Why Does God Allow Such EVIL Things to Happen?

[@SDWits]

I was recently diagnosed with another chronic condition and God is using it to draw me closer to Him in a different, more genuine way than ever before. And also has made me serious about eating healthier, and even wanting a child now!

[@kylefulk4052]

That’s awesome that you see it being used for good. So pure. I pray you also find healing .. but if you’re not healed in this life .. your statement portrays a sound mind and sound doctrine. God Bless

[@sandman9390]

❤

[@crystalwidener2052]

Praise God always. Amen

[@SDWits]

@@kylefulk4052 thank you, Brother! It's not easy. We need to make a choice to love God and do His will and love others every day! But God is Good! He's showing me people and relationships matter more than anything else.

[@samulmagnus1]

Through prayer and seeking the Lord's help, Im learning alot about chronic inflammation due to carbs and sugar, also the intense need to build muscle as we grow older.

[@leslychavez211]

My husband and I, were discussing this last night at 12am... I prayed about accepting this and submit to God alone❤

[@DanielHamilton-p5s]

Chinese say, "We just kept praying. ".

[@johntaylor5652]

Its cool when God confirms!

[@DanielEstill]

@@johntaylor5652 Only with The Holy Bible

[@m-dog_swizzle7446]

I needed this. Thank you God. If anyone sees this, please pray for me.

[@Brinonymous]

I took a promotion last year that - on the surface - was exactly what I wanted in the industry I have been employed in for the last nearly 5 years. Taking the job involved moving a few hundred miles away from home, having a family member move into our house, and effectively start over in this new area. Nothing went right: my truck was broken into and totaled by my insurance, I had emergency surgery on my daughter's 18th birthday, my family member backed out of renting our house, then the attempt to sell it quickly fell through. On top of all of that, the job was a nightmare and no training I had received prior to taking it could have prepared me for what I was getting into. We took on over $10k in debt to move over there only to move back in even more debt. God put the pieces in place for our return home to be relatively seemless, but there is still a lot of work to do and a lot of stress to overcome. Just praying to keep my head up through it all.

[@SteveJames-nn9hp]

Sounds like the Lord leading 😄

[@nemochuggles]

I’ll say a prayer for you. God bless.

[@johnlennox-pe2nq]

God bless u, bro. Be thankful for what we have; there is no depths to human suffering; we may think we've reached rock bottom [only in hell iis it worse!]. God can remove all materially love and have security in - wife, family members, frnds, career, home, wealth and ones own health; it happened to me! thanks to God for all, and bless both frnds and enemies

[@cateclism316]

God is so sovereign and wise, He can even allow evil in order to serve His purposes

[@AVB2-LST1154]

Genesis 50:20 " As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today." Acts 2:23 "this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men." Deuteronomy 32:39 "See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand." Amos 3:6 “Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?” Isaiah 45:7 KJV "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things."

[@salvadorchavez5002]

Thank you so much for the great explanation of God's Sovereignty. We need to thank God for being such merciful to us. Hallelujah 🙏

[@savedbyHisGrace7752]

My life belongs to God he has been good to me. I trust him with every bit of air in me and thoughts, everything is for His glory and my humbling and growth in Jesus Christ.

[@JesusChristMyKing.]

❤

[@vkaygee]

My high school boyfriend lived his adult life as a bitter and hardened man, full of hurt from his parents (mom specifically). He was diagnosed with kidney failure a couple of years ago. Bad got worse and he basically lost everything and had to move in with a friend and his wife. This friend is a preacher. The last I heard from my friend was January 9 that he was planning to be baptized because he had trusted the Lord for salvation. He never did get to be baptized. He passed away on January 25. It's easy to be philosophical and say we want people to be brought to salvation no matter what it takes. It is hard to see it happen in such a dramatic way, especially when you don't get to say goodbye. But praise God that he did not waste the last days of his life running from the Lord.

[@Ladylovesjesus2121]

We need this on constant rotation in our minds

[@angelajackson3258]

I so needed to hear this message. I'll probably listen to it again until my soul and spirit can really grasp it 💯+

[@jns2820]

This was so powerful. Even with his comedic and sarcastic moments and tone, the message is straight forward, truthful, and wonderful. Thank you 🙏

[@lifeofbeautyk]

Thank you, Todd. I really appreciate your teaching on this subject. I've been struggling with this topic for a while now, and this video has answered many of the questions that I had.♥️ Truly grateful, it was an answer to prayer 🙏🏼. God is good! All the time!

[@concerned-zh6mw]

Such a funny skit at the end 😄. Thank you for your video, because you have reminded me that God is in control, and He does everything for our good.

[@skviraboyg7969]

One of the best videos you ever made, brother thank you

[@marynelson472]

Thank you 🙏 I believe I received this message I was diagnosed with bladder cancer three months ago I’m not afraid of it and turned it over to God but (but is not second guessing God) mentally it’s affecting me I left my home church in 2017 new pastor different doctrine Im still holding on please pray for me I learn a-lot from your ministry

[@elijahbegly8935]

Praying for you!

[@velvetbruise]

Thank you, I really needed this.

[@monicafernandezbaltazar2557]

Brother Todd: Thanks for sharing the umbrella…I can teach it to everyone for it’s so clear.

