April 17, 2018 Show with Scott Christensen on “Light Pouring Out of Darkness: How God’s Glory is Magnified in the Face of Evil”

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I'm delighted to have back as a returning guest on iron sharpens iron radio Pastor Scott Christensen and he is pastor of Summit Lake Community Church of Mancos, Colorado and the author of what about free will which was the topic that we addressed the last time Pastor Scott was on the program with us today.

We are going to be addressing the theme of a yet-to-be published book by pastor Scott Christensen God willing to be published by P &R Publishing and the theme is light pouring out of darkness how God's glory is magnified in the face of evil and It's my honor and privilege to welcome you back to iron sharpens iron radio pastor Scott Christensen.

And I'm gonna give our listeners our email address right away in the event that they'd like to join us on the air. With a question about how God's glory is magnified in the face of evil. Our email address is Chris Arnzen at gmail .com ch r is a r n z n at gmail .com.

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Well pastor Scott, it's been a while since you've been on the show and our audience according to my webmaster has doubled since last year and That is not even including the live listeners. It's it's judging from the number of people downloading the mp3s off of our website so there are no doubt going to be a number of people that have Never heard of Summit Lake Community Church of Mancos, Colorado before so why don't you let our listeners know about that?

Great. What can you tell us about the church theologically kind of preaching and teaching and so the Bible. Trained. We've seen a number of people come to faith in Christ. Been in that book for 13 So got a few more.

Great. And even though we already addressed this the last time you were on.

Why don't you give us a summary of what what about free will is all about?

I Christian I had a friend that because of my immediate. He really challenged me to think about some passages. I remember one day. I was parking lot Cranfield, New Jersey. Judgment at that point on I ruffled.

Well, what does that mean for my choice? You know, I could not abide by the actually that espoused by Armenians and in fact open fit and open.

Theists often call themselves consistent Arminians.

Position to hold to. If you're going to hold to libertarian free will I agree. Do not accept open theism and so they have they have kind of a problem there.

Yeah, and in fact most most Armenians also claim today anyway to believe in substitutionary atonement. And they really could not possibly Believe in substitutionary atonement unless they were full-blown Universalists believing that everyone would be saved because of Christ died as a substitute for everybody.

Everybody's going to heaven.

I think on the one hand they want to hold to things that clearly the Bible teaches such as substitutionary atonement. But they cannot hold to those things consistently or teachings of Scripture. Mm-hmm.

So but yes over the course of the years, you know. As I began to read Calvin and Luther and especially Jonathan Edwards erudite men I think to be able to Topic, you know, I touched on that topic in a significant way and the book just on the whole topic and the whole problem of evil.

And so that's great. Well, uh.

Why don't you explain what the word theodicy means?

Well, theodicy is a The word just justice or just if it can't defy The is an attempt. God is in fact all while there yet exists and In a problem of evil what the Bible says about now. I know that PNR publishing.

Requested that you write this new book. Was there's a specific reason that they asked you regarding something that has occurred in your life. Or did they just enjoy your your book? What what about free will so much that they asked you or how did this come to be put into place here?

Yeah, my problem of evil, you know a central problem with not only they argued that the Bible is very clear That God is sovereign or humans moral. He questions the topic that is commonly addressed or not.

A lot of real myths in it right to do but. But also what is interesting is that in my research formed, you know, most of the problem of evil among evangelicals, I find that problematic and on.

Why don't you lay out the Arminian view first? And of course There, you know, we can't cookie-cut Arminians we can't broad brush them or we shouldn't I should say because they're not all identical yeah, in fact, not all Calvinists are identical either, but that's correct, but the thing that is interesting to me is that Arminians Find it repugnant that God would be directly Involved in fact would ordain Some of the most monstrous suffering that has ever been experienced by human beings.

And so they rail against Calvinism as having this monstrous God and yet They are really not out from the same problem that they think that we have because there's a reason that their God in their mind is Allowing things to happen and while in other cases he Delivers people or prevents people from actually entering into that That depth of suffering so that they really don't have a place to hide From the same accusations that they hurl against us.

Yes, and on the topic of Arminian theology and it's probably one of the things that he points out with Classical Arminianism going all the way back to Jacob Arminius in the Arminianism does not deny what classic Arminian stay in the limit a feature of an Alternative flooded with the opportunity to make the opposite.

