Do you have a choice? As a gentile NT Christian and not an OT prophet who was actually part of an entire race of people who were set aside for the purposes of God....do you have a choice?
I would honestly tell you that you do not have all the freedom you might think in order to make certain choices. we have freedom in Christ but there are different levels of that freedom. if we truly desire what is truth, I am firm in my conviction that God will lead us out into freedom and yes, it is a process.
As for Jeremiah, here is an article that should be helpful. bottome line though, is that YES Jerremiah had a choice and so do you regarding reading the article or even parts of it. it is up to you
Jeremiah 1:51 states that before Jeremiah was born, even before he was conceived in his mother’s womb, the Lord had specific plans for his life. Scholars widely interpret this passage to mean that God had predestined the course of Jeremiah’s life.
However, sound biblical exegesis reveals that the clearest reading of Jeremiah 1:5 testifies not to an inviolable predestination as to what the prophet’s life and ministry would be but to God’s sovereignty mingled with humanity’s free will. This article will show that even during the collapse of the kingdom of Judah, the Lord, wanting to save His children, never forced or predestined the will of Jeremiah.
I will also aim to illuminate a passage of Scripture that has long been painted with the broad brush of predestination. In so doing, we shall arrive at a clearer understanding of God’s all-loving and ever-respecting stance toward humanity’s total and complete freedom of will and choice.
I would honestly tell you that you do not have all the freedom you might think in order to make certain choices. we have freedom in Christ but there are different levels of that freedom. if we truly desire what is truth, I am firm in my conviction that God will lead us out into freedom and yes, it is a process.
As for Jeremiah, here is an article that should be helpful. bottome line though, is that YES Jerremiah had a choice and so do you regarding reading the article or even parts of it. it is up to you
Jeremiah 1:51 states that before Jeremiah was born, even before he was conceived in his mother’s womb, the Lord had specific plans for his life. Scholars widely interpret this passage to mean that God had predestined the course of Jeremiah’s life.
However, sound biblical exegesis reveals that the clearest reading of Jeremiah 1:5 testifies not to an inviolable predestination as to what the prophet’s life and ministry would be but to God’s sovereignty mingled with humanity’s free will. This article will show that even during the collapse of the kingdom of Judah, the Lord, wanting to save His children, never forced or predestined the will of Jeremiah.
I will also aim to illuminate a passage of Scripture that has long been painted with the broad brush of predestination. In so doing, we shall arrive at a clearer understanding of God’s all-loving and ever-respecting stance toward humanity’s total and complete freedom of will and choice.
