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Originally Posted by packabacka 1. Does God have two wills? | I think that the text book answer is "yes"
Does God have two "decreetive" wills, no.
Doe God have two "preceptive" wills, no.
But...God has a "preceptive" will and a "decreetive" will...so yes, that is two wills.
The decreetive is God's eternal decrees, the preceptive is God's "precepts" or commands that he desires man to obey. | Yeah, that's the view that I held, but then it seemed that this view was...dismissed. I was looking for perhaps a better explanation. Quote:
Originally Posted by Houston E. This would imply multiple plans. There is only one plan, perfectly designed by our Heavenly Father. Packabacka, have you settled in your mind with the scriptural/reformed view of God and His sovereignty?
Blessings! | Do you think it'd be more accurate to say that God has one will with two aspects? Also, I believe that every single event is explicitly permitted/ordained by God (which I'm fairly certain is the reformed view). |
You can say that the word, "will", has two different meanings. One meaning of the word, "will", could be "command". Another meaning of the word, "will", could be "ordain".