No. Peter was told in a vision to eat unclean animals (Which is a violation of OT Law). So how exactly are you to obey the Old Law when the Commands in the New Testament say something different? Do you still believe we must sacrifice animals to a priest in a temple according to the Law?
Yes. Choice and free will is the same thing. Unless of course you think every choice we make is not our own choice but it is some other being or thing manipulating us (Which if that was the case, then man could not be held accountable for his actions at a Judgment). For a choice is not a real choice unless one can actually make that choice themselves.
I mean, there are obviously things we can do nothing about. We cannot change death or the consequences of sin. We cannot choose to fly like superman or to shoot laser beams from our eyes at will. Just because we have predetermined perimeters upon our being does not negate the fact that we can still choose between life and death with each one having it's own unique consequences (Deuteronomy 30:19).
When Satan seduced Eve to buy into the lie that she would not die spiritually by eating of the wrong tree, she made a choice. Yes, it was a predetermined choice. But the choice still existed none the less! If she refused Satan and convinced Adam to do the same, then we would not be in the sinful world that we are living in now. God did not force Eve to eat of the wrong tree, nor did God prevent Eve in eating of it either. He gave her the free will choice to choose one way or the other.
For example:
If I put a tiger in a super tight cage to just fit it's body, he is not free to move about or even bend it's neck to get food to eat. He is trapped and confined to a very tight space. But if I put the tiger in a 100 acre land that was fenced in with wild game to feed upon, then he is free to move about naturally. Yes, he is still in a controlled area, but he is now free to move. The tiger has the free choice to now move or to not move of it's own will. But when it was in the cage, it did not have that choice.
Therefore, in conclusion:
God does not take away our free will to either accept Him or to reject Him. It is not an illusion. One choice will lead a person to Heaven and the other choice will lead that person to Hell. God does not force people to go to Heaven nor does He force people to go to Hell. It is that simple. If God did force people into Heaven and Hell against their free will, then the Judgment would be a farce (It would serve no real purpose).
So you are saying that you did not quote the "worldly statement"? Why did you trail off? What were the words you were going to say instead?
Yes. Choice and free will is the same thing. Unless of course you think every choice we make is not our own choice but it is some other being or thing manipulating us (Which if that was the case, then man could not be held accountable for his actions at a Judgment). For a choice is not a real choice unless one can actually make that choice themselves.
I mean, there are obviously things we can do nothing about. We cannot change death or the consequences of sin. We cannot choose to fly like superman or to shoot laser beams from our eyes at will. Just because we have predetermined perimeters upon our being does not negate the fact that we can still choose between life and death with each one having it's own unique consequences (Deuteronomy 30:19).
When Satan seduced Eve to buy into the lie that she would not die spiritually by eating of the wrong tree, she made a choice. Yes, it was a predetermined choice. But the choice still existed none the less! If she refused Satan and convinced Adam to do the same, then we would not be in the sinful world that we are living in now. God did not force Eve to eat of the wrong tree, nor did God prevent Eve in eating of it either. He gave her the free will choice to choose one way or the other.
For example:
If I put a tiger in a super tight cage to just fit it's body, he is not free to move about or even bend it's neck to get food to eat. He is trapped and confined to a very tight space. But if I put the tiger in a 100 acre land that was fenced in with wild game to feed upon, then he is free to move about naturally. Yes, he is still in a controlled area, but he is now free to move. The tiger has the free choice to now move or to not move of it's own will. But when it was in the cage, it did not have that choice.
Therefore, in conclusion:
God does not take away our free will to either accept Him or to reject Him. It is not an illusion. One choice will lead a person to Heaven and the other choice will lead that person to Hell. God does not force people to go to Heaven nor does He force people to go to Hell. It is that simple. If God did force people into Heaven and Hell against their free will, then the Judgment would be a farce (It would serve no real purpose).
So you are saying that you did not quote the "worldly statement"? Why did you trail off? What were the words you were going to say instead?
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