharaoh's Heart is Hardened
While the churches of Babylon would have us believe that the Pharaoh who withstood Moses was simply an extremely stubborn man, the scriptures lead us to believe the exact opposite. While Moses was still in Midian, before he ever returned to Egypt,…the ... [read more]
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Example #4 - Joseph and His Brothers
Why are "our works" and "our righteousnesses" so despised by God? God Himself calls them "righteousnesses" (Isa 64:6). He does not say our iniquities are as filthy rags. Is it nothing more than taking credit for what HE has done in either "drawing" us to Him or "... [read more]
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Example #3 - Jacob and Esau
Isaac was Abraham's second son, the child of promise, born after both Abraham and Sarah were past the age of being able to bear children. Abraham's first son was begotten in a natural manner. Abraham had married Sarah's handmaid Hagar, and Ishmael was born of this union.
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Example #2 - The Trials [ Temptations] of Job
Most of us are aware that Job was a man of great patience. In one day Job lost all his oxen, asses, camels, sheep and all but one of the servants that cared for each group, and finally all his sons and daughters died in the home of the eldest with only o... [read more]
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Example #1 - The Tempting of Mankind (Adam and Eve)
The first example is the pattern for all of God's sovereign actions concerning the tempting of man. God's sovereignty had Christ slain for Adam's transgression before Adam was ever created: "Who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling, not... [read more]
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