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To: Forest Keeper; kosta50; Kolokotronis; metmom; MarkBsnr

God doesn't have to change Himself for Him to change direction.

This does not make sense if God can't be moved or changed.

What MOVES God that He needs to change direction?

5,271 posted on 12/13/2010 5:48:03 AM PST by stfassisi ((The greatest gift God gives us is that of overcoming self"-St Francis Assisi)))

To: stfassisi; Forest Keeper; kosta50; metmom; MarkBsnr

"What MOVES God that He needs to change direction?"

Why, Implacable Necessity, of course! /s

5,275 posted on 12/13/2010 5:51:03 AM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)

To: stfassisi; kosta50; Kolokotronis; metmom; MarkBsnr; boatbums

FK: God doesn't have to change Himself for Him to change direction.

This does not make sense if God can't be moved or changed. What MOVES God that He needs to change direction?

What moves God in this context is His own plan, executed within time. At one point in time God instituted the "Old Covenant". Then later He changed course, by preordained design, and instituted the New Covenant. God Himself did not change and neither did His plan. The plan simply involved change, which I suppose is necessary for anything within time. Of course God is not at all constrained by time, but it is clear that He has chosen to do some of His work within it.

5,450 posted on 12/15/2010 7:49:53 PM PST by Forest Keeper ((It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.))

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