Clarck Pinnock, Richard Rice, John Sanders, William Hasker e David Basinger. Autores de “The Openness of God” (literalmente: A Abertura de Deus).
Dentre os vários aspectos da doutrina Open Theism destaco os seguintes:
1.D'us escolheu criar os seres humanos com ‘incompatibilística’ liberdade, sobre a qual ele não pode exercer total controle.
2.D'us valoriza tal liberdade a ponto de não interferir sobre ela, mesmo que esta produza resultados indesejáveis.
3.D'us não possui conhecimento exaustivo a respeito de como utilizaremos nossa liberdade, ainda que algumas vezes possa predizer com exactidão as decisões que tomaremos livremente.
Sanders, John – The God Who Risks: A Theology Of Providence, 52,53, Intervarsity Press, 1998
Gregory Boyd, John Sanders, Clarck Pinnock, teólogos do TR mostram-nos o que pensam ao comentarem Génesis 22:11,12: “Mas o Mal'ak do ETERNO bradou-lhe desde os céus, e disse: Abraão, Abraão! E ele disse: Eis-me aqui. Então disse: Não estendas a tua mão sobre o rapaz, e não lhe faças nada; porquanto agora sei que temes a D'us, e não me negaste o teu filho, o teu único filho.” Dizem eles:
Boyd: “O versículo claramente afirma que porquanto Abraão fez o que fez, assim o Senhor agora sabe que ele era um parceiro fiel na aliança. O versículo não teria sentido claro se Deus estivesse certo que Abraão o temia mesmo antes de ter oferecido seu filho. [Boyd, Gregory – God Of The Possible, p. 64, Baker Books, 2000]”
Pinnock afirma: “Esta era uma parte de informação que Deus desejava assegurar-se. [Pinnock, Clark– The Openness Of God: A Biblical Challenge To The Traditional Understanding Of God, Intervarsity Press, 1994]”
Sanders: “Deus precisava saber se Abraão era o tipo de pessoa com quem Deus poderia contar como colaborador no cumprimento de seu divino projeto. Seria ele fiel? Ou teria Deus de encontrar algum outro através do qual pudesse cumprir seu propósito? [Sanders, John – The God Who Risks: A Theology Of Providence, 52,53, Intervarsity Press, 1998]”
Noutras palavras, D'us estava, por assim dizer, "a roer as unhas" para saber se o Patriarca Abraão seria fiel ou não.
Essentially, Open Theism allows the belief that the future is partly open and not exhaustively settled.
“Open Theism refers to the belief that G-d created a world in which possibilities are real. It contrasts with Classical Theism which holds that all the facts of world history are eternally settled, either by G-d willing them so (as in Calvinism) or simply in God’s knowledge (as in Arminianism). Open Theists believe G-d created humans and angels with free will and that these agents are empowered to have “say so” in what comes to pass. In Open Theism, therefore, what people decide to do genuinely affects G-d and affects what comes to pass. In particular, by G-d’s own sovereign design, things really hang on whether or not God’s people pray.” (Greg Boyd).
AT THE GARAGE
Moving on…
Open Theism, at least for me, is a work in progress. I am coming to understand what has been stirring inside of me for some time.
Why do I fall in line with Open Theism?
* It places more significance on our prayer life. If the future is at least partly open, it impassions my prayer life to actually play a role in helping determine the future.
* It makes sense in regards to evil. I can come to grips with why God created Hitler. If God already knew Hitler was going to murder 6 million Jews, why would have he created him? UNLESS ~ He didn’t know exactly what the free creature of Hitler was going to choose.
* It isn’t PROCESS THEOLOGY. Process theology, which sometimes gets wrongly correlated with Open Theism, holds to the belief that God can’t foreknow anything because everything is in process. I don’t believe this. Scripture appears to maintain several instances where God KNEW ahead of time something was going to happen, and other times, he appears to be testing, thinking, or changing His mind. Ultimately, God is powerful and sovereign enough to know when and when not to foreknow the exact outcome of something.
* The Heart of It All. I mention Greg Boyd because he is, without question, one of my favorite leaders in the Christian world today. After reading Clark Pinnock, I would say the same about him. They both possess genuine hearts for Jesus (not saying others don’t — except Reformed guys — they are usually just mean…Lol
In no way do I want to present a biblical exegesis of reasons why I believe in Open Theism (You can read a book for that). Further, I believe it would be like arguing who should play what position and all the while the coach yelling, “You are ALL ON THE SAME TEAM!!”
Instead, I wanted to begin to flesh out some thoughts in my mind and stir some thoughts in yours and start to really ask the question, “Is this exactly as God planned?”
Maybe that question (and the answer that follows) has done more damage than good?
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