Oh even in classical Arminianism. Even though they round that problem with a doctrine called Provenient great the impact by giving not in bonded to the gospel is not.

Yeah, the irony is the irony is that I have heard over and over and over again those who are opposed to Calvinism. They will say on occasion That yes faith is a gift. But you need to accept it. So in other words you need faith to accept faith.

You know, it's really.

Would frame this is that grace God's grace is necessary. It's important to me because some some Calvinist will malign an Arminian and say well. The problem is is that the Arminian position is necessary, right?

And the Roman Catholic likes it a step further this free will and and cooperate with that grace. So that salvation becomes what a synergistic synergistic is to God does his part He supplies the grace.

But then we must do our part through ultimately salvation depends upon the person whereas in the Calvinist position clear that Sufficient great doing anything that grace is not only necessary flies that regeneration precedes faith.

There's be a change there has to be an absolute and so God's graces. Now the Arminian will immediately say well.

What are you talking about? Are you saying? That men are not responsible for. Either embracing Christ and his sacrifice or rejecting him. Aren't they responsible? How does the biblically? knowledgeable Calvinist respond.

Yes, this is this is an important point and this is where you get into this question of evil how responsible for that and likewise How can we. Arminian position is located in the fact that we did many times believe upon me right for one's Salvation do that.

Well, then can we be held? Responsible. But that's kind of like saying we're responsible for negate her responsibility to do. So the fact is is that the Bible never other here is where is. I search the heart.

I test the mind. Right if you go back to back in Genesis 6 the intentions of our hearts. Not whether or not we could have ashes not whether we could have that other words. We praise someone not because they could have.

Imagined somebody standing on the side of the swimming pool and they see someone drowning. Save that person. Nobody's going to say well, we praise this guy for saving this drowning person because he could have acted differently.

He could have stood by the swimming pool and not acted. That isn't how we talk. We say look at that courage. Look at how much love that person had for this other person who was drowning and they were willing to jump in.

Repraise them because likewise if they didn't jump in the pool blame them because they acted and of course our whole jump. Intent, you know question. What was the intention. And that's exactly where that's an important distinction.

I think the Bible know where. Lope that when God brings about judgment. It says he will bring light upon things hidden in darkness and disclosed as a tree. Mean he's talking about the heart. Only a heart that is corrupted is going to be changed if a heart has been transformed.

Blames why Jesus then not in our actions, but in our intentions in our heart. And this is consistently where and and that totally corresponds with able teaches in terms of moral depravity and The necessity to change within us.

Transformation has to take place in the Bible consists to be born again. Transformed we have been and that speaks of being born again. It speaks of a new nature and so our actions always come from our nature for the the choices that we make.

In fact, we have to we have to go we have to go to a break right now Scott so pick up right where you left off about that we we act upon the desires of our heart and. If anybody would like to join us, we do have a couple of people waiting to have their questions asked and answered.

In fact, I Forwarded a question to you by Gordy in mechanics Berg, Pennsylvania and He asked what are some key verses you would recommend as to God being glorified in the face of evil when communicating with unbelievers.

You could pick up with that question after you finish your thought that you just Started here about Humans acting upon the desires of their heart. If anybody else would like to join us on the air. Our email address is Chris Arnson at gmail .com.

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We are now back to our discussion with Pastor Scott Christensen, and we are discussing a very important theme a theme that has Divided believers for centuries a theme that has really Left many just completely Boggled in their minds and trying to comprehend a God who is all good all holy all righteous perfect and at the same time His glory is magnified in the face of evil and that's what we're talking about today light pouring out of darkness How God's glory is magnified in the face of evil if you'd like to join us on the air our email address is Chris Arnzen At gmail .com.

If you have a question, please give us your first name city and state and country of residence if you live outside the USA and you may remain anonymous if your question involves a personal private matter and Before we go to your answer to Gordy's question in Mechanicsburg finish that that That thought that you had there that you were you were in the middle of when I had to interrupt you for the the commercial break there were there are a lot of Armenians in fact, probably most Armenians who Think that we as reformed Christians do not believe that man's will has any freedom at all and Therefore they think that we are saying that God Forces us against our will to sin or if we're of the elect he forces us against our will To follow him and obviously that is not true.

