What I’d like to share with you is something that is not easy to understand, nor should it be spoken of as if we understand in absoluteness. This decree of God is actually one decree with many facets, it was a decree that was in agreement within the inter trinitarian Godhead. It was decree was outside of time and actualized in time to the glory of God. Our God is sovereign over all things, not just some things but all things! There is not one thing that is outside of His control and of His knowing it before it’s coming into being.

No molecule is rogue, all things are ultimately under His control. Many question God’s holiness because of the existence of evil, yet even evil’s existence is by God’s permissive will, evil is subject to Him. No one can say that God decreed Himself into being because He has always been, He is the decreer. This is in infinite truth, a truth alien to earthly time as we know it.

We are most familiar with His permissive will, things that happen by secondary causes, causes that do not violate His holiness. Even His permitting of evil or sin does NOT violate His will because it is not the same as being the primary cause of sin or evil. The permitter of sin is not the causer of sin.

Mankind is still responsible for their actions and God is still Holy, without violation to His holiness and good. We may not fully understand this, but we must trust all that the word of God reveals regarding His attributes.