Depression: a Gift from God?
Last week, in our Fundamentals of the Faith class, I found myself extemporaneously expositing the following thought:
Last week, in our Fundamentals of the Faith class, I found myself extemporaneously expositing the following thought:
There is no Proof
Today's question is, "Who is Jesus?"
The following partial list came to mind as I wrote what follows. This is a very thin cross section of the whole answer:
Okay, this is not doctrine. This is not dogma. It's just my imagination... I am putting myself in the place of Jesus, as he faces the cross at Calvary, and even as He is going through the throes of His crucifixion. Please do not think I am being irreverent or presumptuous.
God is Sovereign.
In the end, God will have His way.
But meanwhile, today, God doesn't always get His way.
This explains why there is evil in the world, and why we have the power to choose between good and evil. He has given us each free will, with which we choose.