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1 | Whose will causes a believer to sin? | Rev 13:8 | Morant61 | 88016 | ||
Greetings! I agree my friend! In the post to which you responded, I was trying to get across the point that man can will something which is in opposition to God's will. A Christian's acts of sin are a perfect example that man has at least some free will. God does not want us to sin. He does not will us to sin. He commands us not to sin. So, if as Christians, we sin, it is because we willed it - not God. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Whose will causes a believer to sin? | Rev 13:8 | prazn | 88026 | ||
Forgive me, I haven't been following this strand, so my post may be repetitive or incongruent with the general pattern of thought. God's Word says: "...for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure." -Phil 2:13 "...it [God's mercy] does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE I RAISED YOU UP, TO DEMONSTRATE MY POWER IN YOU, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH." So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires. You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?" On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, "Why did you make me like this," will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use? What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles." -Romans 9:16-24 just food for thought, prazn |
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3 | Whose will causes a believer to sin? | Rev 13:8 | Morant61 | 88034 | ||
Greetings Prazn! Thanks for the input! This great passage speaks of two great themes - God's will and God's mercy. The interesting thing is that other Scripture tell us explictly what God's will is and upon whom God wants to have mercy. Consider the following! 1) 1 Tim. 2:4 - "who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth." 'Wants' is the same verb used in Rom. 9. 2) 2 Pet. 3:9 - "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." This verse uses a different word for 'will', but it has pretty much the same meaning. 3) Rom. 11:32 - "For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all." So, our interpretation of Rom. 9 must also consider these very clear statements concerning God's will and His mercy. Any attempt to restrict God's mercy does violence to these very clear statements. Just some more food for thought! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | Whose will causes a believer to sin? | Rev 13:8 | prazn | 88037 | ||
Thanks, brother! Romans 11:32; what a revelation for me!! Glory to the Lamb!!! Keep fighting the "good" fight. The Lord is with you! Stay blessed! prazn |
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