The Lord Reigns | Steven Lawson 

Hard to argue

Me too! It was my first conference, and it was beyond awesome!

Amen me too 🙏✝️

He saved me by his grace as well. Glory Be To GOD❤.

What is G3?

Please bring this message to the UK!!

Amen 🙏

Would have liked to have seen that- wish they had included it in this ending

I was there with a large portion of my church family, my Wonderful husband, and 8,300 other wonderful brothers and sisters. It was spectacular 🧡🔥Soli Deo Gloria, Happy Reformation Day

@@lindsnandez I was there too! It's so cool to know I was there with so many other brothers and sisters. I hope it blessed y'all like it blessed me.

​@@lindsnandez RC SPROUL would have been a blast to have there

Also Martin Lloyd Jones expounding Romans, that too is inspired😀

Awesome. Brrr….glory to God…Glory to God church. Hallelujah, our God reigns.

Ephesians 2:20. This verse is the crux. The key.

This sermon posted an hour ago. This comment posted 49 minutes ago. How was there time to listen to the entire sermon?

amazing how that works @@samvogel2368

I'll be awaiting their response. Something tells me it will be a long wait...

I’m not even sure of the contents of the sermon yet because I’m going to listen to it later, but I still want to respond to your comment. If God is not in control of all things, then there are things outside of His control. This means that God is either not omniscient or not omnipotent or both. This is a scenario that is even worse than the one you are describing.

maybe you dont even listen what he said or you just confused maybe.... hmmm hmmmm! yeah i thought so

You talk about "Sinful rebellion against God" as if they had any other choice than to be rebellious? Didn't you just say everything happens according to God's decree. By your own admission then, they are rebelling against God because God wants them to rebel against Him (which could hardly be considered rebellion in my opinion). As William Lane Craig says, "this is a dizzying theology."

​​​@@Bullseyeguy8I hope you realize that a similar objection can be stated on your side. Every evil happens because God has allowed it to happen. God chose not to stop evil in the first place or in every instance. Moreover, God gave man libertarian free will which is a necessary condition for evil. No LFW, no evil. How is God not responsible for evil since He allowed it and gave LFW? By your same reasoning you are agreeing with the atheist that God is evil. LFW gives the impression that sinful choices are just accidents and unintentional. Choices have no explanation. There really is a reason as to why we sin so we couldn't have done otherwise given the circumstances.

@@4jchan you say that it's a similar objection but they're not even in the same category. For clarity i'll use an analogy: A parent may send their child to school knowing that a bully will bully them (thus allowing it, even though it's against their will); if it's not obvious this part of the analogy represents my view. Your (and all calvinist's) view is more akin to a parent actively desiring their child is bullied and rendering it certain by paying the bully for doing so. One is objectively wrong and downright evil. Since God is objectively and demonstrably not evil, I have no problem accusing your view of God as evil. In my opinion if an atheist makes this claim/argument they're right on the money. Which is why I believe Reformed theologians can have such a difficult time with debating with them. You're strawmannirg LFW. No one who holds to it would say sinful choices are accidents or unintentional. Sin is a deliberate act of the will against God. The cause of the choice is the chooser. It's really that simple man. In your view we all sin simply because God made us. I genuinely scoff at you and all who hold to this bologna.

@@Bullseyeguy8 Saying the cause of the choice is the chooser is like saying I choose because I choose. That is not a reason or an explanation. An effect cannot be caused by the same effect. Choices can only be deliberate or intentional if they are determined by our desires. This is the compatibilist view which affirms determinism. This isn't a strawman. The incompatiblelist holds that LFW is incompatible with determinism because LFW claims that we can choose otherwise regardless of prior situations or desires. This is well known in philosophical academia. I am just stating the implications. I know most people don't believe that LFW entails accidental choices. And NO it's not that simple when you consider the presuppositions and implications

@@4jchan I’ve studied this topic for over 10 years, I know what compatibilism is and I reject it. It really is that simple that I choose because I chose. I did notice that you completely ignored my main point in my last comment with my analogy. Anything to say about that? You realize God WANTING evil, determining it and rendering it certain is way waaaay worse than God knowing it would happen and deciding not to intervene?

Looks like that snarky comment fell flat

No. God rules over satan.