The Both/And Approach to Doctrine
Try it. If there are two teachings in scripture that are evident why do we assume that they cannot both be true?
For example, we know that prayer has power and that God uses our prayers to make a difference in his plans. Yet at the same time, we know that God has preordained all things in accordance with his will. That makes absolutely no sense to me. At all. But I see both to be true.
God functions on an entirely different level than us, and so even when it doesn’t make perfect sense, if the bible says it, we are to believe it.
This is how I’ve come to understand God’s sovereignty and man’s will. They both exist. I see in scripture that man has free will and the choice to accept or reject Christ. However, I also see that God has chosen from before time those who he would redeem. Again, I have no idea how this works, but I believe.
Both/And
