Sunday, March 3, 2024

 The existence of everything can be attributed to God's eternal counsel. God used His law, decrees, statutes, curses, and promises to speak everything into existence. These fundamental principles are not merely guidelines for behavior, but are intricately woven into the very fabric of creation. As a result, God perceives all events in accordance with His supreme will. He meticulously planned and determined the outcome of all things in His eternal counsel. The Psalmist conveys that God records the history of creation, using past events as evidence to support His decrees. The unfolding of time serves as proof that God operates in accordance with His law, establishing a solid foundation to demonstrate the success of His purposes. The Psalmist asserts that God's actions serve as evidence of the truthfulness of His testimonies. This implies that God upholds His statutes in accordance with His testimonies or judgments.


The axioms are intricately connected to the desires of humanity. In order to control sin and destruction, God had to recreate everything based on these fundamental principles. This raises the question: do we possess a complete understanding of salvation, or are we left in a state of uncertainty until the final judgment? Our trust in God's ability to maintain the unity of salvation rests on the assumption that the axioms serve as creative laws, allowing and preventing specific events in time. Without a comprehensive revelation of salvation, we cannot be held accountable for our frustrations. Consequently, if we are not responsible for our frustrations, then Christ cannot serve as a complete substitute. The Psalmist suggests that through the restoration of the creation covenant, we regain the ability to exercise our free will in accordance with the axioms. If Christ is indeed a full substitute, then we must possess free will to govern over creation. By examining Christ's statutory work, from the past in the incarnation to the future in the final judgment, we can gain insight into God's governance.


The exercise of free will is the manifestation of God's supreme salvation. This freedom of choice has been made known through the declarations of the King. Without the complete revelation of God's law, mankind cannot be held fully accountable for transgressions. In the absence of full accountability, we are subject to the judgments of fellow humans. Should salvation not align with the law, it becomes enigmatic. In the event salvation becomes mysterious, there is no established criterion for free will. If man were not free to fulfill his purposes, God's success would be compromised.


If God did not possess full sovereignty, He would lack the ability to overcome the negative consequences of sin and destruction. Similarly, if man did not bear complete responsibility, there would be no hope for him to overcome this destruction. If man did not adhere to God's standard of law, he would bring about the destruction of the world. Therefore, it was necessary for God to establish the concepts of blessing and cursing in the past in order to eliminate any opposition to the fair exercise of His justice. Without justice, there would be no freedom of choice. Thus, God instituted His justice and freedom through pronouncements. These pronouncements serve to establish the criteria for blessing and cursing, ultimately reconciling man's freedom with God's sovereignty. By recreating events in time through these pronouncements, God upholds His statutes and establishes His government. The predetermined events brought forth by the pronouncements are meant to determine whether blessings or curses will befall humanity.

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