“Another biblical principle is that through history we see how God uses evil to bring about wonderfully good things. The greatest example is the cross of Christ, what John Murray called the “arch-crime of history.” Those who crucified Jesus were wicked (Acts 2:23), but they did what they did by God’s “definite plan and foreknowledge.” And through this horrible event, God sent his wonderful saving grace upon all who believe. If God can bring the best out of the worst, we should believe that even the other horrible events of history, such as the Holocaust, 9/11, and the killing fields of Cambodia and Rwanda, will somehow lead to good in God’s plan. Romans 8:28 says as much. We don’t know how these evils will lead to good, so our faith is tried. But because of what he has done through the cross, we can trust God. We walk by faith, not by sight.”
[Frame, J. M. (2006). Salvation belongs to the Lord : An introduction to systematic theology (108). Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing.]
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