Since finite creatures are absolutely dependent on the Infinite Creator for
existence, then the Infinite Creator would have to do everything necessary
to maintain the life and well-being of finite creatures. If the Infinite Creator
leaves His creatures alone they will perish; they must perish.
To think that God must use some other method than withdrawal to get rid of
sin is to insult His power, wisdom and love; it is because He is infinite and
creatures are finite that His creatures need Him and cannot survive without
Him.
So when people say that God must do something, other than withdraw, to get
rid of Satan, sinners and sin, they are insulting God and showing their
ignorance of the issues in the Great Conflict between right and wrong.
If God has to do anything at all to destroy the sinner other than leave the
sinner alone then His power is less than infinite, He is less than God. The
proof that He is God, and no one else, is that just by His doing nothing
everything else would perish!
"And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the
earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall
perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a
garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be
changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail."
Hebrews 1:10-12
"Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens
are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure:
yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou
change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and
thy years shall have no end." Psalm 102:25-27.
The proof of the Infinite God is that He has to do everything to keep finite
creatures alive. If God should do nothing, i.e. withdraw his maintaining,
upholding power, creatures will perish, Col. 1:17. Since all things hold
together in Him when He lets go things fall apart. (Psalm 121)
To suggest that sinful creatures can survive when fully and ultimately
separated from God or that God has to do something else to destroy the
sinner other than complete separation is to suggest that creatures can survive
without God and that sin is harmless. This is a heresy as old as the Devil!
On the contrary God says:
"But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that
hate me love death." Proverbs 8:36
No comments:
Post a Comment