[@DW-yq4zn]

I just wanted to say I appreciate this style of video where the cameras aren’t spinning all around. Your older videos made me so dizzy. Good video on Sovereignty. 😊

[@njabulo.]

lollllll🤣🤣🤣

[@ProductBasement]

You can't always figure out why God is allowing a particular struggle in your life. Attempting to do so is a fool's errand and may shipwreck your faith. Just trust God

[@veracity5008]

Facts.

[@Rayman1971]

I have placed my problems at Jesus’ feet, just like it says in the Bible and His very word to the burdened……. He has never left me to suffer long, things worked out better than I hoped most of the times!!!!!! Praise Jesus, and I can’t wait to go home to Him!!!

[@Redeemer_80]

I really enjoy the content of this channel. This one spoke right to my heart and I felt a conviction by the Holy Spirit. I will be sharing this one. God bless and keep up this amazing work. It really makes a difference 🙏🏼

[@blueblue4954]

2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and heal their land. How about it christains?

[@blueblue4954]

So you're saying if God's people in any country were to do 2 Chronicles 7:14, He would just ignore it, means nothing to Him? And if the country is destroyed and it's going down fast! It will be harder to reach the false converts and lost!🤔

[@craigcallaghan1679]

I found this very helpful, thank you.

[@ericmartin585]

This is good Todd!

[@HolySilverStrike]

I heard a amazing thing why God allows evil. Even though he is holy evil exists because of us. In our fallen world. BUT, Through all of our suffering all of the wickedness here, Ultimately God is in control and everything, even evil and suffering is being used to glorify Him.

[@joshuaehl1481]

The comedy sketch at the end is fabulous!! lol!

[@wilfredomendez3450]

Excellent presentation and clear explanation, thanks for sharing.

[@deewitt3746]

True that! He is worthy.🎉

[@cherylwebb8340]

Thank you. I needed this today ❤

[@LivingWaterEternal]

Excellent video. As a sinner lower than a worm with a 16' wooden plank in each eye, it was perfect to send to my dad!! He says he cannot wait to "talk to God" about what has been "dished" to him 😂😂😂 I did tell him God wrestled someone once. That gave him false hope sadly.

[@crystalwidener2052]

Praise God always. In Jesus name. Amen.

[@johntaylor5652]

Great teaching need to see more porfabor!

[@gracenmercy579]

28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; 30 and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. (Romans 8:28, NASB)

[@justhearken8106]

Solid presentation...short and to the point.

[@sbag11]

Wow, quite a Provisionist explanation from a Calvinistic organization. Bravo!

[@chrisjohnson9542]

@@sbag11 that is actually not correct. I think you may just be confused about what calvinists actually believe. If you are listening to Leighton Flowers and Jason Breda and others with the provisionist label then that is going to be the case because they don't understand what calvinism actually is saying. Also provisionism theology is not just saying that God provides. Every Christian believes that. What provisionism teaches is that God provides every individual with the capacity and ability to believe of their own innate power that they are born with. That is what provisionism means and it's unbiblical. Would love to discuss with you more if you are willing or interested. I just want to let you know that I believe provisionists are true brothers in Christ. As long as they are trusting in the finished work of Christ. But there are some issues with the view that are problematic. Leighton tends more and more towards pelagianism and open theism and Jason Breda is also having some real huge problems with his theology. We calvinists can often not be very gracious in the way we handle online conversations. We are passionate but sometimes get over zealous and don't communicate properly. However, predestination and election are true and there's a lot of misunderstanding and false teaching on the subject online. It leads people to think calvinism is determinism and lots of other wrong assumptions. A really helpful way to understand what we believe is just to sit down and read the 1689 London Baptist Confession and the Heidelberg catechism. Those sum up the teaching of scripture very well and give a very good and helpful concise understanding of what calvinism actually teaches. I would encourage you to read those confessions so you can deal honestly with the subject. Then at least if you don't agree with it you will be able to engage with what we are actually saying as opposed to strawman arguments like Leighton makes. Much love and grace , Chris

[@terralljohnson4799]

God has given man his own free will. He will not circumvent that will no matter what. It's time man stopped being devilish.

[@Zion.G3]

Part 2 please brother

[@sscliche]

I’m homebound with an invalid husband. No one from our church comes to see how we are.

[@GinaSiska]

I will pray 🤲🏼 for you, ❤ from Maryland

[@mirandarose7474]

😢🙏

[@TheNugentc]

Hi... I would DEFINITELY call and talk to your church.. there is something not right!! That's part of the church's job!

[@janetedley4331]

​@@TheNugentcGood advice. I so agree.

[@theleefamily6446]

😢❤😢

[@JSFGuy]

I didn't know I was subscribed haha let's check it out.

[@RainbowIsAPromise]

By God's providence he allowed your eyes to be open to your channel subscriptions

[@JSFGuy]

@@RainbowIsAPromise Right, I just happened to notice I reckon it was here the whole time. The channel that is. This is a good message.

[@larrywright5891]

Rom 8:28 all things work together work together for GOOD to those who love God. I am just one piece of the puzzle. I need to see the BIG picture and one day we will see the BIG picture.

[@pastortimtownley216]

I watched, some time ago, the full wretched TV episode of Todd's 222 principle, but I cannot seem to find it. Can anyone help me out with that full episode?

[@jamespetehoisington2459]

He permits us to sin rather than controlling us.

