Some teach that my Father has both a moral and a sovereign will. Meaning, “he sentimentally doesn’t want any to perish, but he only actively works to save a few.”
Low and behold, a passage came across me that (once again) had me asking “why haven’t I seen that before?”
See that you do not despise one of these little ones (Ie. the child he has brought before the disciples, see Matthew 18:2). For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. ~Matthew 18:10–14
There you have it. God doesn’t want to see any children perish, and this desire, his WILL, actually prompts him to do something about it.
My Father’s (singular & unified) will.
Some teach that my Father has both a moral and a sovereign will. Meaning, “he sentimentally doesn’t want any to perish, but he only actively works to save a few.”
Low and behold, a passage came across me that (once again) had me asking “why haven’t I seen that before?”
There you have it. God doesn’t want to see any children perish, and this desire, his WILL, actually prompts him to do something about it.