 | Catechism - 2002 - 148 σελίδες
...hath (Isa. xlvi. 10; Eph. i. 11; Heb. vi. 17; Rom. ix. 15, 18) decreed in himself, from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably, all things whatsoever come to pass; yet so as thereby is God neither the author of sin (Jam. i. 15,... | |
 | Jaroslav Pelikan - 2005 - 678 σελίδες
...But it immediately adds the clarification not only that "neither is God the author of sin," but also: "nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures,...contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established."49 The Canons of the Synod of Dort also unequivocally declare their account of predestination... | |
 | Earl S. Johnson - 2003 - 164 σελίδες
...Standards (1647). In the third chapter of the Westminster Confession, for example, it is asserted that God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own free will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God... | |
 | W. Gary Crampton - 2004 - 270 σελίδες
...suggesting that God's eternal decree could be altered in any way. As the Confession (3:1) teaches: "God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel...and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass." God's eternal decree renders the future certain. Yet, there is a way in which we can talk about "possible... | |
 | Gerald Lewis Bray - 2004 - 682 σελίδες
...the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son.w 03. Of God's Eternal Decree 01. God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel...freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass;65 yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin66 nor is violence offered to the will of... | |
 | Robin A. Parry, Christopher H. Partridge - 2004 - 324 σελίδες
...snll responsible for our actions. The Westminster Confession famously summarises this as follows: God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whaisoever comes to pass: yet so, as thereby neither God is the author of sin, nor is violence offered... | |
 | Louis Berkhof - 2007 - 180 σελίδες
...answer to these objections? WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH Chapter 3: Of God's Eternal Decree 1. God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass: yet so, as thereby neither is God the author... | |
 | Tyron Inbody - 2005 - 434 σελίδες
...to his end."8 This idea has been formulated as doctrine in the Westminster Confession of Faith: "God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatever comes to pass."9 Although many Christians are horrif1ed when they see the concept of omnipotence... | |
 | 2006 - 657 σελίδες
...according to the counsel of his own will, he has chosen some to salvation ; ' yet so as thereby neither is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes token away, but rather established;' nor does this gracious purpose ever take effect independently... | |
 | Stephen Christian - 2006 - 190 σελίδες
...teachings of Scripture or early Christian beliefs formulated in the seventeenth century, states that "God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass: yet so, as thereby neither is God the... | |
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GOD from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass : yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the... 
