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1 | why would God withhold the gift of faith | John 3:16 | John Reformed | 89629 | ||
Dear Parable, Thanks for your kind words. Some think I argue to much. Perhaps their right. :-) "I'd like to followup on your comment "But we are not dealing with a race of victims. We are dealing with a race of rebels;" Doesn't this imply that we are accountable, i.e. "not victims", precisely because WE make the choice to rebel?" Absolutely right! We are responsible for every single rebellious sin we commit. I'm somewhat pressed for time right now, but intend to answer your post fully as God provides the opportunity. Til then, I would appreciate if you might consider answering a question that I believe is crucial to our current discussion: Is it possible for a person to choose something other than the strongest desire of his heart? Thank you brother, John |
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2 | why would God withhold the gift of faith | John 3:16 | Parable | 89636 | ||
You asked "Is it possible for a person to choose something other than the strongest desire of his heart?" I believe the answer is yes. People choose between mundane options all the time. Or, we can choose to accept the best option available even though it is not ideal. Or, we can choose to compromise in order to work with others. Or, we can choose to avoid something we don't want. Perhaps more the issue at hand, what is the origin of our heart's desire? In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis said "If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." Parable |
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3 | why would God withhold the gift of faith | John 3:16 | Morant61 | 89643 | ||
Greetings Parable! Excellent answer my friend! I have even debated this point with mechanical evolutionists. They take a mechanistic approach to human will. Every choice is simply a result of another prior choice. The end result is that I drank a Pepsi today because two atoms collided in a galaxy 30 million light years from here over 2 billion years ago. :-) Choices are complex things. People can choose things based upon their own self interests. People can choose things against their own self interests (just ask my oldest daughter). People can choose things with much thought and planning. People can choose things without any thought. To simply say that man has a sin nature, therefore man is incapable of choosing or desiring anything but sin is simplistic at best. If this were turn, we would be nothing more than animals who always acted out our sinful desires. But, even unbelievers don't actually live that way. My parents were very moral people, even though they were not Christians. Now, I know and you know that will not get them to Heaven. But, if fallen man could do nothing but sin all the time, there would be no moral sinners. In fact, there would not be a human race at all, for we would have killed each other off a long time ago. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | why would God withhold the gift of faith | John 3:16 | Parable | 89645 | ||
Thanks for your kindness. Regarding naturalistic materialism, mechanical evolution, whatever you want to call it, those world views cannot explain such things as consciousness, imagination, creativity, language, remorse, joy and truth. Those who suggest we simply need more time to figure them out do so by faith in their worldview. Faith is perhaps the hardest thing to explain, second only to love, which is mutually exclusive to natural selection, which is the basis for evolutionary development. Parable |
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