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I'm not sure I fully follow. It sounds like from your view God didn't know His own decree from eternity, which again points to God learning.
This verse always bothered me: 1Samual 15:35: And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel. Can somebody explain it?
Well, of course, neither Calvin nor Arminius are authors of Scripture, so they are not the parameters for its understanding.
No, I'm not.
No, I'm not.
You called yourself old, so I can't help but wonder if maybe you make that same type of mistake often. I'm not saying you do, I just wonder if maybe you do. I spent a good amount of time showing you how I understand Romans 9:22-24 and that wasn't even the text you meant to reference. I just don't want to waste time like that again. You don't have to take so much offense. And I said I may change my mind. So, just relax and don't be so sensitive.
I believe your view still implies change, since it introduces sequence. Even if it's not in time God in the first stage does not know and in the second stage He does. So logically God is learning which contradicts the notion of God's unchangable nature.
Move on brother. Maybe looking up and studying verses 22-24 did you some good or maybe not. You be the judge but don’t be annoyed by studying the word of God.
You're telling me to move on after I already told you that I was moving on from you. Why didn't you just accept it in the first place?
It's very easy to explain. God gave man free will and it saddens Him when someone makes bad choices that go against His desires like Saul did.
So, you think God decrees every rape and murder and every other sin that occurs?
God doesn’t “regret” making Saul king in the same sense as we do. The bible teaches us God is omniscient so He knows all. I’ve always though of these kind of words like regret or repent when applied to God to be an anthropomorphism to helps up better understand the sorrow that He has for Saul. Below is what the word means to give you some context.
