Incitement

Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18 Article 4 If God ordains all things, how is he not complicit in our sin? The sermon explores the tension between human sin and divine sovereignty by examining 2 Samuel 24:1 alongside the Westminster Confession of Faith. It addresses the theological difficulty of how God can ordain all actions, including sinful ones, without being guilty of the sin itself, using the contrasting accounts in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles to illustrate that God uses even rebellion to fulfill His wise purposes. The teaching emphasizes that while believers may experience shaken assurance due to sin or temptation, God's promise of salvation remains unshaken, providing comfort to those who feel distant from Him. By referencing Romans 9 and the story of Joseph, the message clarifies that God permits the existence of vessels of wrath to display the fullness of His glory and mercy to the elect. Ultimately, the sermon invites the audience to rest in the assurance that God's ultimate goal is to reveal the riches of His character to those He has chosen as vessels of mercy.