God does not violate any of his commands or his character when he ordains that his creatures freely sin. God does not intend evil, but good in the ordination of his creatures sin.
No, that is completely illogical. For, if He commands man to do good and keep His commandments, God would be unjust in ordaining man to sin in order to accomplish good. Furthermore, this statement of yours makes God guilty of hijacking man's free will since you make the Lord the originator of man's sin. And if this be the case, then God would be guilty of sin Himself, since whatever opposes His commandments and His laws is sin, evil, unjust, and unrighteous. But that God would be the source of a man's sin is a completely impious and blasphemous statement, and I believe that you would do well to repent of this absurd doctrine.
And if you or anyone rail the accusation against me that I do not speak truly and that I am speaking of the attributes of God in a human way, I am justified in reflecting the same accusation against those who accuse me in this way.
Let me conclude with refutations that are clear:
1) If you say, "God does not violate any of his commands or his character when he ordains that his creatures freely sin", explain to me how what you say is right. Because, as far as I can tell, this statement is based on no sound doctrine but only on a man's opinion. When you accuse God of ordaining man's sin, you make Him the impetus of man's sin, or more accurately, you make God the determinant of man's sin, not man. And we know that this is what you mean because you have said that nothing occurs without God willing it to be so, even the sin of man.
2) Then, tell me, what do you have to say to the great Apostle James? He says,
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. Now, it follows that if James clearly tells us that God does not tempt any man with evil, the Lord also does
not ordain man to commit evil.
3) You cannot accuse God of ordaining sin without accusing Him of ordaining evil. And, if you say this, then you blaspheme by making God the creator of evil rather than of good only. Yet, we know that all who are truly pious Christians reject this heretical notion and instead proclaim the true glory of God by saying that God is the originator of good alone, and it was Satan who created evil, and it was man to also brought evil and sin and death into the world. Hence, the Scriptures never in any way place the blame on God but on man, saying,
By one man, sin entered into the world.
4) And please also tell me why you believe in a hypocritical God, who you esteem as completely righteous and good, but whom you utterly destroy with the conclusion that He ordained evil and sin. Moreover, it is clear, from your own words, that what you mean by "ordained" is synonymous with "determined". Now, I accuse you of preaching a hypocritical God because if God commands His creation to be perfect, to do good, to live righteously, to keep His commandments, then it would be ludicrous for the Lord to ordain that man act in opposition to these things unto man's own death and destruction.
5) Lastly, you say,
God does not intend evil, but good in ordination of His creatures sin. Explain this also. You have not done an adequate job of defending this position. As it stands, the statement is also illogical and unsubstantiated by the Truth. You attempt to disconnect sin from evil, claiming that they are unrelated and not the same thing. How is that true? Quite clearly, it cannot be true, for whatever is sin is evil and unrighteous and ungodly and in opposition to God. If you believe in a god who ordains man's sin, then I charge you with believing in a god who is totally depraved.
