Dave's Top Eight

1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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October 25, 2004

God's knowledge vs. Human free will

A question was recently posed in the "Politics" section of the Sogospelnews message boards about whether God knows the outcome of the Presidential election. Is the man who wins the one that "God put there?" If so, what about human free will?

Here's how I look at this topic, and please understand, this is theology by DBM, not something I've read in a book by some great Bible thinker.

I believe that "Alpha and Omega" means God is now, is in the past, and is in the future. Notice I didn't say He "was" in the past or "will be" in the future. I said "He IS."

Look at it this way. When you watch a movie for the second time (and subsequently), you know how it will end, but the characters IN the film don't. They are simply making choices that lead up to the conclusion, based on the info they have at the time.

In Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Pete and Delmar are so excited by the prospect of digging up a treasure that they escape from prison along with Everett. They don't know Everett is lying until he confesses near the end of the film. As viewers though, we know Everett's motives from the very beginning.

A person watching the film can fast forward to the end or rewind to the beginning until they know it intimately. The time sequence of the film world holds no restrictions for the person holding the remote control.

In life, we are like those characters in the film. God is the one holding the remote. Sometimes we watch movies we don't like. Sometimes God watches us use our free will in ways He doesn't like . . . even to the point of putting the wrong person into a political office. Still, He knows how it all ends up, and has even let us in on some of it.

When the actors trust their director in a film, and when the director has a clear vision of where the film ought to go, the end result is always better. In life, when we seek God's purpose and put our trust in Him, the end result is life eternal.
posted by David Bruce Murray @ 3:15:00 PM


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