Faith-Rest Drill: Doctrine of Divine Decrees: ROM & PROM Coexist; The Will of God & The Divine Decrees

V.	ROM and PROM Coexist:
1)	Some things God decreed to do Himself.  These are printouts from the Sovereignty of God chip.
2)	These are classified as “immediate” things, for example, creation.  He needed a place for His creation of the human race, so He created the universe.
3)	The universe has boundaries therefore it is a self-contained entity operating on the laws imposed upon it immediately by God.
4)	After He created Adam’s biological life He then created immediately His soul life and human spirit.
5)	Other things God has decreed to permit free agents to do in the exercise of their own self-determination.
6)	Human free will is responsible for sin, human good, and evil from the source of the sinful nature.
7)	On the other hand, man is free to believe in Christ through nonmeritorious positive volition.
8)	This results in “immediate” salvation through the seven salvation ministries of the Holy Spirit.
1.	Efficacious grace
2.	Regeneration
3.	Baptism, both retroactive and current positional truth
4.	Indwelling
5.	Filling
6.	Sealing
7.	Imputation of a spiritual gift

9)	Regardless of the source, all events are equally certain to occur whether caused directly by the sovereignty of God or by the free will of man. 
10)	Every cause for every event is equally in the decree and consequently will occur.
11)	Therefore, the sovereignty of God and the free will of man coexist in human history by divine decree.
VI.	The Will of God and the Divine Decree:
1)	Remember, in the doctrine of divine decrees the term “the will of God” refers to His sovereign decision in determining what data would be placed into the computer of divine decrees.
2)	These decreed facts of history have the ultimate objective of achieving the eternal purpose of God which is designed for His own glory, pleasure, and satisfaction.
3)	The term “the will of God” also relates to His function toward the human race. 
4)	The will of God, as reflected in the divine decrees, will be completed with regard to all of His creatures angelic and human.
5)	The work of God is called providence, by which He molds all events, including sin, human good, and evil, into the fulfillment of His will and purpose.
6)	Providence is a way of describing the printouts of the Sovereignty of God chip that have to do with the Will of God toward the human race.
7)	The Will of God is:
1.	Directive.  God has a plan for our lives.  Man has the free will to be in or out of the plan.  When we are positive to the plan, God directs our spiritual advance through Bible doctrine.
2.	Determinant:  This applies to a cause that fixes the nature of what results.  God has permitted non-meritorious volition to bring us to the place of blessing or cursing.  God never tries to tamper with free will.
3.	Permissive.  Negative volition to Bible doctrine is permitted by divine justice, which provides discipline as an alternative in time only.
4.	Preventive.  It provides doctrine, establishment laws, the royal family honor code, and divine discipline to influence human volition to remain inside the will of God.  Coercion is not legitimate, influence is.