A Sanctuary for Biblical Logic

God has the absolute freedom to control man’s will exhaustively and without any exception. Proverbs 21:1 says: “The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.” Since God has totally determined how the history of man should go, He also must determine and control every part of man’s being, including his will. No part of man, physical or spiritual, moves without God’s causation. All of man’s thoughts and actions are determined by Him, including the evil thoughts and actions. Simple body movements like showing thumbs up and the habitual cracking of our knuckles and cervical spine, cannot happen without God first determining it in eternity. Even the involuntary movements of our body like sneezing and muscle cramps, cannot happen without the eternal predetermination of God. The context of Proverbs 21:1 is indeed about a king whose will God controls in any way He desires in order to fulfil His decretive purpose. However, by no means

The following quotations are taken from Gordon H. Clark’s “The Biblical Doctrine of Man” : “The important point is that God and Adam talked to each other and Adam understood. Animals do not understand, are not subject to moral commands, cannot sin, and hold no religious services. In describing the image of God as it was before the fall, it is almost impossible to exclude a reference to man’s later condition. Since man is himself the image, as the following paragraph will explain, the image must in some way or other be a permanent characteristic of personality. Original righteousness reveals a capacity of man’s nature for restoration after sin. Had Adam never been either moral or intelligent before the fall, no one could assert the possibility of his later becoming so. But since he was so before the fall, the impossibility of a restoration is ruled out.”   “The image of God is not something man has, somewhere inside of him, or somewhere on the surface, as if God had first created

This article is an overview of my understanding from the Scriptures regarding emotions. As this is not exhaustive, the readers may have questions and wish to find out more about my arguments. A civil discourse is welcome in the comments section for the mutual benefit of everyone. My friend, Marcus Chui, whose view is similar to mine also contributed to this article. Introduction Emotion is defined as a sudden disruption, disturbance or fluctuation of the ordinary calm state of the mind which, in itself, is not necessarily sinful. However, it can hinder, distort, or eradicate rational thinking if a person is emotional unto sin or overwhelmed by sin. An emotional person is unstable in his mind. [1] Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines emotion as a conscious mental reaction (such as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the body. [2] Gordon H. Clark is corre