Originally Posted by
Colonel
I'm not that concerned with what God does himself and what he merely permits others to do. I'm more concerned with how far he goes with permitting things to happen. For instance, the doctrine which says that God permits the devil to cancel people's salvation because of sin, when they still do have genuine faith in Christ, that is something that I find to attack God's character more than most things do. If I were to promote a vindication of God's character, I would definitely include God's character in terms of being faithful to save those who actually do possess saving faith.