This is a knotty one! Chris's comments are helpful. When looking at the question of predestination I try to remind myself that it's not up to me to try and work out who is on whose side. That being said I would confess that there are some things that I find confusing. For example "Jacob I have loved and Esau I have hated" is a corker. It seems that we can't get away from the fact that God makes a choice first before any life has taken place by the individuals concerned.
The point made that we can't adopt God as some kind of mascot is well made, at the end of the day we are his creation.
My conclusion is that I must seek God's presence and believe that wisdom will come.
This is a knotty one! Chris's comments are helpful. When looking at the question of predestination I try to remind myself that it's not up to me to try and work out who is on whose side. That being said I would confess that there are some things that I find confusing. For example "Jacob I have loved and Esau I have hated" is a corker. It seems that we can't get away from the fact that God makes a choice first before any life has taken place by the individuals concerned.
The point made that we can't adopt God as some kind of mascot is well made, at the end of the day we are his creation.
My conclusion is that I must seek God's presence and believe that wisdom will come.