Featured Does God respond to Man?

Ok, a question.

If our interaction with God is marked by anthropomorphic condescension, does that necessarily mean it is one sided?

Personally, I’ll have to ponder that for a while, though off the cuff I’d say no.

peace to you

 

Well, the use of “unable” isn’t necessary for this discussion. The question isn’t “ability” but reality.

Is God always “acting” to carry out His predetermined plan? Do all of His interactions with humans further His plan? Are the apparent “reactions” of God (punishing sin, answering prayers, etc) actually part of His predetermined plan?

Like I said, I’ll ponder this a while.

peace to you

 

Et cetera is etc.

 

Oh, I missed the period after “etc.”

The question is…. Was I predestined to make that mistake and were you predestined to correct it?

peace to you

 

John 5:17 "But Jesus answered them,
My Father worketh hitherto, and I work."

 

This is a good point.

God the Son added humanity to His deity in the person of Jesus, and somehow “emptied” Himself.

His actions/reactions were within the scope of His humanity, so they were actual actions and reactions. He develop close relationships with specific people as any human being would. He ate when He was hungry, slept when tired, weeped when seeing the grief of those He loved at the death of Lazarus knowing He would soon raise Him from the dead.

And He said “if you have seen Me, you have seen the Father”

hummmmmm……….

Ok, you have convinced me, JonC. It is both. It is actual action/reaction and it is predestined.

peace to you

 

Obviously to claim everything is predestined is unbiblical because God says some things happen by chance. Full stop

 

It's etc. Not ect. That would be "ec terera", when it's actually "et cetera". Very simple word--etc.

You were not predestined to make the error--it was your choice. It's easy to type it correctly, at least once in a while.

 

If God's character can be characterized by love (1 John 4:16), then God must respond to humankind.

Love requires an interactive relationship, including responses to appeals from the other person in the love relationship.

You can know you have gone overboard on the sovereignty of God when you turn God into an unresponsive heavenly Father (Matthew 7:7-11).