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We are here thinking of Providence, Election, and the Purpose of the world together. This eliminates that dangerous popular misunderstanding of Providence, nourished by certain phrases in the Psalms, which seem to suggest that those who trust in God "will always escape disaster". Certainly ultimately this is what is intended and real trust in God is based upon this conviction. But this does not mean that penultimately, within this world of space and time, even the most Christian people will not have to face the worst disasters! The disciple is not above his Lord. If Jesus the Son of God was crucified, owing to the most terrible miscarriage of justice and judicial murder in the history of the world, as a sacrifice to the most incredible blindness and malice, can any of His disciples expect to receive a guarantee that nothing of that kind will happen to him? A certain pietistic exposition of Providence, in the sense of direct "guidance" which removes all difficulties, and constantly turns everything to good, has done a great deal to discredit the idea of Providence; indeed, it has led some people into a state of complete bewilderment and loss of faith. The Good Shepherd does permit His sheep to go through the Dark Valley. The just man must suffer much. Indeed is there not a secret proportion between the measure of Christ's presence and a share in His sufferings?—Emil Brunner, The Christian Doctrine of Creation and Redemption, 158

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Bam! Take that, prosperity gospel, possibility thinking, and such. A real theologian with real theology puts you in your place.
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