Quick update:
Over the years, Hope For All has included conversations about faith, theology & politics. Thanks to all who have engaged with honesty & kindness.
Now I focus on sharing hope through scripture, encouragement, & music. More soon. ๐
@BornAgainBalaky@ItsGoneAwry 80s% of cats die from kidney disease. BUT Japan will release a vaccine for feline kidney disease in late 2026 or early 2027. It will halt the progress of the disease.
The more I see real human suffering, the more I loathe Calvinism.
Some kids are born into poverty and misery and never see a happy day in their short lives.
Yet some people think God predestined all that for them.
My goodness.
@CherylSchatz But how do you know that it wasn't emotions?
Because you believed in Jesus and His finished work of death and resurrection.
"Do I believe? Why yes I do!"
@Orville54310141@CooperGMacBride 2/2 Why would God warn Pilate through his wife not to get involved if Pilate didn't have a choice? Does God do useless things like that?
@Orville54310141@CooperGMacBride 1/2 "were gathered" doesn't mean God predestined them or did the gathering. Their own evil hearts led them to this.
God predestined the plan to happen. He knew that these particular people would in their evil hearts carry out the plan. But they each had a choice.
@Orville54310141@CooperGMacBride It does not say that Herod and Pontius Pilate were predestined to do this. It says they gathered together to do what God predestined to occur.
@Orville54310141@CooperGMacBride actually, none of that says he predestined the people who would be involved. In fact, he warned Pilate through his wife not to get involved.