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Timothy Maas
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How does Jeremiah 10:23 challenge our culture’s idea of self-reliance and independence?”
Jeremiah 10:23 English Standard Version 23 I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
Jeremiah 10:1 - 25
AMP - 1 HEAR THE word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. 2 Thus says the Lord: Learn not the way of the [heathen] nations and be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens, though they are dismayed at them.
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Timothy Maas
Supporter
Humans do have free will, and thus are morally accountable for their actions. At the same time, God's sovereignty assures that those actions, when taken in conjunction with events beyond human control, will ultimately "work together" (Romans 8:28) to accomplish His will (and, specifically, do so for the eternal -- if not immediately temporal -- benefit of His followers).
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