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When people say, “Everything happens for a reason,” how do I respond biblically?
It depends on who is saying, “Everything happens for a reason.” There is a sense in which that is true. The Scriptures teach Christians that everything works out for their good. The sad truth is that if you’re outside of …Read More
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What comfort does the doctrine of providence bring to Christians during difficult times?
MACARTHUR: I like to compare the doctrine of providence to miracles. A miracle is when God suspends natural law to do something outside of natural law, without natural law, and against the grain of natural law. A miracle is walking …Read More
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How does God’s sovereignty not “do violence” to the will of man, as the Westminster Confession says?
There is an element of mystery in this relationship, because Scripture teaches that God is sovereign over all things, but it also teaches that man has a will. Lots of people reason that if man has a will, then it …Read More
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In Numbers 14 it appears that Moses changed the mind of God. How can you explain this?
“To change one’s mind,” in the New Testament, means to repent. When the Bible speaks of my repenting or your repenting, it means that we are called to change our minds or our dispositions with respect to sin—that we are …Read More
