purpose

Based upon the ontological and teleological purpose of Christ Jesus coming, being both fully divine and fully man, we can thereby say that man given his ontological and teleological purpose has not fulfilled his purpose to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.

Equal Ultimacy

I had written a few years back on what I had thought was then Equal Ultimacy. The idea is that God works evil in the reprobate the same way He works righteousness in the elect. Although I would not charge God for being evil, I will now give God more of a active role in hardening the reprobate. The text in Romans 1 depicts God giving man or handing man over to the lust of their own hearts. This is active and not passive. Where as in my previous post I had said that God gave passively men over to the lust of their own hearts. No. God first elects and reprobates and then ordains that the fall would occur and then gives the reprobate over to the lust of their own passion and lust and sin. This is very active and not passive.