Does man have a freewill ?
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so Adolf hitler killing millions and destroying all these cities was Gods will?
the man who took a 5 year old from his or her parents and brutally raped them and killed them is Gods will?
the man who kind naps a woman or man, and puts them in basically a prison to do what he wants with them (rape, pain, suffering. torture) is Gods will?
say it is not so
the man who took a 5 year old from his or her parents and brutally raped them and killed them is Gods will?
the man who kind naps a woman or man, and puts them in basically a prison to do what he wants with them (rape, pain, suffering. torture) is Gods will?
say it is not so
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The day I awoke to His reality was marked by a small, scraggly garden I had. I think they were marigolds (probably a feeble attempt to keep mosquitos away. They were yellow anyway. The little bunch grew in, strangely, in the shape of a J (that always brought "Jesus" to mind when I looked at it), except I found even more peculiar that it was an undersized "j," with a little dot on top, and the smallest jot is currently occurring to me... That's how He came to us.
being enslaved to sin, and being able to know your guilty and understand Gods provision to be freed from that guilt are two different things.
God had moses put a bronze serpent out for all the people in the wilderness. The ability for all of them was there to not only get saved, but to trust God.
But only those who trusted looked and were saved.
Jesus said in the same manner he was hung on a cross. so whoever believed would be saved. born again, pass from condemnation to a state of no longer being condemned, and they ill live forever.
God had moses put a bronze serpent out for all the people in the wilderness. The ability for all of them was there to not only get saved, but to trust God.
But only those who trusted looked and were saved.
Jesus said in the same manner he was hung on a cross. so whoever believed would be saved. born again, pass from condemnation to a state of no longer being condemned, and they ill live forever.
Scripture says those given to Jesus by God WILL come to Him. Doesn't really look like there is wiggle room, there.
John 6 verse 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
John 6 verse 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
John 6:
35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
we can not remove see and believe from the equation.
Amen By genesis 6 it’s clear that man has parted from Gods Will with thier dominion on earth and corrupted it
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion
…… And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
Genesis 1:27-28, 31 KJV
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.”
Genesis 6:5-7
it’s like saying God created man just to turn them evil and destroy them after blaming them all for it ……such a bizarre way to escape accountability “ I have no free Will I can’t choose between good and evil therefore I can’t be held accountable justly for my actions “
But….
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”
2 Corinthians 5:10 KJV
God holds people accountable for thier deeds that they themselves do but …..if they don’t have any choice in the matter and no free Will to choose right and wrong then how are we judged according to what we do and say ?
Or even how is one tempted of they don’t have an independent Will of thier own ? Why is Satan tempting them to do evil ? If they’re already bound to do it and have no choice or chance of choosing the good ?
without free will the Bible’s story makes no sense . people being judged justly according to what they do and say makes no sense . It would mean god caused them to do evil then punished them for doing evil after war I g them not to again and again , offering them false choices all along the way that they could never have chosen
offering them false hope “ just repent and do what’s right and you’ll be accepted “ he said ….but really they had no choice they weren’t capable of choosing the good
“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:”
Deuteronomy 30:19 KJV
God isn’t that way he doesn’t offer people false choices and false hope he tells them the truth and calls them To repent and believe him and live
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion
…… And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
Genesis 1:27-28, 31 KJV
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.”
Genesis 6:5-7
it’s like saying God created man just to turn them evil and destroy them after blaming them all for it ……such a bizarre way to escape accountability “ I have no free Will I can’t choose between good and evil therefore I can’t be held accountable justly for my actions “
But….
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”
2 Corinthians 5:10 KJV
God holds people accountable for thier deeds that they themselves do but …..if they don’t have any choice in the matter and no free Will to choose right and wrong then how are we judged according to what we do and say ?
Or even how is one tempted of they don’t have an independent Will of thier own ? Why is Satan tempting them to do evil ? If they’re already bound to do it and have no choice or chance of choosing the good ?
without free will the Bible’s story makes no sense . people being judged justly according to what they do and say makes no sense . It would mean god caused them to do evil then punished them for doing evil after war I g them not to again and again , offering them false choices all along the way that they could never have chosen
offering them false hope “ just repent and do what’s right and you’ll be accepted “ he said ….but really they had no choice they weren’t capable of choosing the good
“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:”
Deuteronomy 30:19 KJV
God isn’t that way he doesn’t offer people false choices and false hope he tells them the truth and calls them To repent and believe him and live
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