In John Frame's book, The Doctrine of God, he discusses the various terms that describe the relationship between God's sovereignty and sin. He says that God permits sin, but God's permission is an efficacious permission.
I have a question about the idea of an efficacious permission. Would efficacious permission be God's plan that nothing would stop a person from doing X?
Suppose a person has the desire to do X and X is a sin. If all of the following conditions were met, would that guarantee that a person would do X? Condition# 1. Person A has the desire to do X. Condition# 2. Person A does not change his mind about doing X. Condition# 3. God ensures that nothing would stop person A from doing X.
I have a question about the idea of an efficacious permission. Would efficacious permission be God's plan that nothing would stop a person from doing X?
Suppose a person has the desire to do X and X is a sin. If all of the following conditions were met, would that guarantee that a person would do X? Condition# 1. Person A has the desire to do X. Condition# 2. Person A does not change his mind about doing X. Condition# 3. God ensures that nothing would stop person A from doing X.
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