[@richellepeace4457]

I used to ask him why he let my be a religious narc. Lesson I learned is you are expendable to save someone else from their tragedy. That shows you where you are in the hierarchy of importance. I let everyone learn their lessons now. No more drowning 12 year olds, no more tending to dying men in upside down cars, no more wells in sudan, etc. He couldn't step up for me, everyone else can get their lessons too, even unto death....I will just chalk it up to the go to's, someone sinned, lessons, ignorance or the rest of the list.

[@summersojourner]

You have a bitter, hardened heart.

[@kirkswinney1189]

I wouldn't say that God "sees" the future in the sense that many people would think. . He is eternal, not constrained by time. He is "I AM". He exists yesterday, today, and tomorrow simultaneously.

[@justincameron9661]

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[@mEshacH737]

🕊️🔥

[@adp5R3x]

Fire Separates the Gold from the dross

[@rudolphferdinand3634]

You will the Title of the program; where it says more, tap there and go down and you will find the full episode.

[@candacemoulton6767]

I love this wonderful explanation. ..but why is it sped up, making everyone's voice really strange?

[@amycharpie1305]

Excellent video. Music was terrible in this one though😂

[@beardedbdub426]

I’m confused about the use of terms. Providence is God’s providing for all his creation - which much I agreed with. But what happened to sovereignty? The rule, reign, and kingliness of the Lord was absent. In the beginning there was some mention of God’s “directing all things” - which is yes and no. I was glad free will wasn’t mentioned (as it often is wrong asserted we have a free will and not a bound will). Though God “allows”, He doesn’t direct all things He “allows”. Rather, like a father who warns “don’t eat soap”, but then “allows” the child to learn the hard way only to help the child afterwards, so what God “allows” He does always under His loving and watchful care. Under sovereignty, some fall into the despair of double predestination - some destined for salvation, others destined for damnation - all by order of the “king” rather than verdict as “judge”. So, I’m still confused on how people talk of sovereignty with songs repeating “He reigns”, “the King” - all without context or substance.

[@Phobos77777]

Interesting perspective.

[@bengeist3227]

Please help me. Would you go as far as to say that the "bad" thing such as a disease is actually "good"? I'm struggling with the idea that something "bad" is actually good. I've been taught that God is sovereign. I completely agree with that. And that God works all things for our good and His glory. I agree with that. And that he is redeeming all things. Making bad things good. So my question is which is it? Is the BAD thing GOOD or is is it BAD and God is making it GOOD? Many thanks. FYI - I've heard the story of Joseph used to support both views!

[@thomasmedina4062]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

[@diasporan4159]

So where does the D-word fits? (discipline) 😊

[@darleneboone7064]

He gave us make our on choose but people choose to to do evil but wake up and see the right path. We all know right from wrong. Evil like the power and fighting to keep it where they control us and people are waking up.all over the world. Evil is afraid because bring all of them out we haven't seen nothing yet the evil will turn on each other.

[@susansstuff9464]

Should I be concerned with understanding if something is "cause" or "permitted" or are we to respond the same to both?

[@wondermegs]

I think the answer in Job is to respond the same to both

[@Yahweh_Is_Great]

I think the point is that God is sovereign over both “cause” and “permitted” and living under that reality informs our response. Lest we may think God is absent when someone sins against us “permitted” or think that He is absent when something is “caused.” Often there is sin in our own lives which I think spans the realm of both “cause” and “permitted.” God being sovereign over both fuels the response to be thankful joy-filled repentance and refuge in Him. I think it’d be helpful to think and meditate on whatever is happening is “cause” or “permitted.” For instance, in His providence He may “permit” you to sin such as watching KZbin videos to the neglect of your current ministerial responsibilities. Then cause you to feel the consequences of your sin, both relationally to those around you and inwardly between you and Him. The purpose is to bring you to greater hunger and thirst for Him and His grace, kindness, holiness, and righteousness more than that KZbin pleasure. Rather know the pleasure that He provides and be glad in it! Anyway, His wisdom and sovereignty always work for His glory and the good of His elect! This video has been a great and encouraging reminder that my God is faithfully working sanctification in me, an undeserving sinner. I hope the reality of His sovereignty has been comforting to you too. Does this make sense?

[@phieble]

"Caused," as it relates to God's sovereignty, means that God directly moved in people's hearts, animals, or the forces of nature to bring about his will. For instance, God caused Cyrus to look favorably upon the Israelites to decree that they return to Jerusalem while in exile, and earlier God caused Nebuchadnezzar to be humbled so that he would repent and give him praise. "Permitted," as it relates to God's sovereignty, means that God allowed evil spirits to influence the hearts of men, and sometimes animals, to bring about God's will. For instance, God permitted the evil spirits to possess pigs when Jesus had rebuked them and sent them out of a man they had previously possessed, so then the pigs killed themselves. Most crucially, God permitted Satan to enter Judas Iscariot so he would fulfill the prophecy of betraying Jesus so that sinners would be saved. Both categories bring about God's will, but God never directly moves in the hearts of men to make them sin. He sends evil spirits on assignment to influence men's hearts to sin, oftentimes phrased as hardening hearts, so that the aspects of his plan that include evil are not his doing and they are always dealt with by him in either justice or grace and mercy. Planning that evil happen and then permitting it and responding to it toward a righteous end is not sin on God's part, yet it would be if he directly caused it. So the distinction is important and it helps us understand how God's sovereign will is ultimately always accomplished to his glory and the gain of his people.

[@cassielitton753]

❤❤❤

[@danmike2305]

Sdwits, may God be with you. I will pray for you. See you at rapture.

