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1 sty 1995 · When a distinction is made between God's revealed will and his secret will, or his will of command and decree, "will" is certainly in that distinction taken in two senses. His will of decree, is not his will in the same sense as his will of command is.
God alone can decree with the necessity of consequence. (2) The Preceptive Will of God. The preceptive will of God relates to the revealed commandments of God’s published law. When God commands us not to steal, this “decree” does not carry with it the immediate necessity of consequence.
20 maj 2023 · Understanding all the Bible says about God’s will requires one to think in two categories: the sovereign will of God and the moral will of God.
11 gru 2015 · Known by various terms, these two wills in God are sometimes called God’s secret will and revealed will, or the will of decree and will of command. Piper then illustrates the two wills in God by citing five biblical examples.
The two meanings of the word "will" may be used without contradiction or confusion if we keep in mind that the eternal will refers to what SHALL BE (God's decree which infallibly comes to pass) and His revealed moral will concerns what SHOULD BE (What God commands men to do).
Theologians have long recognized that there are two wills of God referred to in the Bible and have given them different names in order to differentiate between them: Sovereign Will // Moral Will. Efficient Will // Permissive Will. Secret Will // Revealed Will. Will of Decree // Will of Command. Decretive Will // Perceptive Will.
Inasmuch as God has decreed that it is His good pleasure to convey His will to man, this will could also be referred to as the will of His decree and good pleasure. As it is primarily descriptive of man‟s duty, however, it is associated with the will of God‟s command or His revealed will.
