A poster stated:
"God is either just OR He predestined everything that happens. It cannot be both."
Why can't God both control each particle in His creation and be just at the same time?
The God of Justice:
Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!
Psalm 11:7
For the righteous Lord loves justice. The virtuous will see his face.
The God of Sovereign Control:
Psalm 95:3-7
For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods. He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains. The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too. Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today!
Daniel 4:35
All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He does as he pleases among the angels of heaven and among the people of the earth. No one can stop him or say to him, ‘What do you mean by doing these things?’
Acts 2:23-24
But God knew what would happen, and his prearranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a cross and killed him. But God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life, for death could not keep him in its grip.
Ephesians 1:11
Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.
Romans 9:21
When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?
Isaiah 14:24
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sworn this oath: “It will all happen as I have planned. It will be as I have decided.
God is both entirely just and entirely in control. There is no contradiction or problem with this as scripture clearly teaches both are true.
"God is either just OR He predestined everything that happens. It cannot be both."
Why can't God both control each particle in His creation and be just at the same time?
The God of Justice:
Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!
Psalm 11:7
For the righteous Lord loves justice. The virtuous will see his face.
The God of Sovereign Control:
Psalm 95:3-7
For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods. He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains. The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too. Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today!
Daniel 4:35
All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He does as he pleases among the angels of heaven and among the people of the earth. No one can stop him or say to him, ‘What do you mean by doing these things?’
Acts 2:23-24
But God knew what would happen, and his prearranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a cross and killed him. But God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life, for death could not keep him in its grip.
Ephesians 1:11
Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.
Romans 9:21
When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?
Isaiah 14:24
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sworn this oath: “It will all happen as I have planned. It will be as I have decided.
God is both entirely just and entirely in control. There is no contradiction or problem with this as scripture clearly teaches both are true.