[@James_Hough]

When you place God within the construct of time by saying he knows the future, you kind of miss what it means to be the Omniscient Creator. We progress through time linearly. God does not.

[@James_Hough]

@@ScribeAlicious You seem to want to argue. I don't.

[@summersojourner]

So Todd used linear time because it’s what we can comprehend. Why nitpick?

[@rebecca.medicineeagle]

Aww... Steven Lawson ;( So sad.

[@RicTheStreetPreacher]

Haha. You are funny, Al.

[@Docjam23]

Except God Himself says He does/creates evil in scripture. I mean He does things we'd see as evil, but who's going to hold Him accountable for it? Nobody. Isaiah 45 "5 I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else. 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things." Jeremiah 18 "5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them." So God knows that the things He'd do to a sinful nation are evil to us, and would do them, but it's to His own creations, which cannot hold Him accountable, it doesn't matter if we perceive these things ad evil

[@losnfjslefn8857]

@@Docjam23 Isaiah 45:7 KJVS I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. E'VIL, noun evil is natural or moral. Natural evil is any thing which produces pain, distress, loss or calamity, or which in any way disturbs the peace, impairs the happiness, or destroys the perfection of natural beings. [Webster's Dictionary 1828] In other translations, like the ESV, the word Calamity or Disaster is used.

[@ThePaulKM]

2:18 Yeah, I don't think that's Biblical. Otherwise, how could God bring about all that He would desire? If He merely looks into the future and 'permits' the thing, He only allows it rather than brings it about. But what does Isaiah say? In Isaiah 10 God says that He WI bring about judgment upon Israel through the Assyrians. Is He merely allowing this or does He providentially bring about their judgment? I would argue that He brought it about for two reasons. One, the specific language used ie wielding the Assyrians as an axe. And two, because if He didn't providentially bring it about, He is unable to judge Israel when He chooses to judge Israel. So the evil MUST be ordained. Does that mean God is the author of evil then? No. See Genesis 50:20

[@hex0rz1]

Typically im not the type of person to think or read much into numbers when i see sets of them. Like, 777, 666, e.t.c But sometimes it's difficult to ignore when i see them several times a day in different ways. Just like that, 222 comes along and catches my attention. Then this video comes along. Are we going to throw this sign into that sovereignty, providence category too?😂

[@tonyb408]

Mind not blown.

[@tonyb408]

@@ScribeAlicious perhaps. Or it doesn't accept reformulated pagan fatalism and manichaeism under the guise of "orthodoxy."

[@leecarlfinley]

Numerous times God declares that something is going to happen because He is the One Who would do it, even though the act (sometimes sinful) is clearly carried out by man. See Numbers 14.26-35; II Sam. 12.11-12 & 16.20-23; I Kings 11.11-13, 31, 34-39; 12.15,24; II Kings 19.7; Isa. 19.1-4; 34.5-7; 37. 26-29; 43.16-17, 44.24-28; 46.8-11; Jer. 5.14-19; 13.13-14; 15.3; 30.12-15; 32.42; 33.5; Ezek. 21.31; Hab. 1.5-6; Zech. 8.10. To use the words to "permit" or "allow" to describe the activity of God displayed in these verses mentioned above (in which He Himself often claims to be the One doing these things) is, at best, a serious weakening of the truths being presented by these verses, and, at worst, a calculated denial of the sovereignty of God. John Calvin, stated a similar truth in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1989, Eerdmans. p. 267) when he stated: In like manner, what is said of permission is too weak to stand. God is very often said to blind and harden the reprobate, to turn their hearts, to incline and impel them.... The extent of this agency can never be explained by having recourse to prescience or permission. Further, to understand all of these verses regarding the sovereignty of God in terms of "permission" is to change the meaning of countless verses to meet one's own theological position and to interject an idea into each text that is simply not found in that text. It has not been my intention to make God seem cold and hard, or to charge God with evil, for the abundant testimony of scripture is that God is a holy, loving, merciful God. However, this being true does not give one the right to ignore the abundant witness of the scriptures to the fact that this holy, loving and merciful God is actively and intimately working all things after the counsel of His own will, even sin and wickedness, and is yet without sin (Ps. 145.17) in so doing. Just because we do not understand this does not mean it is not true.

[@entropicmomathome]

Oh please kill the music !! I can’t pay attention 😭

[@walterdaems57]

Euh, because god doesn’t exist?

[@DrGero15]

John Calvin didn't teach this squishy "permits" thing. He taught God caused Adam to fall on purpose, and that the evil were made that way by God. "The human mind, when it hears this doctrine, cannot restrain its petulance, but boils and rages as if aroused by the sound of a trumpet. Many professing a desire to defend the Deity from an invidious charge admit the doctrine of election, but deny that any one is reprobated. This they do ignorantly and childishly since there could be no election without its opposite reprobation. God is said to set apart those whom he adopts for salvation. It were most absurd to say, that he admits others fortuitously, or that they by their industry acquire what election alone confers on a few. Those, therefore, whom God passes by he reprobates, and that for no other cause but because he is pleased to exclude them from the inheritance which he predestines to his children. Nor is it possible to tolerate the petulance of men, in refusing to be restrained by the word of God, in regard to his incomprehensible counsel, which even angels adore. We have already been told that hardening is not less under the immediate hand of God than mercy. Paul does not, after the example of those whom I have mentioned, labour anxiously to defend God, by calling in the aid of falsehood; he only reminds us that it is unlawful for the creature to quarrel with its Creator." - John Calvin

[@sandman9390]

🤔....I am not sure what your point is🤷🏻‍♂️

[@losnfjslefn8857]

@@sandman9390 His point seems to basically be that Todd Friel, a guy who seems to lean Calvinisticly in his beliefs, is not Calvinistic enough. Which is why he's quoting John Calvin.

