Tough Questions | Was Sin Part of God's Plan?

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Summary:
In this episode we tackle a tough qusetion - was sin part of God's plan? People often wrestle with the existence of sin and evil in the face of the Bible's soverign God. How can these both be? We'll turn to the Bible to uncover the answer and see how everything fits together in the light of God's Eternal Purpose.

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Special Thanks to Eric Hao for the music in the episode!

Main Bible verse in the episode:
Ephesians 1:3-4

• v.3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 
• v.4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, -NKJV

Further Reading

• T. Austin-Sparks - Stewardship of the Mystery vol. 1.
  • For a specific paragraph, look at chapter 1 and see the paragraph under the subheading ‘The Eternal Purpose of God in His Son.’
• C. S. Lewis - Mere Christanity
  • See Book 2 Chapter 3 specifically.

Other Bible verses mentioned

Jeremiah 2:2

2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,

“I remember the devotion of your youth,

    your love as a bride,

how you followed me in the wilderness,

    in a land not sown. -ESV

 

Hosea 2:14-16

14 

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her,

    and bring her into the wilderness,

    and speak tenderly to her.

15 

And there I will give her her vineyards

    and make the Valley of Achor[a] a door of hope.

And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth,

    as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.

16 “And in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ -ESV