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A reasonable, yet imperfect, finite image to demonstrate the infinite God's gospel plan for finite humanity, that through regeneration (John 3, Titus 3), trusts in the applied atoning and resurrection work of Jesus Christ that is God the Son, God incarnate.
Hebrews 7:26-27 New American Standard Bible (NASB_
26 For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens; 27 who has no daily need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because He did this once for all time when He offered up Himself.
2010 Theodicy and Practical Theology: PhD thesis, the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter
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John S. Feinberg Sovereignty Theodicy/Defence: Eight Ways God Could Eliminate Evil (PhD Edit)
Twitter version I
Fifth way God could eliminate evil; for this point Feinberg attempts to separate desires from intentions, noting that intentions are actions fueled by those desires.
Twitter version II
Feinberg states that God could eliminate human intentions; however, eliminating the intentions, or restricting them, would be just as problematic as God eliminating desires.
Both from Feinberg (1994: 133).
However, the objection could be raised once again that within a compatibilistic system significantly free beings could be made in order not to have wrong intentions. In light of Flew and Mackie’s compatibilistic criticisms discussed Flew (1955: 150-153) Mackie (1971) in Plantinga (1977)(2002: 32-33). Mackie (1955)(1996: 250-253).
I would reason that God could create significantly free human beings with only good intentions, in the same way persons could be formed to only have good desires and do good actions. God knowingly created beings that he knew would freely fall and planned to save some through the atoning and resurrection work of Christ.
Feinberg’s lack of clarity concerning the issues of desire and intentions are a weakness with his theodicy, although not devastating to his primary concepts in regard to presenting a logical and reasonable sovereignty theodicy. Feinberg reasons that prohibiting human intentions would greatly limit human freedom Feinberg (1994: 133), and a race that had no intentions would not commit significantly free actions of value to God. Feinberg (1994: 133).
FEINBERG, JOHN.S. (1994) The Many Faces of Evil, Grand Rapids, Zondervan Publishing House.
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