[@sandman9390]

@@losnfjslefn8857 Anyone who believes in "Predestination" is LABELED as a "Calvinist" 🤷🏻‍♂️, BUT I came to believe in predestination before I ever knew anything about what John Calvin taught, because I read about it in the Bible from Genesis-Revelation 🤷🏻‍♂️ I believe Brother Todd is a "Reformed Baptist"...the same as Brother Paul Washer & Voddie Bauchum. Now that I have read a bit of Calvin, I agree with a lot of things he taught (the things I can verify in scripture) but like EVERY theologian or preacher i have heard, seen, or read, I also do not accept EVERYTHING. What is amusing to me is that the most popular song in Christianity is probably "Amazing Grace" & was written by a "Calvinist". Spurgeon is quoted by many "free will" folks & even referred to as "The Prince of Preachers" by some & yet he would also be called a "Calvinist" ... Johnathan Edwards, often referred to as America's "Greatest Theologian" was a "Calvinist", as were the "Pilgrims" People love labels....few people actually study the Bible...of those who do, most only do so to double down on what they already believe 🥴....I just want to understand God & His Will...It is hard to love your brother as yourself when one is constantly finding fault with one's brother.🥴

[@losnfjslefn8857]

@@sandman9390 Well, it's the difference in definitions. The Calvinistic definition of words like "Predestination" and "Election" are different from the definitions that those that do not follow Calvinistic specific beliefs use. So it's not really "Predestination" that non-Calvinists have a problem with, it's the definition of that word that people of Calvinistic beliefs use that non-Calvinists take issue with.

[@sandman9390]

@@losnfjslefn8857 Well, I have held both sides of those views, but I despise being called "Calvinist", cuz folks use it like the "N" word! 🥴😂....but, my understanding of scripture is much more in line with what folks like to call "Calvinism"....but, just like lots of movements, or denominations, there are those who true coverts to Christ & then there are those who place their faith in their own faith, doctrine, or organization. We should all understand that "we know in part" and should be aware that we cannot possibly know everything..... For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.- Romans 12:3 ❤️✝️ Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.-Romans 12:16❤️✝️ For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.-Galatians 6:3❤️✝️ For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. ❤️✝️ Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.-Proverbs 26:12❤️✝️ Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself? -Ecclesiastes 7:16 ❤️✝️ But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”- James 4:6 ❤️✝️ I am still learning 🤷🏻‍♂️...but, that is because it has only been a little over 40 years ago that God saved me....but now I believe that God saved me "before the foundations of the world" it just was not consummated until I was "born from above" (John 3:3)...because before then, like Jesus said, I could not even see the Kingdom of God. Since conversion, I have always loved God's Word, but the 1st 20 years, I confess that I was too full of pride to gain much understanding. I could recite scripture, but often out of context & only to support what I believed. I did not even start to understand Grace until about 10 years after conversion & took another 20 years of studying scripture to come to & accept predestination the way I do now....but I was still saved By God, by HIS Will & By HIS Grace, for HIS Purpose, Plan & Glory...it benefits me, but it is all about HIM! ...Not my will...but His😉

[@duranbailiff5337]

The explanation that God looks into the future might help people understand a concept, but I think it’s wrong. God exists outside of time and space. I trust that God exists in past, present, and future. These are difficult ideas to grasp, but we must not place limitations on God because of our own inabilities. I invite discussion on this topic. 🎉

[@MelGomez-w4u]

So remind me as a Christian why my Christian wife died?

[@allanyoung6231]

She is with God in paradise. She is eternally happy. You have to wait a bit longer.

[@AVB2-LST1154]

Deeply sorry about your wife. I lost mine 50 years ago and my eyes still tear up sometimes when thinking about her. Hebrews 9:27 "And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment."

[@sandman9390]

The same reason all ppl die...the same reason my son was raped at gunpoint as a 10 year old child & never recovered, hanging himself in his 20's....because Adam & Eve chose to disobey God & brought a curse. If you want to blame something, blame sin (Romans 6:23) If your wife loved Jesus, then only her body died, as she will be in His presence forever, frew from sin, without sickness & death, heartache & sorrow. If you love Christ & His Word, you will see your wife again ❤✝️

[@Rightlydividing-wx1xb]

Calvinism's 9 points -not just 5 called Tulip -are False from Genesis to Revelation. Calvinism's 2 foundational doctrines make God alone the author of sin.

[@lawrence1318]

"Unto you therefore which believe He is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: WHEREUNTO THEY ALSO WERE APPOINTED." 1 Pe 2:7,8. So there you have it: the disobedient were appointed to their disobedience. Couldn't be clearer: couldn't be said any other way. And so the irony will be that you yourself will disobey this teaching, preferring your humanistic God instead.

[@losnfjslefn8857]

@@lawrence1318 It says those that were disobedient were appointed to stumble. It does not say they were appointed to disobedience. This is also referenced in Isaiah 28. Isaiah 28:14-16 KJVS Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, *that rule* this people which is in Jerusalem. [15] *BECAUSE* ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: [16] *THEREFORE* thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

[@lawrence1318]

@@losnfjslefn8857 It says they were appointed to disobedience, and that is that. It is correlative with Rom 9:21. And so the irony is that the disobedience to scripture which you are now displaying, is also appointed.

