tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post6357321538449837810..comments2024-03-27T20:28:38.015-04:00Comments on Reasonable Christian: John Calvin on Common Grace: The Two Wills of GodCharlie J. Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-6165721516320572562014-02-11T18:12:28.859-05:002014-02-11T18:12:28.859-05:00Even our cooperation is a gift of God.Even our cooperation is a gift of God.Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-67831643291573054082012-09-27T11:14:52.086-04:002012-09-27T11:14:52.086-04:00Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, n... Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 <b><i>For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure</i></b>. (Philippians 2:12-13 KJV)Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-31844395941918892712012-09-27T11:12:56.620-04:002012-09-27T11:12:56.620-04:00God has only one will in regards to what He has pr...God has only one will in regards to what He has predetermined and what actually happens in real time. His moral law is the preceptive will of God. It is what He commands us to do, even if we are unable to obey because of our sinful and corrupt nature. Only God's monergistic grace can enable us to choose to obey even after baptism and conversion. Obedience is always the work of God and is Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-70338075698172592192012-09-26T14:11:16.437-04:002012-09-26T14:11:16.437-04:00Deuteronomy 29:29 is referring to what is revealed...Deuteronomy 29:29 is referring to what is revealed in Scripture. Special revelation.Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-34517389819768126662012-09-26T13:00:27.047-04:002012-09-26T13:00:27.047-04:00Deuteronomy 29:29 says that some 'things' ...Deuteronomy 29:29 says that some 'things' in God's Will are his own secret and some 'things' are revealed to the Elect, and presumably yet other things are revealed generally, to whomever and however God wants to reveal them... all for the singular purpose (Will) of glorifying Himself. It does not say that God has two separate wills.Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511526445868840330noreply@blogger.com