A Calvinist friend sent this out via a FB post:
Dear friends – perhaps you’ve noticed that I haven’t posted anything in past few days. If you’d be so kind, please pray for my father’s healing. As God promises in his Word, he can heal any sickness, disease, and infirmity. And that’s where our hope is right now – that our mighty and inerrant physician – who is in control over everything would bring his healing powers to my father. I appreciate your prayers in the name of Jesus. All glory be to him.
I lost my own father twelve years ago and so I’m sympathetic to this friend’s request. However, I’m frustrated because we’ve had numerous discussions as to whether or not God controls the events in our lives. This Calvinist believes God divinely determines all things including when an individual will leave this earth. That being the case … I would think that this Calvinist’s prayer would NOT be for the healing of his father but instead should be for God to grant peace to the dying father and family members.
I won’t intentionally upset this Calvinist friend by way of asking him to justify the disconnect he has with this prayer request. But at the same time, recalling discussions on how we mortals can’t understand the mind of God and being adamant that God does what he wants, when he wants, to whom he wants and how he wants because it’s all for God’s glory – I sense this Calvinist may be realizing the harsh realities of the doctrines he professes.
