I'm starting a separate thread on this - what do we mean by "God alone" when we say things like "place your trust in God alone" or "God alone can save"? Your question seems to imply that if "God alone" controls the weather, then human beings can have no influence on it at all.GaryK wrote:Let me ask a very simple question.
Do you believe that God alone controls the weather as you stated earlier?
I don't think it means that I can't trust my wife or my pastor, but I do think it means that my trust in any human being is only partial and I can trust God completely. I don't think it means that a fireman can't save me from a fire or a lifeguard can't save me from drowning, but I do think it means that God's salvation goes way beyond anything that a human being can do. When we say that God is all-powerful, I don't think that means that human beings have no power at all, I think it means that God's power is at a completely different level than what we can ask or imagine.
How do you see this? (I'm asking this question for anyone, not just Gary.)