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Why cant god give up some sovereignty if he want to?


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This is a theoretical question about which I cannot be dogmatic. There is no indication in the Bible that God would ever do so and much that indicates He won't - such as verses that say He controls whatever comes to pass as well as prophecies He guarantees will happen but which He couldn't guarantee if He gave up sovereignty. How could He be sure He would defeat Satan in the end if He stopped being God? And that's the theoretical problem - if God is defined as absolute, if He gives up sovereignty He's no longer absolute and thus no longer God.

In one previous post I mentioned the possibility, from a theoretical standpoint only, that He could allow for an event to occur which He doesn't absolutely control so long as He controls the effect of the event. For instance, He may not care if you and I flip a quarter and take no action concerning the result. But if we are both kings of countries and agree the coin flip will determine whether we go to war then He would probably either control the outcome of the flip or override our decision if He wanted to, so that whether it was war or peace, God would be overseeing the result.

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I hope God will read this by next Friday.