I was reading the wiki entry on
Molinism and these 2 phrases jumped out at me:
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The second kind of knowledge is middle knowledge (or scientia media) and describes things that are contingently true, but are independent of God's will.
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Quote:
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In order for this account of prophecy to be valid all prophecies must be wholly good, and never contain evil acts...
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Doesn't Rom 8:28 wholly refute this?
That is - if
all things work for good, then even evil acts that occur are under the sovereign direction of God. That is, He foreknows and allows evil acts under His permissive will, but integrates the acts into His decretive will, so that ultimately all evil acts work to glorify Him and benefit the elect. Therefore,
nothing is independent of God's will.
See also:
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Genesis 50:20
"As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.
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So: If this is true, then Molinists are
heretics, right?
This makes me sad...
- I really like William Lane Craig...would never have believed that he could not or would not make this simple connection.
What lengths Men will go to preserve their sovereignty!