Radical Credo for the Christian Worldview
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 6:12PM 
R. C. Sproul on Romans 8:28:
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
This verse is, he writes,
…not merely a biblical expression of comfort for those who suffer affliction. Is is far more than that. It is a radical credo for the Christian worldview. It represents the absolute triumph of divine purpose over all alleged acts of chaos. It erases “misfortune” from the vocabulary of the Christian.
God, in his providence, has the power and the will to work all things together for good for his people. This does not mean that everything that happens to us is, in itself, good. Really bad things do happen to us. But thay are only proximately bad; they are never ultimately bad. That is, they are bad only in the short (proximate) term, never in the long term. Because of the triumph of God’s goodness in all things, he is able to bring good for us out of the bad. He turns our tragedies into supreme blessings.
Quoted from the essay Senseless Tragedy? in Be Still, My Soul: Embracing God’s Purpose & Provision in Suffering, edited by Nancy Guthrie.
Reader Comments (4)
Oh, that's good. This book has been sitting on my Amazon wish list for a while. Time to make it happen I think.
I'm wanting to pick up this book, too.
I like your quote from Sproul.
I've read about 1/3 of the book and I'll review it when I'm done.
Oh, that's good. I've loved Nancy's other compilations so I really, really need to get a copy of this one as well! Thanks for sharing this!