[@losnfjslefn8857]

@@lawrence1318 The Calvinistic interpretation of Romans 9 may "sound" correct in a vacuum, when you have Calvinism on the brain, but keep reading to Romans 11, and you'll see that it doesn't line up at all. (Or you won't, if you're set in your Calvinistic beliefs) But, I mean yeah, according to world views like yours, no one is responsible for any good or evil things they do, your god is actually the one responsible. Your world view is such an easy one to live by. No choices to make, no tough decisions, and there's really nothing to be gained worrying about other people, because at the end of the day, everyone is just a puppet. So might as well do whatever you want; nothing you say, do, or believe is going to make any difference, because your actions and destination were already decided by your god before you ever even came into existence. You just gotta hope you haven't tricked yourself into thinking your destination is life rather than death 😉

[@lawrence1318]

@@losnfjslefn8857 What I have pointed out, stands. Your humanism does nothing to counter it. End of discussion.

[@dennissudjian8223]

WOW > You can really complicate things by simply avoiding: How we are to behave > PERFECTLY Why we are to be behave > PERFECTLY, and Why God will try to stop us (His Recruits) from behaving > PERFECTLY GOD'S CRYSTAL CLEAR WILL FOR THOSE OF US IN CHRIST JESUS 1 Thessalonians 5:16-19 NKJV [16] Rejoice always, [17] pray without ceasing, [18] in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. [19] Do not quench the Spirit. CRYSTAL CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS YET NONE OF YOU WILL EVEN TRY WHENEVER I SHOW UP > 🤪 OBVIOUS CONCLUSION: God is using the rest of YOU to try and STOP ME > 💥 Remember the kitchen scene in the first Jurassic Park Movie? That's the way I see ALL OF YOU that the LORD puts in my path = RAPTORS You are ALL WRETCHED on purpose and I GOTTA love you anyway > 🤪 You are ALL UNITED in that respect and PERFECTLY predictable! The next person I meet will NOT behave according to ANY of these Scriptures: Luke 6:45 or Romans 14:19 or Ephesians 4:29 or John 7:38 or Matthew 5:16 or 1 corinthians 10:24 or Hebrews 10:24 or 1 Corinthians 16:13 & 14 SHOULD I CONSIDER YOU RAPTORS AND WRETCHED PURPOSE DRIVEN ACTORS AS MY ENEMIES > ? ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES I SHOULD RUN > 🤪 WHO IS: 1). A HIDING PLACE! 2). A REFUGE! 3). A STRONG TOWER! 4). A FORTRESS! 5). A SHIELD! 6). A ROCK! 7). AN EVER-PRESENT HELP IN TIMES OF TROUBLE > 🤪

[@DanielHamilton-p5s]

I'm looking to get banned for this comment. 'Damned if you do, damned if you don't!".😅

[@hopeful135]

Thanks for explaining our infinite God's intentions in such a neat little human formula!! And you don"t even have the common sense to remove this video as it features a pastor who has recently fallen from Grace....what is up with that?

[@sscliche]

How can innocent children being raped and assaulted bring glory to God when He doesn’t save them.

[@crossmethod23]

Assuming they grow up to hate God, He will be glorified in his righteous wrath towards sinners. Just like he was when he drowned the whole world, save eight people. That being said, there is nowhere in scripture that says raped people won't be saved

[@losnfjslefn8857]

@@crossmethod23 Which verses say that the act of flooding the earth is what brought God glory?

[@crossmethod23]

@@losnfjslefn8857 isaiah 48:9-11 is just one place that proves God does all things for his glory and that he will be glorified in everything he does.

[@crossmethod23]

@losnfjslefn8857 revelation 19:1¶After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God; 2BECAUSE HIS JUDGMENTS ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and HE HAS AVENGED THE BLOOD OF HIS BOND-SERVANTS fnON HER.”

[@losnfjslefn8857]

@@crossmethod23 You're quoting a verse from Revelation that doesn't even have anything to do with the flooding in Genesis. At any rate, in that verse, God's getting glory for judging righteously, and avenging the blood of his servants that was shed by wicked people. Now how does that correlate with the r@pe of a child? The OP's question was how does the r@pe of a child bring God glory? Do you praise God when you hear news like that? Does God get glory for all the good things He does (judging righteously, avenging His people, etc)? Or does He get glory FOR every evil thing that happens?

[@angloaust1575]

Blowing the mind isnt scriptural!

[@angloaust1575]

Maybe a different Christ Not according to scripture Never a man spake as this man spake Gracious words proceedeth From.his mouth!

[@djashovel]

Never will believe in calvinism ever😊

[@kwlovesb]

Don't be thrown by the use of the word "providence." This isn't Calvinism, it's Bible. These are important Biblical truths to know as you go through hardships in life, and minister to those in the midst of them. Just for context, I'm a mother of seven children, four of whom are still living.

[@acem82]

I'm not a Calvinist either, but there is nothing in this that's Biblically questionable or purely Calvinistic. This is just how creation works.

[@Avenlane]

@@kwlovesb Well said sister.

