20:1,2
We now come to the ten commandments. Whilst this is what we know them as best, they can also be referred to as “the ten words” (Ex 34:28). “Ten Commandments” is the term we are most familiar with, so we’ll stick with that! God starts by reminding them that He is the one who brought them out of the “house of slavery”. God is known primarily by what He does, rather than being based on some philosophical precepts. It isn’t wrong to study philosophy, as long as one keeps it in its proper place, which is firmly subject to the Bible! This is where Molinism goes wrong. Molinism seeks to bridge the gap between Calvinism and Arminianism. I have read one or two Molinist books and they begin (or at least the one I remember reading) by stating that the Bible teaches both the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man. At this point I say amen, for the Bible does indeed teach both. Where it goes wrong is in trying to set out a philosophical basis for this, and then starts making “middle knowledge” and “counterfactuals” etc the centrepiece. It is presumptuous of us to imagine we can work out how the sovereignty of God and human responsibility can both be true in a philosophical sense. I am far more interested in how we live our lives in the light of these two truths, than trying to find a philosophical explanation of how it can be.
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