Calvinist Proof-Texts Answered
“The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for
the day of evil.” (Prov. 16:4)
Does God
Create Wicked People Just to Punish?
“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many
inventions.” (Ecclesiastes 7:29)
“Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the
wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye
from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?” (Ezekiel 33:11)
All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked [worketh] for a day of evil.
(Proverbs 16:4; Young’s Literal Translation)
Commentary: “The meaning of the passage is simple
enough. God hath appointed good for the righteous and evil for the wicked.
Though hand join in hand the wicked shall not go unpunished. One version of the
passage is, ‘Jehovah hath made all things to answer each other, even the day of
calamities for the wicked’ (Davidson's Commentary). In Collins’ Critical
Commentary it is explained thus: ‘For Himself or for its answer or purpose ....
Sin and suffering answer to each other, are indissolubly united’ (ad loc). Thus
interpreted, there is nothing in the passage to create difficulty.” – Robert
Wallace, The Doctrines of Predestination,
Reprobation, and Election, p. 96
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