This is a serious question and I don't mean it tongue-in-cheek at all.... so please, don't take it that way... but, if Kerry wins, will that be G-d's will?
See Ezekiel 14:4. Remember also the Quail in the wilderness that the nation of Israel begged God for...He gave them exactly what they wanted...quail up to their noses...and the men who wanted the quail so badly ended up choking to death on it. So in short, if Kerry wins, it will be God's will and it will be a reflection of what God sees in our hearts as to the true desires of americans. God help us.
Nope! That's the wonder of God and also that's why bad things happen to good people.
YES.
Yes, it will. As much as I want the Republicans to prevail Tuesday and forever one just has to accept Divine Providence. Look at the AWB, I was distressed and saddened when it passed. But, by the Lord's Divine Providence, what did that situation - seemingly terrible for the side of Right and Truth - end up leading to?
1. The 1994 Republican takeover of Congress, which included by Clinton's own admission, the loss of some two dozen Democrat house seats because of the bill's passage (not to mention the first defeat of a House Speaker, Foley, in about 160 years), which led to,
2. The eventual Republican control of Congress (slim as the Senate is), and,
3. The expiry of the AWB some six or seven weeks before this election. When Bush wins the fact that the AWB expired (with him doing nothing to stop its expiry!) and Kerry came back to vote to try to extend it will be seen as crucial, pivotal, significant reasons for the Republican victory.
So, should the unmentionable happen, we will survive and prevail and in the end win.
Yes, it will. As much as I want the Republicans to prevail Tuesday and forever one just has to accept Divine Providence. Look at the AWB, I was distressed and saddened when it passed. But, by the Lord's Divine Providence, what did that situation - seemingly terrible for the side of Right and Truth - end up leading to?
1. The 1994 Republican takeover of Congress, which included by Clinton's own admission, the loss of some two dozen Democrat house seats because of the bill's passage (not to mention the first defeat of a House Speaker, Foley, in about 160 years), which led to,
2. The eventual Republican control of Congress (slim as the Senate is), and,
3. The expiry of the AWB some six or seven weeks before this election. When Bush wins the fact that the AWB expired (with him doing nothing to stop its expiry!) and Kerry came back to vote to try to extend it will be seen as crucial, pivotal, significant reasons for the Republican victory.
So, should the unmentionable happen, we will survive and prevail and in the end win.
"Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places." ~Psalm 135:6
"But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased." ~Psalm 115:3
"There is no one besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other, the One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these." ~Isaiah 45:6-7
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." ~Romans 8:28
If God is Sovereign, Does That Make Him Responsible For Evil?
Q. 7. What are the Decrees of God?
A. The Decrees of God are his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby for his own glory he hath fore-ordained whatsoever comes to pass.
"God’s works of providence are his most holy, wise and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their actions." ~Westminster Confession of Faith, Shorter Catechism, Question 11
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense
But trust him for his grace.
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break
In blessings on your head.
~"God Moves in a Mysterious Way" by William Cowper, 1731-1800