\nBy 16th Century Jesuit Luis de Molina. Attempting to embrace both predestination doctrine and arminianism.\n<\/p>\n
\nAlso known as the middle knowledge.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Molinists use
\nMatthew 11:23 "...if the mighty works done in you had been done in
\nSodom, it would have remained until this day" to make their claim.\n<\/p>\n
\nMolinism categorize God's knowledge into 3:\n<\/p>\n
\n1<\/strong>. Necessary truths (<\/strong>Food \n2. Natural knowledge<\/strong> (all possibilities of the universe) I \n3. God's free knowledge:<\/strong> outcomes \nThus, their "middle knowledge<\/strong>" is the knowledge of God between 2 & 3. That God knows if I'm going to wear pink today without Him interfering.\n<\/p>\n \nBy \nWith this I see a few problems that could be solved in the following understanding:\n<\/p>\n \n1. That God is not God but is under what we know as "Logic".\n<\/p>\n \n2. That we are but puppets with the illusion of free will <\/strong>fatefully \nMolinism can easily discount the work of the Holy Spirit. \n \n<\/p>\n \nNow back to the source, Matthew 11:23. Which of all the verses they quote, is their strongest support:\n<\/p>\n \nI \nNone of this is \nThis verse is not talking about logic of things, but the need of pure humility to see God.\n<\/p>\n \nAnd By 16th Century Jesuit Luis de Molina. Attempting to embrace both predestination doctrine and arminianism. Also known as the middle knowledge. The Molinists use Matthew 11:23 "...if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would … Continue reading
\nis meant to be eaten, etc.) I say this is the first gate for molinists
\nto fall into a God confined in logic. For it is logical because God say
\nit is, not the other way around.\n<\/p>\n
\nsay this is when molinists are over fascinated with mathematical
\nprobability of things. If one would like to argue the presence of
\nnatural knowledge in God, I would ask why must God confine Himself among
\nthe logical possibilities we perceive? It would be ridiculous to say
\nthat these possibilities are perceived by God unless one fell for
\ncategory 1's claim.\n<\/p>\n
\ndependent upon God. I say here the molinists imagined God being put in a
\nplayground and is observed (by men?). Should the molinists claim God as
\ncreator of logic, then why not eliminate the above two categories? It's
\na bit unecessary.\n<\/p>\n
\nthis way, they believe they've solved the election vs. free will
\nproblem. That God presents different paths in different individuals'
\nlives in a way that they could freely choose Christ.\n<\/p>\n
\ntwist and turn by God's commands like coins falling into the coin
\npusher machine in a direction perfectly planned by a professional
\nplayer.\n<\/p>\n
\nAnd it is obvious, they do not understand "regeneration". For to them,
\nan elect is merely shown the path to holiness; not supernaturally regenerated<\/strong>
\nto walk a new path in holiness. Without acknowledging the work of the
\nHoly Spirit, the molinists are in danger of a non-relationship knowledge
\nof God. Something John Calvin warned in his Institutes that one cannot
\ntruly know God without reverence to Him.\n<\/p>\n
\nsay our Lord was commanding humility in Capernaum, as if they thought
\nthey were better than Sodom. That they were conscious enough to judge
\nSodom wicked, but they were ignorant of their own wickedness. And should
\nthey recognize God's immense mercy in the almighty works, which was
\nlegitimately not shown to Sodom, they should have repented urgently
\nwhile the gracious Lord was walking among them.\n<\/p>\n
\ndiscounting the work of the Holy Spirit. It only shows how wicked we are
\nand those we deemed sodomites could easily be less wicked than us, if
\nGod would grant them mercy and prolong their nation.\n<\/p>\n
\nin verse 24, Christ has revealed that Sodom had been shown more mercy
\nthan Capernaum. Not that Sodom's status has changed, but that Sodom to
\nCapernaum is as a drug user to a drug lord. That it is revealed that the
\nwickedness of Capernaum is worse than they thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"