Disputations Concerning the Providential 1994 Assault

1. God ordains all things according to the counsel of His own will.

2. Whatsoever comes to pass is according to His supernatural all-wisdom.

3. Sin in a sense is ordained of God; however, no one has the first level right to commit sin to be the author of sin.

4. If sin was not ordained of God, it would have no cosmic or redemptive meaning.  However, no one has the right to willfully commit sin.  Because of our nature we sin after the ways of the fall of Adam.

5. No one has the just right to accuse God of wrongdoing.  God can ordain whatsoever He wills in accord with His all-wisdom; however, when human beings are faced with moral choices, everyone should obey the law of right and wrong.

6. God is God and man is man; that means, only the everlasting God has the right to choose regarding the foreordination of sin, because, He alone is God.  Man chooses to sin all the time; however, no one has the right to do so.

7. God is never the first level author of sin; however, man is the author of sin.

8. The devil would use the cosmic ordination of sin as an excuse to sin, and be God’s servant.  He would use it on the Last Day as a basis to acquit himself.  However, does the devil have the right to accuse God?  No, no one does. 

9. God ordains all things for the good of His people.

10. The devil and his children would distort the ordination of all things by God for the good of His people as a license to sin against them; however, no one should ever abuse the goodness of God.  It is an offense against the God of holiness.

11. Man has free will.  However, in what sense?  The sense of his free will is that he can choose to ride a bike, or drive a motorcycle.  He can choose to eat a birthday cake, or a stake with garlic.  He has the ability to choose right moral decisions and wrong moral decisions.  However, is there a limit to man’s freedom?  Man’s freedom ends where God’s freedom begins.  Man cannot will himself to be divine, nor can he truly grasp the things of God by nature.  Man’s freedom ends where the divine goodness of the Gospel begins.  Man cannot divinely choose the Gospel because he is dead in sin, and there is no goodness in his flesh.  Man needs the supernatural intervention of God the Holy Spirit by the Word.

12. Christian people should rejoice when they suffer.  However, when we rejoice it is no less painful.  We count it all joy to suffer for His name.  It does not mean we ought to plan our pain; however, it means we also do not approve of the suffering against us.  We should never invite suffering into our lives; however, if we fail in this regard, we should renew our obedience by His grace in holy repentance. 

13. Why do Christians rejoice when they suffer?  It is a testimony of the hand of God; however, it means that because all things are ordained for our good, we have right reason to rejoice before God.

14. Christian people should give thanks to God for all things, even suffering.  The reason is, He gives purposes to all things.  There is not a purposeless thing in all the world or universe; however, no one should argue for the commission and omission of sin.

15. Absolute Predestination for His people is the doctrine of cosmic victory over sin, suffering, Satan and hell. 

16. Of victory over sin, because God has ordained it in the end.

17. Of victory over suffering, because God has purposed it like He did in His Son.

18. Of victory over Satan, because the battle is already won against hell and Satan by the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ.

19. Of victory over hell, because the Word of God never returns void and His elect from every corner of the earth will be spared by virtue of the divine Son.

20. Rejoicing through suffering is like a cool drink that an exhausted man takes.

21. God sends His people calamity; however, He is not a God who will take you out of trouble but He will bring you through it all for His glory’s sake.

22. Job was a man who endured incredible suffering, and God brought him through it all.  God gets a greater glory if He brings His children through the fires of the woe of Satan.

23. God will not make excuses before Satan regarding you; but He will argue for you through His all-atoning blood that conquers the rage of Satan.

24. The God of the Bible does deliver His people; however, He will keep you in a fiery trial to make you grow in severance from sin.

25. A fiery trail should not cause you to believe you are forsaken by God. 

26. Do not think it strange that such a trail from God has come upon you.

27. Christians suffer and partake of Jesus’ sufferings; however, we do not add to them; His work of suffering on the tree was enough for His elect people alone.

28. As Christians suffer, none of their suffering is redemptive, yea, only Christ’s suffering is wholly redemptive, true and faithful.

29. Why do I suffer?  I suffer because of sin.

30. Why do I suffer?  So the works of God may be manifested within you.

31. Why do I suffer?  To test my faith.

32. Why do I suffer?  I must suffer with Him to reign with Him; however, no one should ever plan their own destruction.  To plan there own destruction is sin in itself.

33. Suffering for Christ is not something you add to His work; however, it is ordained of God so that you stand for Jesus Christ the cosmic Lord and Redeemer.

