Can We Really Exercise Free Will?
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I believe that we all choose to sin which means we are all guilty before God.
Adam started the evil process and sin has been part of the human nature ever since. But I am not guilty for the sins of Adam. I have sinned and need salvation like everyone. Adam's sins are not mine.
I'm not held accountable for other people's sins.
Just because the sin of the devil has comtemniated the human race does not automatically make us guilty of choosing to sin.
I know we all need saving and we have all sinned but that is not the same as original sin.
Adam started the evil process and sin has been part of the human nature ever since. But I am not guilty for the sins of Adam. I have sinned and need salvation like everyone. Adam's sins are not mine.
I'm not held accountable for other people's sins.
Just because the sin of the devil has comtemniated the human race does not automatically make us guilty of choosing to sin.
I know we all need saving and we have all sinned but that is not the same as original sin.
Romans 8:9-10 ~ You are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
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If the following verse were not in the Bible, then God would be unfair...
God ended your dilemma before any man was ever born
God is fair...
God assumed the responsibility for our sins and took it upon Himself.
He did so, before man was even created.
God knew the fall was coming.
God ended your dilemma before any man was ever born
God is fair...
All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not
been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation
of the world." Revelation 13:8
God assumed the responsibility for our sins and took it upon Himself.
He did so, before man was even created.
God knew the fall was coming.
Does God have the right to make guilty ?
Does God have the right to condemn me to death even if I have not choosen to sin?
Does God have the right to put the guilt and punishment of Adam on me before I'm born?
God can do anything except .... what is unjust, unrighteous, unholy, or evil.
Psa 5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
No evil or wickedness with the Lord.
Jas 1:13-14
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
We are not in this evil place because of God.
Psa 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
God does not have anything to do with wickedness. He does not cause or promote it in any way.
So God can not promote, cause or tempt us with Evil.
Does God have the right to condemn me to death even if I have not choosen to sin?
Does God have the right to put the guilt and punishment of Adam on me before I'm born?
God can do anything except .... what is unjust, unrighteous, unholy, or evil.
Psa 5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
No evil or wickedness with the Lord.
Jas 1:13-14
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
We are not in this evil place because of God.
Psa 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
God does not have anything to do with wickedness. He does not cause or promote it in any way.
So God can not promote, cause or tempt us with Evil.
So you are saying God is unjust, because you came into the world dead in trespasses and sins, being dominated by Satan, and doomed to perdition...Ephesians 2:1-3.
Like it or not, God chose Adam to represent you and his failure and consequences fell on you too...1 Corinthians 15:21-22. H
You don't want to accept this because you believe it makes God unjust. What it actually reveals is that He is sovereign in the affairs of men.
Like it or not, God chose Adam to represent you and his failure and consequences fell on you too...1 Corinthians 15:21-22. H
You don't want to accept this because you believe it makes God unjust. What it actually reveals is that He is sovereign in the affairs of men.
Does it make God unjust.
Does being sovereign allow God to be unjust.
It is more so about the nature of Jesus
Jesus was tempted in all points like you and me.
This is not possible unless He had a nature like us.
He was like you and me but He choose not to sin. He lived in the Spirit and overcome the flesh.
Not a hard thing if He was not in any way fallen.
As fallen human beings we can over come by the power of God within. That's what Jesus did as our example.
If He did not come with the same nature as you and me then He is not our example, He had a huge advantage.
Does being sovereign allow God to be unjust.
It is more so about the nature of Jesus
Jesus was tempted in all points like you and me.
This is not possible unless He had a nature like us.
He was like you and me but He choose not to sin. He lived in the Spirit and overcome the flesh.
Not a hard thing if He was not in any way fallen.
As fallen human beings we can over come by the power of God within. That's what Jesus did as our example.
If He did not come with the same nature as you and me then He is not our example, He had a huge advantage.
Man does not need to have a sin nature to be tempted.
Jesus was born without a sin nature.
He was tempted.
We are not temptable because we have a sin nature.
Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses,
but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
Jesus was born without a sin nature.
He was tempted.
We are not temptable because we have a sin nature.