[@sandman9390]

​@@kwlovesb😅😂...go read the comments...their are a bunch of folks scolding Bro. Todd for not being "Calvinist" enough 😂😅

[@gordon2945]

Then you dont believe Gods in control

[@joelbumba2006]

YOU are lying about God to DO EVIL 👿... It’s not God’s sovereignty. It is your tyranny!!!

[@tedbrooks-formerwordoffait1316]

You are so right Joel. Todd is teaching a God who is not like Christ. I expose guys like this on my channel.

[@RandonBrown-h6l]

None of this is in the Bible that is why no scripture is used

[@sandman9390]

Apparently you don't study your Bible.🤷🏻‍♂️....I thought of scripture that corresponded with every statement he made 😉 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. Romans 1:7-8, 5:3-5, 8:26-39 1 Peter 5:10, James 1:2-18, Hebrews 12:6-12, etc Gen.50:20,

[@treybarnes5549]

calvinism is not the gospel.

[@chastaelaine76]

I refuse to say that my 15yo daughter killing herself was a “good thing”.

[@beardedbdub426]

Agreed. Death is our enemy; not good. Death is a result of the fall into sin and the wages of sin is death. The death of God’s only child does allow you to be drawn closer to God who knows your pain and grief. It is also good for you to recognize the evil of death and not to befriend death as an alternative to the comfort that God alone provides. Your loss is tragic. In Christ, there is the hope of the resurrection and life together with all those who have died in the faith. Blessings to you and your family.

[@HaddingtonJamesBearThe3rdJr.]

Who ever said it was a good thing?

[@chastaelaine76]

@@HaddingtonJamesBearThe3rdJr. he does in the video.

[@velvetbruise]

I'm so sorry 😢

[@HaddingtonJamesBearThe3rdJr.]

@@chastaelaine76 What you said is a horrible thing and is by no means good. But the difference is that it wasn't just something outside of God's will. Think about the Jews in Acts 4:27-28; Peter is preaching and tells them that when they crucified Christ, it was predestined by God. The most evil and wicked deed in all of history was predestined by God, but it brought about the greatest good in all of history: our redemption. The point is that God can and does cause and permit bad and evil things to happen, but God promises that he does so to bring about a greater good. Also, see Genesis 50:20. I'm very sorry and absolutely heartbroken over what happened to your daughter. But we as Christians can find comfort in God being sovereign and working ALL things for good, even if we don't see it. You might ask, "How could God work this for good? Why did He permit this?" And the answer is something we will possibly never know in this world. But Jesus promises in John 13:7, "Now, you do not know what I am doing, but afterward you will understand."

[@jay1871]

Massive topic yet so little scripture. Disappointing.

[@jay1871]

@@ScribeAlicious please cite two passages that explain Gods sovereignty.

[@phieble]

"Caused," as it relates to God's sovereignty, means that God directly moved in people's hearts, animals, or the forces of nature to bring about his will. For instance, God caused Cyrus to look favorably upon the Israelites to decree that they return to Jerusalem while in exile, and earlier God caused Nebuchadnezzar to be humbled so that he would repent and give him praise. "Permitted," as it relates to God's sovereignty, means that God allowed evil spirits to influence the hearts of men, and sometimes animals, to bring about God's will. For instance, God permitted the evil spirits to possess pigs when Jesus had rebuked them and sent them out of a man they had previously possessed, so then the pigs killed themselves. Most crucially, God permitted Satan to enter Judas Iscariot so he would fulfill the prophecy of betraying Jesus so that sinners would be saved. Both categories bring about God's will, but God never directly moves in the hearts of men to make them sin. He sends evil spirits on assignment to influence men's hearts to sin, oftentimes phrased as hardening hearts, so that the aspects of his plan that include evil are not his doing and they are always dealt with by him in either justice or grace and mercy. Planning that evil happen and then permitting it and responding to it toward a righteous end is not sin on God's part, yet it would be if he directly caused it. So the distinction is important and it helps us understand how God's sovereign will is ultimately always accomplished to his glory and the gain of his people.

[@Rad7272dad]

So God permitted Satan to enter Judas. Did God give satan instructions on what he needed Judas to do? Betray Jesus, or was it just luck that Satan didn't 💋 kiss Matthew instead.

[@phieble]

@@Rad7272dad It was God's plan that Jesus be crucified and raised from the dead for God's chosen people before the creation of the world and the details of this were prophesied in several places throughout the New Testament. The apostles acknowledged the inevitability of God's plan that Judas betray Jesus in Acts when it was time for his replacement to be chosen to join the other apostles. Acts 1:15-20 15) During this time, when about 120 believers were together in one place, Peter stood up and addressed them. 16) He said, “Brothers, the Scriptures had to be fulfilled concerning Judas, who guided those who arrested Jesus. This was predicted long ago by the Holy Spirit, speaking through King David. 17) Judas was one of us and shared in the ministry with us.” 18) (Judas had bought a field with the money he received for his treachery. Falling headfirst there, his body split open, spilling out all his intestines. 19) The news of his death spread to all the people of Jerusalem, and they gave the place the Aramaic name Akeldama, which means “Field of Blood.”) 20) Peter continued, “This was written in the book of Psalms, where it says, ‘Let his home become desolate, with no one living in it.’ It also says, ‘Let someone else take his position.’

