<2022-07-01T15:30:38.000Z> Dicer: I want to ask you here to keep things a tiny bit more private. From where does the idea of God's Plan come from, as in, predestination and that the future is set. 
<2022-07-01T15:31:40.000Z> Dicer: As in, nothing you can do about it. Because I remember in one of my theology classes about the story of a man who was stranded on top of his house in a flood, and as people passed and tried to help him, he refused, saying how God will save him so he only has to wait, eventually not accepting any help and being left alone
<2022-07-01T15:41:15.000Z> Godcast: There's a lot of concepts tied into God's Plan.  God's capital-P Plan is to reconcile humanity to Himself and wants all humanity to repent and be saved.  Humans are creatures endowed with free will, so there will be those who simply refuse to reconcile with God through Jesus Christ's work on the cross.  So we come to a first concept: what God wants vs what God allows.  To your point about the guy on his roof, God very easily could simply do everything Himself, but why create free creatures at that point if they don't do anything?  What we have in the biblical record is God working with and through human agents to bring about His goals.  He directly involves us because He wants us to be involved.  Ultimately, God's will be will be executed, it's a matter of who's coming along for the ride and who's getting left behind.
<2022-07-01T17:27:37.000Z> Dicer: thank you for the clarification
<2022-07-01T18:29:52.000Z> Godcast: I'm glad I was able to help