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Last study we covered some of the major objections to the concept of predestination.
I did not address all objections, my approach was addressing the objections against the idea of predestination altogether.
Those who argue that it is not a biblical concept.
There are many out there who will act as if what is being said is not in the pages of scripture.
Over the course of the last few months you all have learned that cannot be true.
It is clearly in the pages of scripture and we must determine what it means.
As stated before our jobs are not to bring our presuppositions to the scriptures as we are prone to do.
And as we often do with the doctrines we do not like.
But last study was simply addressing the objections that the teaching or idea of predestination is non existent in the pages of scripture.
We can never make such a claim nor should we want to.
As a body of believers, as the people of God, our goal is not to abuse god's word but to proclaim it.
With that being said predestination is not the only doctrine that is despised.
And what we are looking at does hint at other doctrines.
why suddenly do we have this mass objection to the things of God?
Where did this attitude come from?
It is true that there has always been objecting God but the question is when did professing believers start objecting what they say they believe in?
This has to be one of the great tragedies of our time and we are living in a time of religious chaos.
Ultimately what this boils down to is that people want God, but not according to the scriptures.
People want an idol.
So many have taken the idea of God from the pages of scripture and formed their own golden calf.
And then say such things like my God would not do XY and Z.
This is become the battle cry of the twenty first century, my God would not do XY and Z.
I mean we can think about our culture for a bit and see why we have such an attitude that we have.We are of the Mister Rogers' Neighborhood generation.
We are from a culture that says be good for goodness sake.
For the sake of goodness be good.
Treat others with respect and care.
Love each other and share everything that you have.
Sharing is caring.
And make sure you bring enough for everyone because it would not be fair if everyone does not get involved.
And none of those things are bad I don't mean to make those things sound negative.
They are most certainly not bad it is just that we have failed to tell the whole truth.
We are in the age of 0 discipline and as time goes on more and more human beings are becoming foreign to the word consequences.
And the more we move towards sharing is caring and absolute equality, the more the idea of consequences becomes foreign.
So how can we teach wrath, and Holiness and hell in an age that knows no consequences for its actions in an age that demands everyone receive the same.
How do you tell somebody who believes in absolute equality that heaven Is not an equal opportunity place?
This is what people object to because of their idea of what love, equality, and goodness is.
But love, equality, and goodness are not defined, in their minds, by the word of God.
And this is the critical difference between secular christians, if you would allow me to use such a phrase, and biblical christians.
Or I can define them in a different Way.
Those who have a superficial faith and those who have authentic faith.
Those who have authentic faith allow the word of God to be the final authority of all things.
We allow the word of God to be the source that transforms our mind.
And this is the hearts of the reformation which a lot of teachings of predestination come out of that period because the scriptures were the authority and they allowed the scriptures to speak.
It doesn’t mean that all the reformers are right.
As the reformers, you all and myself are very capable of getting things wrong.
So we don’t assume that everything the reformers say is absoulutly true, but whatever truth is proclaimed we should not be angry with or reject.
We should embrace truth no matter how hard it is .
Sadly this is not the case.
So many people find creative ways to reject the clear teachings of scripture.
Not just with pretty destination but also with the doctrine of hell.
And this is what I mean by one doctrine leading to another.
You cannot talk about predestination without talking about hell.
And it is this very concept that is on people's minds, whether consciously or subconsciously, hell is what people are thinking about when they think about the sovereignty of God.
The scriptures proclaim the gospel is offensive to those who are perishing.
It is offensive because in order to properly give the good news you must deliver the bad news.
Man is faced with the reality that he is a law breaker , that he is broken the divine law therefore he must receive divine justice.
This is a stumbling block fallen man.
His mind will never comprehend the seriousness of his condition apart from the divine work of the Holy Spirit.
Many Christians are well aware that hell is an uncomfortable subject to discuss.
And many Christians struggle to explain to a person why they will spend eternity in hell apart from authentic faith in Jesus Christ.
Even some of the most brute, conservative Christian you will meet will find away this often the truth of the absolute sovereignty of God.
Don't believe me?
Start having conversations .
Listen to the way Christians talk about hell.
unbelieving John will ask believing frank why would an all loving God send someone to a place like hell?
And believing Frank will respond with it is not God who says you to hell, you send yourself by rejecting Jesus.
It sounds good, it sounds Noble , an d it gets said all the time.
and while I agree that it is a person's rejection that has sealed their fate, the last message I ever wanna convey is that God is not sovereign in divine justice.
Rebellious sinners will seal their fate by their rejection of the son of God but make no mistake about it the only one who can send a person to hell is God himself.
The only one who can lay that judgment down is God himself.
And we soften that truth because deep down we are slightly offended by it.
How many of you have ever heard that phrase before or something similar that you send yourself to hell by your rejection?
The problem that we face in our churches is that we have no clue who got is and we have no clue who we are.
This is why we do expository preaching, to put an end to our biblical illiteracy and ignorance.
So let's continue with our study and learn a thing or 2 about our God and about ourselves .
as a reminder, we covered some of the more popular objections to those reject the idea of predestination altogether .
We did that because Paul here is raising an objection.
Paul is well aware of his audience and he is well aware of where the human mind wants to go when the human mind here's these kinds of things about God.
There is something within us that protest this very concept.
This is not just about predestination, this is about to the sovereignty of God.
And predestination is just a little subplot to the much larger plot.
So there is something within fallen man that wants to wage war with the sovereign God.
If it is not an all out rejection of him it is a rejection of his personality , his attributes , and his truth.
and Paul is very much aware of this .
So he raises an objection and it is one that we have not fully covered.
He asks a basic question is there injustice on god's part?
And we have to ask is there any injustice on god's part.
And I think as Christians we know the response we should give is no.
But the question is comma do we fully understand that?
do we fully comprehend the point Paul is trying to make when he asked that question.
And he responds in that way we have seen from Paul before.
may it never be, no way, far be it from your mind , do not even allow that thought to enter.
He asked this question because in order to understand Salvation we have to know what justices is. he asked the question because in order to understand election we have to know what justices is.
And if we want to understand grace and mercy we must know what justice is .
So imagine if you will 6 people standing up here all before you .
And we take into consideration , and 3.
And we apply those 3 chapters to the 6 people standing before us .
They are sinners without excuse and they all fall short of the glory of God.
They're guilty lawbreakers .
Deserving of divine wrath for breaking the divine law .
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