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Ochuk
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Date Joined Apr 2003
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| Posted 7/28/2003 12:16 PM (GMT -6) |   | I posted this under the Problem of Evil board, but no one responded.
Doc or anyone:
In God at War, I finished an excellent chapter (tying up the strong man) about Jesus' ministry being an act of war against Satan's "kingdom" here on earth. It was very good, and I enjoyed the fresh new perspective the ideas gave me.
One of the interesting points that got me thinking was the connection between sickness and demonic activity. Jesus healed people that "oppressed by the devil." A friend of mine's mother came to mind who suffered from bipolar disorder and in her mid fo's ender her life.
Her son shared the Gospel with her quite extensively, and was considered "close" to believing the Good News, but no one knows if she had saving faith. According the thesis of the chapter, Doc surmiused that when people "accepted Christ" they were healed, or looesed of there opression.
My question is: Is God the one who saves/delievers, or does this coincide with our will? Is this "salvation," if you will, compatiblistic/cooperative, or soley found in God?
If it is God alone who saves, why didn't he heal her? If it is up to "both" of us then how is anyone be saved?
Or how about this... can Satan stop God from saving someone?
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ReasonableDoubt
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| Posted 7/28/2003 12:20 PM (GMT -6) | | I don't see how it's possible for Satan to prevent God from saving someone. Satan is NOT an equal force to God- he's not a God himself, he's a created being, who only exists b/c of God and is only allowed his power by God. To say that he can prevent God from doing something is to follow a sort of dualism - where both good and evil exist as separate but equal forces.
The Bible does teach that God will defeat Satan and death in the end- so presumably at any time it could be the end - and Satan is done for. I believe God allows Satan and evil to exist and do their thing now, for his sovereign reasons. But it doesn't mean that God is AWOL allowing Satan to run amok and thwart his purposes now. | | Back to Top | | |
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