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Question: I hope you can help me: Even though God does not cause evil, is He in control of all that happens, including the circumstances that affect our lives?”

January 31, 2017

Question: I hope you can help me: Even though God does not cause evil, is He in control of all that happens, including the circumstances that affect our lives?” Response: We know from the record of Job that the Lord is sovereign over our circumstances in that He allowed Job...Read more

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Questions and Responses

Question: How can you believe both in God's foreknowledge and that man has the power of choice?

Question: Genesis 3:15 mentions the serpent's seed and the seed of the woman, which was Jesus Christ. Does it not appear that if the serpent's seed wasn't real, that Jesus could not have been real?

Question: The idea that the Antichrist will be resurrected from the dead by Satan seems to be the prevailing opinion among evangelical pretrib teachers. I would appreciate your opinion.

Question: How can you believe both in God’s foreknowledge and that man has the power of choice? If God knows ahead of time that Mr. A is going to do something, how can Mr. A decide for himself? Isn’t foreknowledge the same as predestination?

Question: Does Satan have to ask permission from God before he can afflict a person?

Question: Is “Remote Viewing” as promoted by Ed Dames on Art Bell’s program valid or demonic?

Question: In the May issue you gave statistics about the moral depravity of American society and said the judgment of God cannot be long in coming upon them....By your definition...are Americans not fulfilling the sovereignty of God?

Question: I would really like some input on whether Satan and Lucifer are one and the same. Some say yes, others, a firm no.

Question: If all the demons were bound in the netherworld at the time they chose to follow Satan, where did the ones come from who are in the world today?

Question: Was Satan created by God as he is now, the most evil of creatures?

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