Tides of Tyranny: God’s Transcendence and Man's Cynicism Part 3 of ...

Tides of Tyranny: God’s Transcendence and Man's Cynicism Part 3 of ...: Fast forward from yesterday to today. Is God sovereign? Yes! Do we have choices in the course of human events? Yes! Are we held responsibl...

God’s Transcendence and Man's Cynicism Part 3 of 3

Fast forward from yesterday to today. Is God sovereign? Yes! Do we have choices in the course of human events? Yes! Are we held responsible for the choices we make? Yes! Does God’s sovereignty give us license to make poor decisions? No! As is expected, being knowledgeably aware of how God’s divine intervention and His consent relate brings with it a degree of tension, and in that tension our faith can proliferate and in so doing bear fruit.

What each one of us does in our lives, every vote that we cast, every leader that ascends, all of it happens under the providence of God. However, God’s sovereignty does not grant us license for godless or iniquitous choices.

So as election 2016 is now history past and 2020 general election proceeds forward, take comfort in knowing that God stands in control amidst all this chaos. But remember, we are called not merely to rest in His control, but to actively display His character in the choices we make. Leaders may rise under His providence, but if we choose them, we will be held accountable for both the good and the bad.

Final comment: Has not God called every believer to be a cultivating force in the beliefs, pursuits, and practices of society? Is there not a biblical case for Christian activism? Yes! Where and when does it begin? It commences here and now. Our immediate disputants are but not limited to those antagonists who are advocates of secularism, humanism, liberalism, antisemitism, classism, ageism, sexism, Islamism, Marxism, socialism, totalitarianism…One World Government (NWO).

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Just because something transpires under God’s providence does not mean that He consents to it or determines that it occurs. Does not Scripture tell us that we are all sinners? And do we not know that God neither approves of our sin, nor does He desire for us to persist with our errant ways?

Finally, does not the Word of God tell us that He provides grace for our transgressions, and the greater the misdeeds, the greater God’s grace?God reigns over human affairs and, in His divine intervention, leaders rise and fall. But we absolutely should not assume that all human affairs meet God’s approval. 

Undeniably, insight into the difference between God’s providence and His assent creates tension.The primary illustration of this tension is Jesus’ crucifixion. Did not Pilate, in a rare egalitarian move, places Jesus before the people? Was not the authority Pilate’s? Yet, did he not give the choice to the people and did not the people shout out “crucify Him!”? Christ, the creator, was crucified on the very sapling He brought into existence and was put to death under the authority which He granted to Pilate. 

At no point was Jesus Christ in an indeterminate state. At no point in time did God call that event good. Was the crucifixion a malevolent act? Yes! Was it ordained by God before the foundation of the world? Yes! Was it perpetrated by ignoble men, who stood culpable with blood on their hands? Yes! Did God redeem that atrocious act of malice, so that the very blood on their hands had the power to save them? The answer is in the affirmative. The redemptive power was in the blood which was shed for them and mankind.