Because come on guys, they're only men, and that's the distinction, between the true God and his prophets, and these man -made religions, I mean what was the, in the last 20 years of our experience, just in our nation, what was the guy, how, what was his name, Hauer, he, the billboards he had up all over, he had, you wrote a book about him, Harold Camping, Harold Camping, like I got the date, I worked out the math, I figured out the math of when Jesus is actually coming, and his followers bought it, couldn't believe it, stunning to see so many professing believers buy what this nutter actually was teaching, and people, they sold their stuff, they sold their stuff, they sold their homes, they were fully invested in Camping's delusion, and he was wrong, clearly wrong, and there's a video online you can go see where they come knocking at the man's door like hey, like you're wrong, you got anything to say, and he's like I just need some time to think about this sort of a thing, and he's like goes back, because you're a false prophet, you're not speaking from God, that's one of the glorious things about Christian faith, is that our God controls every detail of existence, he's the sovereign, he can say this is going to take place, and nothing's thwarting it, nothing, it's a powerful thing, don't lose it, so, I have questions I want to answer, ask and answer, two questions, one today, one next week, one, does the Bible teach that God is this kind of sovereign, the kind of sovereign that I'm suggesting to you, and number two, is Judas even guilty, did God make him sin, I mean if God's the one planning this and decreeing this, do creatures have anything to do with this, are they just robots sort of going along this plan, like Judas is just an innocent victim, and God has this amazing plan to bring glory to himself, and Judas is just being shoved into it, so, for the first question, we'll start by reminding you of your catechism, and this is where the Hendrickson's are not allowed to play, quiet, we study these things at Apologia Church, we have a catechism, based on the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, in question 11 of our catechism it says, you'll remember, what are the decrees of God, and the answer is, the decrees of God are his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby he, for his own glory, he has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass, we have verses that go with that, Ephesians 1 .11, Romans 11 .36, Daniel 4 .35, Isaiah 46 .10, Psalm 115 .3, and Amos 3 .6, here's another one, question 12, how does God execute his decrees, answer, God executes his decrees in the works of creation and providence, Genesis 1 .1, Revelation 4 .11, Matthew 5 .45, 6 .26, Acts 14 .17, Proverbs 16 .9, 33, 19 .21, 20 .24, 21 .1, and 31, in other words, we're not making this up, we, go check those texts later, what are the works, what are God's works of providence, question 15, answer, God's works of providence are the holy, wise, and powerful acts by which he preserves and governs all his creatures and all their actions, and all their actions, Nehemiah 9 .6, Colossians 1 .17, Hebrews 1 .3, Psalm 103 .19, Matthew 10 .29 -30, and finally, one more, one more, this is for our beloved Presbyterian brethren, I love this, chapter 3 of God's eternal decree, section 1 of the Westminster Confession of Faith says, God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass, yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away but rather established.