We are acting according to our nature we are acting according to what our desires are and The only way that a man who is dead who is dead in his trespasses and sins Can desire to follow Christ to repent and cry out Upon the name of the Lord and follow him and become a disciple.

The only way that that can happen is if he has a heart transplant.

That's that's correct makes any kind and fatal. I did not except the question is is what is the source and bondage? We are myself now is that there's nothing Against our wicking and screaming into the kingdom of God.

You'll hear people say that a lot of times we understand what that means. People resisted the gospel uses in his conversion and Something happened really come kicking him of God. They may have been kicking and screaming prior to their coming into the kingdom of God.

But there came a point where we're up in their minds and suddenly Not desiring Christ hating God loving their sin. To suddenly seeing the wonder of Christ. The question is where to drawing them. He be drawn by his otherwise a recalcitrant heart a rebellious heart.

No desire for salvation who loves this. I think that's one way of defining sin is seeking our own glory God's magnificent deep in sin. Our own glory. We do not desire and and so the view that I espouse Newism right and Compatible isn't said that they themselves also not in some libertarian freewill sense.

But in the sense that our desires we cannot act in any other way. It's what you desire to the human being. Now people ask the question How does this get God off the hook then for evil?

Yeah, especially when we have like for instance in James Chapter 1 verse 13 let no one Being tempted say I am being tempted by God for God is unable to be tempted by evils and he himself Tempts no one.

So one might think if they are Not familiar with the whole counsel of God That the only way that God could be sovereign over evil acts of evil men is that he tempts them to do these things. And but obviously we have in the in the case With Judas we see that the devil entered him.

It wasn't God that tempted him, but at the same time God for ordained. What Judas did? Because without what Judas did The redemption of his people could not have occurred redemption of Christ's people.

So so going back to the James passage, you know. It is clear from James that God cannot be completely holy. And that's what James is saying. The reason why God cannot be tempted. You cannot tempt the divine nature.

Now Jesus was tempted in his human nature, but not in his divine nature and his divine nature. He cannot be tempted because God cannot be tempted. And and I think that it's probably.

It's important to clarify what that means because there are people in. In fact, I've heard Very famous at least one very famous highly respected Christian author and radio personality. I I could not believe that this person said this but he actually said that Jesus.

That Jesus wanted to sin, but he never yielded to that temptation. Well wanting to sin is sin.

Yeah, so that's that's where the word tempt. Some people think that that means you're.

People think that means you're mulling it over in your mind and you're like, hmm. Maybe I should do that. That's because that's our modern usage of the word temp.

Certainly did not mean that he wanted to do something and then resisted that. If you've come to that place want to and and so did we know that in his divine nature that was not in pure. It's impossible and therefore if God cannot entertain evil thoughts to tempt other people to enter.

However, that is far different than saying that God can decree That evil takes place and we know that from Scripture I mean Isaiah 45 7 says I form light and create darkness all being and Create calamity.

It's interesting the words that the Isaiah uses in that passage the word create in the beginning. God created calamity. There's a standard word Hebrew word for evil from the mouth of the mode for evil.

They had the gift of encouragement.

There there are different. There are different interpretations of that. I've heard some people say That she was being Merciful or compassionate I should say toward him. But to put him out of his misery, he should curse God so that he would be killed.

Obviously, that's not a unified.

Interpretation, but what to me was it was interesting. We can we could certainly debate you said shall we receive and not?

Receive evil.

And now here's. Here's the thing is somebody reads that and they're thinking wait a minute. What is Job saying there. He's saying that somehow God caused this evil to come upon him. That doesn't seem right.

That that's what he's attributing. Moral culpability to God. That Job is what he needs to get right. He's he's saying something wrong there. But then you notice. After he makes that statement the inspired off in all of this Job did not sin.

I Find that fascinating because it indicates to us that our natural reaction to that kind of a statement is oh. That can't be. Job is attributing evil to God. So we have these you know, all these passages of scripture.

We could we could multiply these passages. But they point to a real tension. You know, and I think Job to sovereign over at be if God himself is not evil. And I believe one of the passages in fact.

Pick up right where you left off because we have to get another break again and Gordy be patient we will get to the actual theme of How God's glory is magnified in the face of evil and provide some scripture verses for you, but we will have Our guest pastor Scott Christensen finishes train of thought and then we'll go to your question Gordy.

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