Friday, December 30, 2011

A dose of Calvinistic compatibilism for the day

1 Chronicles 10:
1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. 2And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 3The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers found him, and he was wounded by the archers. 4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it. 5And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died. 6Thus Saul died; he and his three sons and all his house died together. 7And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled, and the Philistines came and lived in them.

13So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the LORD in that he did not keep the command of the LORD, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance. 14He did not seek guidance from the LORD. Therefore the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.

14 comments:

zilch said...

Well, I haven't consulted any media, and I haven't broken any command of the Lord that I've received so far, so I guess I'm home free.

Happy New Year, rho!

Darlene said...

Written before there was ever a Calvinist.

zilch said...

Darlene- are you sure? I'm pretty sure that God is a Calvinist.

bossmanham said...

Not gonna get into it...not gonna get into it...not gonna....

;-)

Rhology said...

I brought it up. You get one freebie without response from me. :-D

zilch said...

Hey, so being a Christian doesn't mean you have to forfeit your sense of humor after all. Good to know.

Rhology said...

(Praying nobody from my church checks this combox...)

zilch said...

Can you pray for stuff like that, rho?

Rhology said...

Sure, you can pray anything.
That would be a great time for God to reply with a hearty "um, no".

Darlene said...

Zilch,

I think a lot of Calvinists think that too.

zilch said...

That would be a great time for God to reply with a hearty "um, no".

Typical Calvinist, telling God what to do. :lol:

Darlene: do you know the difference between Newt Gingrich and God? God doesn't think He's Newt Gingrich.

Darlene said...

Zilch: I heard one like that from my friend this evening. Except instead of Newt Gingrich, it was doctors. You know, many doctors have a God complex.

zilch said...

Darlene- hehe, yep, although there are of course also doctors who are humble. Supposedly.

And who doesn't have a god complex towards someone or something? I am a god to these potato chips here: I decide when and how they get eaten. A pretty poor sort of god, yes, but I'm at least the final arbiter of the fate of these chips.

Darlene said...

Zilch: That's hilarious! I'll have to think about that god complex thing. I've never quite fancied myself a god of anything.