2. This reality actually settles quite nicely with me. I have always kind of thought of God as constantly working in our lives. This makes God all the more awesome because he can orchestrate all our lives in such detail, and make them weave together so perfectly. It is amazing to see things that happen in others' lives, and how it affects other lives and it all works for good, and God can do that by himself.
3. I think that sin is anything that contradicts the nature of God. Sin is also many times something that makes us feel guilt, and something that we know we shouldn't do. Tozer describes sin as a result of our rebellious nature. Since we are made as moral creatures we have the ability to choose right from wrong, and we choose wrong. We sin because we challenge the sovereignty of God in our own lives, and that causes us to fall.
Thank you, Jonny, for your thoughts. I'm glad that "this reality actually settles quite nicely with [you]." :) And I love the picture of God as orchestrating. Yes, he is orchestrating the great symphony of the universe to sing and play as he designed it to. He is bringing good out of all of it.
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