originally posted on 8/27. everyone needs to listen to part two at this link. seriously.
if God is sovereign over all like He says He is in Ephesians 1:11, then it necessarily follows that God wills that evil exist.
“God wills evil to exist. (without being evil)” according to the Ligonier ministries blog, that is how John MacArthur begins the two sermons linked here. UPDATE: the quoted phrase comes at the beginning of the second message.
I am going to give these messages a listen this morning and this evening.
UPDATE: The first message was only 24 minutes long. Mainly it consisted of establishing with scripture that God is sovereign over all things. That everything is part of His plan.
oooo! part 2 starts out with a kick.
UPDATE II: Excellent 2nd message as well. as you would expect from John MacArthur, it is mostly just straight scripture. If you don’t start from the assumption that the Bible is God’s word to us and that our job is to figure out what it says and get under it, then you will not get these messages. if you do start from that assumption, then it is a wrasslin’ match. ding, ding. let the match begin.