everything is predestined?
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I remember asking My Mother when I was still VERY YOUNG: Mom, what time of Day was I born. She replied: You were born very early in the Morning, just before sunrise.
It was many years later that I thought on That! Then I indeed, woke up! I was sent to become what I am in relationship to God! I could not wait to start My journey.
One of the interesting things in My life was when I was in The Army. I was sent to Asmaria Eretria, where I spent about 18 months. Why is this interesting?
Because that is the same Area in which many of the early Bible events took place! It took Me a long time before I realized that fact! Now I see how I was being given understanding of That Area! I also got to see The Ruler once, when He came on Our base.
Some time we need to think back on events that have occurred in our lives!
DeepSeeker
I remember asking My Mother when I was still VERY YOUNG: Mom, what time of Day was I born. She replied: You were born very early in the Morning, just before sunrise.
It was many years later that I thought on That! Then I indeed, woke up! I was sent to become what I am in relationship to God! I could not wait to start My journey.
One of the interesting things in My life was when I was in The Army. I was sent to Asmaria Eretria, where I spent about 18 months. Why is this interesting?
Because that is the same Area in which many of the early Bible events took place! It took Me a long time before I realized that fact! Now I see how I was being given understanding of That Area! I also got to see The Ruler once, when He came on Our base.
Some time we need to think back on events that have occurred in our lives!
DeepSeeker
I can say these things that affirm what Scripture articulates until I am all but blue in the face and still someone will come along and claim I didn't or that I said something else, the common one being, man has no choice, they think I am saying man is a bot... that false accusation has been levelled at me a number of times but I have never said any such thing. It still kind of amazes me how many seem to approach Christianity with a cookie cutter mentality that oozes logical fallacies. Man acts out of his nature and the nature of his natural self is a far cry from good according to Scripture, and yet people refuse to accept that fact, also. He is not such a bad guy they say, LOL. Oh, did you see where I posted that world-wide a person is murdered at a rate close to one per minute? Rapes are even more frequent. What a nice guy that natural man is, NOT. The free willer ascribes to the natural man qualities, characteristics, and abilities only the spiritual man possesses. Funny how people can argue with me about this and then tell me they have no idea what I am even talking about. Jeez Louise! They must just like arguing for the sake of it. And the level of misrepresentation really does get ridiculous also. One guy was so averse to admitting he was wrong he preferred to blaspheme God. Then I am told by another that I blaspheme God when I am posting what Scripture actually says against their fantasy of what they want it to say. Yes, it is quite like the twilight zone in these parts at times.
Strange Jesus had to die because of sin and strange he didn’t just say “nevermind “ sin isn’t death …..
Yes. God knows if we will accept Christ or not and so in that way it is predetermined. Another thought ive read is that Gods plan was predestined. The coming of Christ. Either of these ideas make more sense than God saving some and condemning some before birth.
Yes God has foreknowledge is the answer that’s how his plans always turn out perfectly he already knows the problems and pitfalls of human life and so he provides beforehand , infallible ways to navigate through this world on our way home if we listen to him having faith …..
Yes, you posting that was predestined and me replying this is supposed to happen.
No, not everything just “supposed to happen” in the passive sense you mean. That’s a dangerous trap that cheapens God’s sovereignty and lets evil off the hook.
Yes, God is sovereign—He rules over all things, working all things together for good (Romans 8:28). But that doesn’t mean everything is ordained to happen without cause or consequence. Scripture makes clear there is real spiritual warfare, real evil, real rebellion, and real judgment. Sin is not God’s will; it’s man’s rebellion and the devil’s domain—allowed by God’s permissive will, but never His perfect plan.
God’s sovereignty is never an excuse for passivity or fatalism. We are called to choose life or death, blessing or curse (Deuteronomy 30:19), to fight the good fight of faith (1 Timothy 6:12), to repent, to walk in holiness. Evil exists because of free will and the fall, not because God forced it.
The Bible never teaches a passive “everything happens because it’s supposed to” theology that kills responsibility. Instead, it calls for urgent repentance, vigilance, and faithfulness because the enemy prowls like a roaring lion seeking whom to devour (1 Peter 5:8).
So, trust God’s sovereign plan—but never excuse sin, apathy, or despair by saying “it’s just supposed to happen.” The cross shows us that even the worst evil was used for God’s glory and our salvation, but it was still waged against God’s enemies and broken by His power.
Walk boldly, repent daily, and fight spiritually. Don’t settle for fatalism dressed up as divine will.