AM I A JEFFERSONIAN BIBLICIST?
Genesis
15:1 … the Word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram, I am your shield and your exceeding great reward.
Exodus 3:13-14 And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to
the sons of Israel, and shall say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me
to you, and they shall say to me, What is His name? What shall I say to them?
And God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM. And He said, So you shall say to the
sons of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.
In answering
questions “What is deism?” and “What do deists believe?” GotQuestions.org
explains: “Deism is essentially the view that God
exists, but that He is not directly involved in the world. Deism pictures God
as the great “clockmaker” who created the clock, wound it up, and let it go. A
deist believes that God exists and created the world, but does not interfere
with His creation. Deists deny the Trinity, the inspiration of the Bible, the
deity of Christ, miracles, and any supernatural act of redemption or salvation.
Deism pictures God as uncaring and uninvolved. Thomas Jefferson was a
famous deist, referring often in his writings to “Providence.””
Thomas Jefferson believed in what Grandmother
McGee referred to as “Happenchance.” in later years shown on bumper stickers as
crudity “S___ Happens”. Other common
terms in kind are “It’s fate.” “By chance.” “As luck would have it.”
My Dad acerbically illustrated this
misbelieve saying there are those that believe God laid an egg then stood back
to watch what might develop.
Akin to this is the open view of God as a
person: The belief that He indeed is more than us in all ways but nonetheless developing
personality and a reactionary being that is surprised at our doings.
Jehovah God Almighty is not startled,
astonished, astounded, or flabbergasted by what we of His creation do. Nor does
He act in response to what to us are unforeseen events!
Here’s some applicable Bible text for our
edification:
Daniel [ESV] 4:34-35 At the end of the days
I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and
I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his
dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to
generation; all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he
does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants
of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, "What have you
done?"
Isaiah 44:6b-7 … I am the first, and I am
the last; and beside me there is no God. And who, as I, shall call, and shall
declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people?
and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
Isaiah 46:9b-10 …
I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring
the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying,
'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,'
Romans 11:33-34 Oh, the depth of the riches
and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how
inscrutable his ways! "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has
been his counselor?"
Deism is absolutely contrary to God’s sanctifying
Truth. Believe it! I do.
I am not a Jeffersonian Biblicist.
EBB4 Sunday, May 20, 2018
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