Can We Really Exercise Free Will?
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I disagree. Fallen man can fulfill his will, we can make a decision based on our understanding. The problem is that our thoughts are evil continually (we are not in agreement with the will of God). Therefore, we are unable to please Him. The ability to please Him – is only restored by a heart transplant, then we can please Him because we have been enabled to do so!
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I haven't read everything but I see a division about what FREE WILL is.
Definition issues.
= the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion
= voluntary.
Free will = the capacity or ability to choose between different possible courses of action. Free will is closely linked to the concepts of moral responsibility, praise, culpability, and other judgements which apply only to actions that are freely chosen.
Free will = the capacity or ability to choose between different possible courses of action.
= voluntary choice or decision
= freedom of humans to make choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention.
Free Will describes our capacity to make choices that are genuinely our own. With free will comes moral responsibility – our ownership of our good and bad deeds.
I went to multiple web sites to find the definition of Free Will and they are all saying "choice"..
I'm not sure what your definition is but maybe you should use a different word to describe consept you are promoting.
When asked if we have FREE WILL? The English definition is what I think of.
Do we have freedom of choice? Yes. Are we accountable for our choice? Yes.
Definition issues.
= the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion
= voluntary.
Free will = the capacity or ability to choose between different possible courses of action. Free will is closely linked to the concepts of moral responsibility, praise, culpability, and other judgements which apply only to actions that are freely chosen.
Free will = the capacity or ability to choose between different possible courses of action.
= voluntary choice or decision
= freedom of humans to make choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention.
Free Will describes our capacity to make choices that are genuinely our own. With free will comes moral responsibility – our ownership of our good and bad deeds.
I went to multiple web sites to find the definition of Free Will and they are all saying "choice"..
I'm not sure what your definition is but maybe you should use a different word to describe consept you are promoting.
When asked if we have FREE WILL? The English definition is what I think of.
Do we have freedom of choice? Yes. Are we accountable for our choice? Yes.
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Yes we are fallen and weak. Yes we lack the power but we can choose to accept the power of Jesus.
With Jesus, by Jesus, through Jesus we are enabled to do what is good and right.
I can choose to egnore the Holy Spirit or accept the Holy Spirit.
I can become so hardened in sin that I no longer hear or feel God's love, but that is a result of my choice.
The choice to read the Bible and understand God's love is mine and when I understand the love of God I am empowered with Gods love. The little choices have a big effect.
I know of people that have been slaves to sin and Like all of us we need to choose to come to Jesus and be freed.
With Jesus, by Jesus, through Jesus we are enabled to do what is good and right.
I can choose to egnore the Holy Spirit or accept the Holy Spirit.
I can become so hardened in sin that I no longer hear or feel God's love, but that is a result of my choice.
The choice to read the Bible and understand God's love is mine and when I understand the love of God I am empowered with Gods love. The little choices have a big effect.
I know of people that have been slaves to sin and Like all of us we need to choose to come to Jesus and be freed.
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I can say she 100% voluntarily ate from the tree. She chose to base her decision on a lie. She knew God had said not to eat from the tree but she preferred the serpent's lie.
And no-one said anything about God being in error. As far as only God having a will? How you come up with that, is anyone's guess.
His judgements are correct but it's His power (grace) that gets that judgement done, not His will. If it were otherwise, the scripture would say the Gospel is the "will" of God unto salvation, but it doesn't.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
And no-one said anything about God being in error. As far as only God having a will? How you come up with that, is anyone's guess.
His judgements are correct but it's His power (grace) that gets that judgement done, not His will. If it were otherwise, the scripture would say the Gospel is the "will" of God unto salvation, but it doesn't.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
There is no book in the Bible that comes before the Torah. What you're refering to are forgeries, which just by being forgeries that should probably tip you off that they are unreliable fiction.
Do you realize that a forgery is just a counterfeit made in the name of something? You might as well just come out and say you're trying to refer to the book of Jasher which is a lost book. It is very well known that another book of Jasher was forged by a heretic from Britain in the 1700s AD.
Basically your argument is analogous to trying to convince someone that there are 25 hours in a day because a fake rolex says that there is, and when pointed out that the fake rolex is in fact not a real rolex turning around and saying well it has the word rolex stamped on it even though it's well known that the fake rolex was forged just last week in a well known fraudster's basement.
Basically your argument is analogous to trying to convince someone that there are 25 hours in a day because a fake rolex says that there is, and when pointed out that the fake rolex is in fact not a real rolex turning around and saying well it has the word rolex stamped on it even though it's well known that the fake rolex was forged just last week in a well known fraudster's basement.
Most definitely have free will.
He wants people to seek Him (Heb. 11:6). God is love (1 Jn. 4:8). We are told to seek the Lord (Acts 17:27). Other passages that tells us to seek are Matthew 6:33 (seek the kingdom of God), Matthew 7:7 (seek and ye shall find). He tells us to seek Him (Lam. 3:25, Prov. 8:17, Jer. 29:13, Amos 5:4, Isaiah 55:6). The Father seeks true worshippers (Jn. 4:23). We are to choose to serve Him (Joshua 24:15). There are passages all through the OT where we learn from examples to seek Him (Job 5:8; 1 Chron. 16:10- 11, Ps. 105:3-4, etc etc). And many more…(Psalms 27:8, Isaiah 55:6, Amos 5:4, Zephaniah 2:3, Malachi 3:1, 2 Chron. 15:2).
We also have the ability to choose life (Deut. 30:19), as well as come to Him (Rev. 22:17; Mt. 11:28).
He wants people to seek Him (Heb. 11:6). God is love (1 Jn. 4:8). We are told to seek the Lord (Acts 17:27). Other passages that tells us to seek are Matthew 6:33 (seek the kingdom of God), Matthew 7:7 (seek and ye shall find). He tells us to seek Him (Lam. 3:25, Prov. 8:17, Jer. 29:13, Amos 5:4, Isaiah 55:6). The Father seeks true worshippers (Jn. 4:23). We are to choose to serve Him (Joshua 24:15). There are passages all through the OT where we learn from examples to seek Him (Job 5:8; 1 Chron. 16:10- 11, Ps. 105:3-4, etc etc). And many more…(Psalms 27:8, Isaiah 55:6, Amos 5:4, Zephaniah 2:3, Malachi 3:1, 2 Chron. 15:2).
We also have the ability to choose life (Deut. 30:19), as well as come to Him (Rev. 22:17; Mt. 11:28).
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No glory to me or anyone.
I think of it like a rescue mission.
God is rescuing us from sin
We are lost with no hope because of sin.
Like drowning in the ocean, God gives us a rope.
Does God only give some people the rope? Does He only help a selected few, Or does God offer it to everyone?
We choose if we take the rope. All glory and praise to God.
I think of it like a rescue mission.
God is rescuing us from sin
We are lost with no hope because of sin.
Like drowning in the ocean, God gives us a rope.
Does God only give some people the rope? Does He only help a selected few, Or does God offer it to everyone?
We choose if we take the rope. All glory and praise to God.