Hello everyone,
I've just registered to post this question...I don't intend to stick around but I really need some help understanding things.
Before I continue I am not a stick in the mud Arminian, in fact I'm not an Arminian at all. I'm definitely a calvinist, just a confused one. (i.e. not understanding how it could be true but knowing it is true) I'm honestly asking some questions, so please don't get angry at me!
So what about the fall? God is sovereign it wasn't a surprise, but since evil is totally contrary to God's character and he hates it I don't see why he would have planned it. It just seems...I dunno... strange. I read somewhere (don't ask me where, I forget) that God only planned the fall to happen but as he didn't actually sin the sin himself that proves he wasn't going contrary to character. But that just makes me more confused. If I plan a murder so that it will happen, but don't actually do it doesn't that still mean I'm a murderer?
(I don't want to blaspheme my Lord, I just don't understand).
I mean, God does a lot of amazing things for his glory's sake but do something
against his glory and goodness?
F. Schaeffer says that man had free will in regards to the fall. He says this because Jesus was angry at death at Lazarus' tomb, and it would be a contradiction if the fall was 'his fault'. But God plans everything, right?
I seriously want to understand this people so please help!
thanks
anna_b
