God is glorified by ordaining everything ??

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God is glorified by ordaining all events, since this means God is sovereign.

Refuting Calvinism

Ordaining wickedness does not glorify the person who ordained it.

It might be argued that, not the wickedness per se, but the ability, or power, to be able to control all events, is the real essence of why those events (even wicked events) glorify the powerful one who ordained them.

This reasoning elevates the power of God. Power is one of God's attributes. It is not the only one.

Others? Love. Justice. Righteousness. Holiness. Truthfulness. Goodness.

When Moses asked to see God's glory, God did not say that He would cause His glory to pass by Moses. Nor did God say that He would cause His power to pass by Moses. No, God told Moses that God's goodness would pass by Moses. Ex 33:18-19

I heard one person assert that God's glory and God's goodness were identical. I might not go that far, but I do see God's goodness as one aspect of God that merits glory - perhaps the primary one. It seems God might share this same view, since God showed His goodness when Moses asked to see the glory.

But the point here is that when Moses asked to see God's glory, God showed Moses God's goodness. 

Let's think about this. If one performs good deeds, then we might build a statue of him; for example, Abraham Lincoln helped free slaves, and there is a statue of him.

What about people who perform wickedness? They go to jail.

We ought to consider that wicked events that God ordained would not glorify Him.

Supporting Calvinism

If God did not ordain all events, He would not be sovereign. Making God less than sovereign is lessening God's glory.