God foreknew that Adam and Eve would fall before He created them and yet He went ahead and created them anyway. And after they fell, which He already knew they would, He cursed them, also cursing the land and childbirth. He had full knowledge that sin would enter into this world thru Adam and Eve, yet He allowed it to happen. Scripture tells us that He had planned all of this before He created the world. And rather than just stop there, He goes even further and curses the rest of humanity with a sinful nature, thus punishing humanity with a fallen nature for the sins of Adam and Eve.
A few hundred years later, He grows angry at the wickedness of men, which again, He foreknew would happen, and He destroys all of humanity in a global flood, except for Noah and his family. He then allows Noah and his family to repopulate the earth, knowing full well that mankind would become wicked again (because of their sinful nature inherited by Adam, which He allowed). So, rather than destroy the earth again in a global flood, which He promised He would never do again, He just turns men over to their wicked hearts and at times, hardens the hearts of men, because of the wickedness in their hearts, which is the result of their sinful nature, which God allowed to happen in the first place, because He cursed mankind with a sinful nature (punishing humanity for the sins of Adam and Eve).
So you see, we are going round and round in circles. We cannot simply ignore these things that God allowed to happen, for whatever reasons. According to Scripture, God planned all of this before He created the world. Mankind has no choice on whether or not it will sin and rebel against God. No one ever chose to be born spiritually dead and already condemned by God before they were even born. It was God who allowed mankind to fall thru Adam and Eve. God allowed Adam and Eve to fall, because He had foreknowledge of the fall before He created the world. Furthermore, mankind has no choice on whether or not to be saved or to repent of its sins either. Scripture is very clear that no one seeks after God (none are righteous and the carnal mind is at enmity against God) and it is God Himself who leads us to repentance and gives us a measure of faith. Scripture is also perfectly clear that there is absolutely nothing we can do to save ourselves. Scripture even goes so far as to tell us that all of our righteous acts are like filthy rags to God.
It is God who first condemned us with a sinful nature, which causes us to be prone to sin and rebel against Him, which in turn, causes us to become children of wrath, before we were ever born. It is by our very nature that we sin against God and rebel against Him. It is by our very nature that we are born spiritually dead in our sins and which in turn causes our hearts to become wicked and our minds to become at enmity against God. We are literally doomed before we are born. And if that's not bad enough, we cannot do anything to help ourselves from being eternally condemned by God, even before we are born. He prohibited us from seeking Him out ourselves and He prevents us from coming to repentance and to salvation on our own. He literally leaves us helpless and we stand in judgment for breaking His holy laws, even though He allowed us to be born with a sinful nature (which causes us to sin and rebel against Him) and then He prohibits us from coming to Him UNLESS He personally draws us to Him and then leads us to salvation Himself.
Can anyone please shed some light on this?
A few hundred years later, He grows angry at the wickedness of men, which again, He foreknew would happen, and He destroys all of humanity in a global flood, except for Noah and his family. He then allows Noah and his family to repopulate the earth, knowing full well that mankind would become wicked again (because of their sinful nature inherited by Adam, which He allowed). So, rather than destroy the earth again in a global flood, which He promised He would never do again, He just turns men over to their wicked hearts and at times, hardens the hearts of men, because of the wickedness in their hearts, which is the result of their sinful nature, which God allowed to happen in the first place, because He cursed mankind with a sinful nature (punishing humanity for the sins of Adam and Eve).
So you see, we are going round and round in circles. We cannot simply ignore these things that God allowed to happen, for whatever reasons. According to Scripture, God planned all of this before He created the world. Mankind has no choice on whether or not it will sin and rebel against God. No one ever chose to be born spiritually dead and already condemned by God before they were even born. It was God who allowed mankind to fall thru Adam and Eve. God allowed Adam and Eve to fall, because He had foreknowledge of the fall before He created the world. Furthermore, mankind has no choice on whether or not to be saved or to repent of its sins either. Scripture is very clear that no one seeks after God (none are righteous and the carnal mind is at enmity against God) and it is God Himself who leads us to repentance and gives us a measure of faith. Scripture is also perfectly clear that there is absolutely nothing we can do to save ourselves. Scripture even goes so far as to tell us that all of our righteous acts are like filthy rags to God.
It is God who first condemned us with a sinful nature, which causes us to be prone to sin and rebel against Him, which in turn, causes us to become children of wrath, before we were ever born. It is by our very nature that we sin against God and rebel against Him. It is by our very nature that we are born spiritually dead in our sins and which in turn causes our hearts to become wicked and our minds to become at enmity against God. We are literally doomed before we are born. And if that's not bad enough, we cannot do anything to help ourselves from being eternally condemned by God, even before we are born. He prohibited us from seeking Him out ourselves and He prevents us from coming to repentance and to salvation on our own. He literally leaves us helpless and we stand in judgment for breaking His holy laws, even though He allowed us to be born with a sinful nature (which causes us to sin and rebel against Him) and then He prohibits us from coming to Him UNLESS He personally draws us to Him and then leads us to salvation Himself.
Can anyone please shed some light on this?