[@phieble]

@@ScribeAlicious Evil spirits were created by God in a state of moral goodness, then God allowed them to turn evil for his purposes within world history and they need his permission to do all evil works and he has the power to stop them should they try to do anything contrary to his plan. God governs all things according to his will and nothing can happen that is contrary to his plan / purposes. Proverbs 16:4 - The LORD has made everything for his own purposes, even the wicked for a day of disaster. 1 Kings 22:19-23 - 19) Then Micaiah continued, “Listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left. 20) And the LORD said, ‘Who can entice Ahab to go into battle against Ramoth-gilead so he can be killed?’ “There were many suggestions, 21) and finally a spirit approached the LORD and said, ‘I can do it!’ The LORD asked, 22) “‘How will you do this?’ “And the spirit replied, ‘I will go out and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to speak lies.’ The LORD said, “‘You will succeed. Go ahead and do it.’ 23) “So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all your prophets. For the LORD has pronounced your doom.”

[@Rad7272dad]

@AboveReproachPodcast we do wicked things because it's in our nature. And yes, God, either allows evil to occur or God causes it.

[@stuartjohnson5686]

God didn't see it happening in to the future he decreed it, You view of God's sovereignty is weak. Also God is not temporal , within time as we are. The Creator does not pereceive the universe as exisiting in past, present and future as we do because is not withitn time at all. Time began when he said "let there be light" and will end when he ends this sin cursed creation. Goats do not become sheep. If God is saving someone they are lost sheep not goats. Your chart is too limted based on an inadequat view of God's sovereignty. God is not "trying" anything. “If there is one maverick molecule in all the universe, then God is not sovereign. And if God is not sovereign, He is not God.” -- R. C. Sproul "This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity." -- Martin Luther

[@losnfjslefn8857]

R.C. Sproul also said this, which is contrary to Scripture: "AFTER a person is *regenerated* , that person cooperates by exercising *faith and trust* . But the first step is of God and God alone. The reason we do not cooperate with regenerating grace before it acts upon us and in us is because we cannot." -R.C. Sproul 🔸Titus 3:5 and 1 Corinthians 1:21 alone contradict the idea that a person exercises faith AFTER being regenerated.

[@StevieWonder824]

Dang man, chill out. Are you on team Jesus or no? Truly I think you actually agree with him in all of his points. Y’all are saying the same thing. My only question for you is do you agree with the “cause and permit” part of his argument? Logically you have to since scripture says that God tempts no one. I love your zeal. Will you please go yell at a Mormon or JW?🙂🙏🏽

[@Sirjwinsalot]

Why are you upset? According to your view if you are consistent is that he's predestined to have a different viewpoint than you.

[@sincitystreetpreachers8129]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bruceami2]

The main issue with you hyper Calvinists is that you’re not even aware that you are putting so many conditions on what God may or not do before violating his sovereignty that you actually violate his sovereignty by declaring that He is then limited by what He may do. A sovereign God has no limitations and may do things like ALLOW one to go their own way. Calvinism truly is a view through the narrowest of lenses.

[@stevebrandau9300]

There is a huge effort to prop up Calvinism. Certainly there are great scriptures to use. However there are other scriptures that talk about our "free will" to choose. Nobody wants to synthesize these two seemingly opposites. You either gotta join one camp or the other. Sound familiar? Pure Calvinism is a total turn-off to anyone with a brain. So there's that. Yet the theologians stuck in the 1500's "endeavor to persevere." Anyway... I don't have any issues with the "God knows everything in advance" scriptures... but I am also impacted by the "whosoever will" scriptures.

[@losnfjslefn8857]

👏

[@stephenweinhardt8794]

You’re thinking too logically, this channel is probably not for you 😂

[@palmerther]

Certainly not "full blown" Calvinist, but I've yet to figure out what the "turn off" is yet. I've found the 'free-will" debate to be quite tedious, especially if that "free-will" leads you outside of God's will. A little addition, I've been resting a lot in one of most well know Psalms. "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in in green pastures, He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His names sake. Yes, thought I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff they comfort me." Yeah, I'm fine with the message of this video...

[@jesusbeloved3953]

I came quite close to being swayed by salvation through election. However, quite a few years ago, I earnestly prayed to be shown the difference between only what is true ( at any given time, place and circumstances) and the Truth! (what is eternal, doesn’t change and never fails) Obviously, Jesus IS TRUTH! The things written in God’s word seem to be up for interpretation. But, He means it one way and only one way; HIS WAY! Some things have been more easily apprehended than others. Election salvation is one of those. It would take an hour or more to explain how I was shown to discern the Truth, but one of the big things was when He had me go back and look at the lives of the men who started it all. The things I found were alarming and rang gongs in my head. Their belief ( it was Luther and Calvin I found out) had anti biblical principles as some of their foundations. If they could screw up something as simple as the lies of replacement theology, they could be completely wrong about others. ( if you believe in replacement theology, you’ve got bigger problems than Calvinism!) Belief in a man made denomination is not a good thing. First, Man Made? When did man ever do completely correct before God? It’s time to let go of the rules and regulations (and some heresies) made by man and search out the source, the word of God. Until you do that, you’ll be spinning your wheels in the mud.

[@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n]

calvinism is not necessary as doctrine we have textus receptus... good enough for me

[@tedbrooks-formerwordoffait1316]

This is one the most un-christ-like presentations of God I have ever seen. Jesus came to do His Father's will... fully. Todd you are preaching an antichrist version of God. Repent and go back to Christ. You need to go back to the foundation that God laid, that is Jesus Christ. Your view of God is tainted with Calvinism, which is the most un-christ-like doctrine in the Church.