sand, in effect saying to God, “You may come this far, but you will not encroach further on our freedom.” This sophistic line is drawn at the whim of human arrogance rather than on the authority of Holy Scripture. “Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.” This verse, Psalm 135:6, was considered at length in the first chapter. However, this verse is extraordinary in that while it is exceedingly unambiguous in its meaning (along with Psalm 115:3), a remarkable number of Christians today do not seem to flinch at all when they assert, in effect, that
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