Christ’s Predetermined Death
Rev. Harbach's pamphlet defends the doctrine of God's sovereign predetermination of Christ's death against contemporary minimizations of divine omnipotence. Using Acts 2:23 as his foundation, he argues that the crucifixion was not an emergency measure or divine afterthought, but rather the eternal, perfectly planned purpose of an all-powerful God who cannot be hindered by human wickedness. This resource emphasizes God's absolute sovereignty over history and redemption against a weakened view of the divine nature.
“Him being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain” (Acts 2:23). Many years ago, Jonathan Edwards preached a sermon entitled, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Today, with the widespread low view of God, many think of God in the hands of angry sinners. God, to many, is a very little “God” indeed, who is being hindered and limited by the wicked hands of men. One man thinks he can hold God off at arm’s...