34. The Lord Jesus Christ suffered in the place of His people alone, and He did not suffer for any of the damned angels.

35. Every sin of the elect alone is forgiven; moreover, there is no sin they can commit to receive damnation.  However, a life of sin will yield to a life of judgment in Fatherly chastening.  It is no different than when a father disciplines his son for his wrongdoing. 

36. Malice Christians should not seek to destroy other Christians.

37. Malice Christians imitate Satan by their reckless behavior; however, Christians who are non-malice should seek the well-being of their brother or sister.

38. Christians who use their grace as a cover-up for sin are malice; however, Christians who use grace as furtherance for righteousness are true to Christ.

39. Christians who support self-destructive ways of other human beings or Christians show themselves to be cruel, criminal and committers of lawlessness.

40. Christians should not use Satan to get what they want, and presume it will be forgiven.  Presumption is a sign of judgment, but faith is hope for forgiveness.

41. Christian pastors should not go into ministry if they have gotten it from Satan, some sort of wizard or reckless evil doer.  Do people go to murderers for life?  Do people go to rapists for purity?  In the same way, no one should accept anything from a man of lawlessness, deceit and hypocrisy.

42. Particular commissions or omissions of sin must be repented of with particular repentance.

43. It is acceptable before God to engage in a general repentance of all sin if it is a great amount to start with.

44. Christ the King is not a man who violently with injustice or cruelty harms one of His own in a vindictive way. 

45. Christ the Savior and Almighty never committed a violent crime, or any sexual act of impurity; He alone is the divine Lamb without blemish.

46. By the suffering of the eternal Son, we can learn that our sufferings are meaningful, providentially ordered by His divine appointment and it has eternal significance. 

47. Of meaningfulness, because it is foreordained of God.

48. Of providentially ordering by His appointment, because of a certain victory.

49. Of eternal significance, because it will be rewarded in heaven.

50. Rape is a cosmic offense against God and man; however, the rapist should never accuse the victim of wanting it.  Such an incident caused a war in ancient Israel; but, why do men seem by outward appearance to ignore such a super-terrible event of rape (Judges 19-20)?  Why does ancient man have more sense then the “educated people” of today?

51. The first spiritual murder was by Satan against Adam and Eve.

52. Torment, torture and kidnapping are also cosmic offenses against God; however, these threefold sins of wickedness are contrary to humanity, dignity and a loving care for one another.

53. No eclectic Satanist should force others to deny his Reformed faith; moreover, no one should engage in satanic, spiritual communism, terrorism or a forcibleness that violates the very will that they defend.

54. No one should force human beings to give their souls away to Satan; because, it is an ultra-offense against God, and if God did not intervene it would damn the soul through His good pleasure against sin.

55. Soul-giving to Satan could result in demonic possession; however, it does not always result in that because of the kindness of His providential care.

56. “Christians” or other human tyrants should not force other Christians to give their souls away to Satan as to ruin them and then accuse them of that sin they force on the helpless, disadvantaged and oppressed.

57. Christians who want to deceive other Christians by forcing them to give away their souls to Satan should be excommunicated from the church of Christ.

58. Christians that excuse their own sin and soul-giving to Satan by forcing others to do so are presuming upon grace through the rebellious acts of heathendom.

59. Repentance is not a solution to cancel out righteousness; however, it is a gift of grace that should examine the remaining corruption in light of God’s law.

60. No Christian needs to sin more to get saved; however, it is true that the greater the sinner the more likely salvation is.  The devil would want to destroy such sinners, but God out of His kindness rescues them in His grace; however, it does not mean sinners should commit great sins to seek forgiveness, but the world may overtake such sinners to destroy them while God has a purpose of goodness.

61. The lesser the sins of a sinner are sometimes hard for that kind of sinner to believe because God does not always use sin for redemptive purposes.  However, that does not mean the lesser sinner will not be saved; God saves both the small and great. 

62. There are cross-purposes by God: the devil through the instrument of man is sent by God for judgment upon a particular sinner, but the devil and evil men use that opportunity as a way of destruction upon a particular sinner.  God uses sin for His elect alone for redemptive purposes.

63. No one should summon Satan or demons to them; it is a violation of the First Commandment, “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me."

64. In this life there is a legitimacy of gray areas; however, it can be easily abused for rebellious sin, but should never be the highest level of explicit goodness in human affair.

65. Gray areas should be a pursuit of the greatest right; however, it is a complicated and complex way the world is.  If one is loyal to righteousness, God will honor it.  He knows there are hard decisions, but no one has the right to decide life as God does.

