Here is the fifth, and final, part in this mini series. Part one can be found here, part two here, part three here, and part four here.
Conclusion
When our theology is anthropocentric we end up asking many questions and making statements that are purely nonsense. In many ways the statement in question is a nonsense statement that poses a series of nonsense questions. If God is not sovereign and he is not good then he is not God. God cannot be one or the other, he must be both in order to fulfil is self given definition of what it is to be God. The most important question that the statement poses is; why is the world the way that it is? Here we see that the good news of Jesus Christ gives the clearest diagnosis of the human condition; we are the reason that the world is as it is and whilst that is a result of God’s sovereign nature and his self-defined goodness this should not result our damnation of God, but rather our praise of him.
Let us close by rejoicing with Paul:
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
“In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you hear the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.” (Ephesians 1:3-14)
God bless.
Dear Freedom
Conclusion
When our theology is anthropocentric we end up asking many questions and making statements that are purely nonsense. In many ways the statement in question is a nonsense statement that poses a series of nonsense questions. If God is not sovereign and he is not good then he is not God. God cannot be one or the other, he must be both in order to fulfil is self given definition of what it is to be God. The most important question that the statement poses is; why is the world the way that it is? Here we see that the good news of Jesus Christ gives the clearest diagnosis of the human condition; we are the reason that the world is as it is and whilst that is a result of God’s sovereign nature and his self-defined goodness this should not result our damnation of God, but rather our praise of him.
Let us close by rejoicing with Paul:
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
“In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you hear the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.” (Ephesians 1:3-14)
God bless.
Dear Freedom
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