But unlike you and Jerry Bridges, a firm Calvinist - I have his book that you quote from here at home and have read through parts of it - Jesus never said not one single solitary thing about trusting in some abstract idea of sovereignty. Jesus said that the destruction people experienced was due to a lack of fidelity to the Word of God. Observe:Justaned wrote:Your absolutely right Jesus did give us examples of people the experienced destruction because they did not Trust God but looked to other things to rely on.
- Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. (Matt. 7:24-25)
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. (Mark 4:16-17)