Robyn:  It is things like you mentioned that constantly amaze me about the
absolute sovereignty of God. Truly he makes "all things beautiful" in His
own time. We will spend eternity seeing how God's wisdom and power worked in
a world of sin and rebellion. We must never forget that God accomplishes his
sovereign purposes in a world of sin and rebellion without ever forcing
anyone to do anything against their will. Your use of Pharoah and the Devil
arousing such hate for Christ that men crucified him are an illustrations.
Can you imagine the utter shock of people discovering that their very
attempts to frustrate God were the very things God purposed to use to
accomplish his ends. We can shout Romans 11:36.

JGR


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robyn Wunderkind" <dikgrayson@...>
To: <soundofgrace@...>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Infant Salvation


> JGR wrote:
>
> >If the "instant heaven" is true then it would seem that the abortionist
> >have, unknowingly, been the instrument for the greatest eternal blessing
on
> >mankind. Would that not be ironical indeed?    JGR
> >
>
> It would certainly be ironic; the abortionists would be joining Pharaoh
and
> Herod in adding to the population of heaven. But irony seems to be one of
> the weapons in God's armory. Is it not the supreme irony that Satan, in
> nailing Jesus to the cross, was in fact sealing his own fate? Just as he
> thought he was winning, he was in fact securing his own defeat. He sawed
off
> the branch he was sitting on. God seems to revel in applying the law of
> unintended consequences: "He who sits in the heavens shall laugh them to
> scorn; the Lord shall have them in derision." (Psalm 2). Irony indeed!
Let's
> have more of it.
>
> Robin Wunderkind
>
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