66. No one should ever lie in court or to law enforcement; but, the doctrine of Jehovah’s Witnesses is wrong about lying in court.  God calls us to the truth.

67. It is a sin to tell the truth when someone can be harmed; moreover, it would be the example of Nazis looking to destroy the Jewish people.  “And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?”  (James 2:25 EVS).

68. The Bible calls us to use discernment in a world of reckless evil, deceit and lying.  Discernment is founded on righteousness; everything is governed by righteousness, yea, even compassion and judgment.

69. The Spiritual Wonder of seeing one’s mind and life is mistaken for a mental illness; and people should study carefully spiritual matters.

70. Abusive reprobate and occultic people who claim to be a fake American should not be the cause of an action-provoking terrorism, violence or crime.

71. No one should do evil to get what is good: it is a violation of God’s law in Romans 3:8:  “And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.”

72. Paul endured all things for the sake of the elect (2 Timothy 2:10); however, it does not mean you should plan sin so that the soul is saved.  There is enough sin in everyone’s life; however, God can use sin for chastening and a divine awareness by God’s Spirit of our total lack of goodness. 

73. It is also true that God may ask, are you willing to sacrifice your self-righteous unrighteousness so that you could belong to Me?  God does not approve of sin, but He also does not approve of your self-righteous unrighteousness.  He is asking the depths questions, and the realization is not a God who advocates sin; but, a God who is seeking to led you to His all-vitreous virtue. 

74. 2 Timothy 2:10 is used by wicked evildoers in the Reformed church to sin with lawlessness and reckless abandonment in impunity to secret and yet outward rebellion before God.  There is no precedence in the Bible to further the sins of others.  Those who do this are under God’s eternal judgment.  A preacher should not be a doer of wickedness, but God is the one who decides what a believer should do. 

75. Gray areas are not a sign of outright rebellion; however, it is the unethical ethic that will save lives and government secrets.

76. Although sin is done, it will teach us that we are no good. 

77. Although we might be self-righteous, it will teach us that it cannot save us before God; however, only God’s righteousness through the peace of His Son will save us.

78. Evil is used for good by God to show us our sin; glorify His name in repentance, and demonstrate His pure all-wisdom in absolute holiness. 

79. Good is used for evil by Satan and human beings; moreover, nothing is out of God’s control and He is working all things out for His glory and His eternal purpose.

80. Yes, God controls all things; however, God is not the first level author of any sin, wickedness or corruption in Satan or human beings.

81. Every man has sinned; however, in opposition to that sin, Christ will ask, “do you mean all this sin to belong to Me?”  Our answer is, “Yes Lord.”  Christ is not approving in a moral sense of this sin, but He is teaching us that there is no merit worthy of acceptance in us before a thrice holy God. 

82. Christians should not rejoice at the fall of other Christians (Psalm 13:4); however, if Christians plan the fall of other Christians it is judgment and rebellion.  Church discipline must be used for Christians that do this.

83. It is acceptable to rejoice to God at the sign of divine justice; however, it is not meant to for sin (Psalm 109:28).

84. Damnation should not be used by the reprobate; however, only God can damn the soul at a first level way; however, man can know by divine visitation.

85. All elect people were once condemned; but, all reprobate people were never elect.  Temporally condemnation is meant for a demonstration of divine wrath, and a way to teach us that there is no hope in us.  The reprobates are always under final and full reprobation and damnation; however, they never had a chance to be the elect.  That does not mean that God will not allow them to hear of His good news; however, many people in the ancient world perished without hearing it. 

86. There is a contrite repentance that is not of God or born from the Divine Word. 

87. None of us are saved by anything but by the Father’s eternal Son.

88. Saving belief is not born from man’s free will but of God the Holy Spirit and His Word.

89. There is a blessed hopelessness that does not lead to suicidal despair; however, it shows us that God alone saves and it is to His glory alone.

90. The process never saved anyone, but only the Lord Jesus Christ.

91. No one has the right to unjustly destroy a Reformed Christian if it means he will change the world in the future.

92. The Reformed faith is the Faith of the despised, by the world; however, we are called to be firm when we ought to be and stand our ground.

93. Synergistic Christians who cruelly hate Monergistic Christians grieve the Holy Spirit and persecute Christ like a mini-apostle Paul.

94. The world should not be Satan’s but it should be to one with whom the Triune Majesty has forthrightly chosen. 

95. Justice should be pursued against the damned malice-reprobates; however, it should look like the immediate judgment of God in His divine visitation to their faces, and the providential ordering of His judgment through the civil authorities in righteousness, wrath and a hot displeasure.