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1 | "consigned to disobedience?" Free will? | Rom 11:32 | SherriSLC | 52683 | ||
This verse troubles me...because if God really did shut up all in disobedience (so that he could show mercy on them), then how did we have the free will to sin? Were we consigned to disobedience through inheriting the old nature from Adam? If God had not consigned everyone to disobedience, is there a chance that some human beings might not have disobeyed? I realize that sounds like a silly question, but it points out the theological/philosophical issue of the verse. How can God be just if he has consigned all of humanity to disobedience? (Or, more to the point, how can the entire narrative of history be one in which we really did have the will to choose obedience or disobedience? How can we be blamed for our sin?) | ||||||
2 | "consigned to disobedience?" Free will? | Rom 11:32 | dace | 52686 | ||
God commanded Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The serpent then tempted Eve to eat of the fruit. So she did. Then Adam ate also. Almost all Christian's know these simple facts, but I think we forget how powerful they are. The serpent tempted Eve to eat. She would not have done so if not persuaded by Satan. There was a war going on in Heaven, and Satan hated everything that God was doing, so he came to mess up God's good works. God showed mercy by not destroying us right then and there! He allowed us to live! He allowed us to choose! And yes, He allowed us to sin, and still does! Praise God that we all live today to choose our paths and live forever with HIM!!!!! |
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