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Zion’s Landmark vol.13 no.23. (1880)
AUTHOR: | Mitchell, William M. |
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IT MAY BE PROPER for the reader to observe here that the
wrath of man of itself considered, does not, nor can in the nature
of things “praise God.” An apostle hath said that the “wrath
of man worketh not the righteousness of God,” James 1:20. If it
does not work the righteousness of God it cannot, of itself considered,
praise the Lord, or be to his glory. —But when the
wrath of man is so under the control of Almighty power as to
circumscribe, control and direct such wrath to certain ends and
make it contribute to the administration of justice against
transgressors, it then “praiseth God.” The wicked purposes and
designs of men are often defeated and in the overruling purpose
and providence of God, even their wicked designs are so circumscribed
as to contribute to the accomplishment of that which
the Lord had before predestinated should be done. “For of a truth
against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both
Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of
Israel, were gathered together to do whatsoever thy hand and
thy counsel determined before to be done.” Acts 4:27. While it
is undeniably true that God did deliver up his own beloved Son
Jesus to be crucified according to his own predestinated and
determined counsel and foreknowledge, it is also true that Jesus
was “taken by wicked hands, crucified and slain.” Acts 2:23.
The above quoted texts embrace the substance of all for
which I contend on the subject of predestination. God’s predestination
and decrees are true. The accountability of man is also
true. One does not conflict with the other. |
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