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1 | Not my will? | Rom 5:6 | Morant61 | 58757 | ||
Greetings Bartay! I have heard many definitions of free will, but this one is new to me! :-) My understanding of free will has always been fairly simple. Obviously, there are many things in life that one cannot choose. One cannot choose when one is born, or where! One cannot choose many of the circumstances which occur during ones life - if I could, I would have scripted my life much differently! :-) However, free will does not mean that one is all-powerful. It simply means that circumstances alone, nor God, compels me to do something against my will. Thus, man can choose to obey God or disobey God. However, man cannot escape the consequences of those choices. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Not my will? | Rom 5:6 | John Reformed | 59173 | ||
Hi Tim, God does not compel us to be saved, but by His grace He opens our eyes and ears to the truth of the gospel. This "faith" we suddenly experience is a gift from Him to those He has chosen. To say otherwise is to add a work of man to salvation. Namely: an act of the will of man to believe. Now Tim, is faith something that we have retained as children of Adam or is it a gift from God given to us by grace alone? If you say that we retain a shred of spiritual life before regeneneration, then why is it written that we are dead in trespasses and sins? As long as you have a spark of life you are considered to be alive. John |
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