God’s purposes and plans are established by decree. The decree of God is referred to as God working all things after the counsel of His will.
It is the working of His sovereign control over all things. The decree of God is one single, all-encompassing plan.
God established His plan according to His kind intention (eudokía). God’s decree is a fixed intention of benevolent favor. God established His plan according to His purpose (próthesis). His purpose is a determination to achieve something. God established His plan according to His counsel (boulḗ). Counsel is a thought-out plan, a series of steps to carry out a goal. God established His plan according to His will (thélēma). God’s will is an attitude of a mind that favors one alternative over other alternatives.
The decree of God control and guides all events for His glory and the good of His people.
God does not adjust His plan on account of the events of human history.
Instead, He freely and independently established His decree. Because God is immutable, His decree cannot change or be altered.
- also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, - Ephesians 1:11
It is the working of His sovereign control over all things. The decree of God is one single, all-encompassing plan.
- He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention (eudokía) which He purposed in Him […] also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose (próthesis) who works all things after the counsel (boulḗ) of His will (thélēma), - Ephesians 1:9, 11
God established His plan according to His kind intention (eudokía). God’s decree is a fixed intention of benevolent favor. God established His plan according to His purpose (próthesis). His purpose is a determination to achieve something. God established His plan according to His counsel (boulḗ). Counsel is a thought-out plan, a series of steps to carry out a goal. God established His plan according to His will (thélēma). God’s will is an attitude of a mind that favors one alternative over other alternatives.
The decree of God control and guides all events for His glory and the good of His people.
- And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. - Romans 8:28
God does not adjust His plan on account of the events of human history.
- This is the plan devised against the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out against all the nations. For the Lord of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back? - Isaiah 14:26-27
Instead, He freely and independently established His decree. Because God is immutable, His decree cannot change or be altered.
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