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1 | Does God have free will? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 5899 | ||
Contrary to whoever voted against you, I think this is a very valid question. The simple answer: God's character is unchanging. Therefore, God cannot be "un-Godly." Whatever the Scripture reveals Him to be, then we know that He will continuously act in concert with that nature. Now, then, God is the Creator and sovereign Lord, so he can do whatever he wants with us. He cannot act against His nature (for example, he cannot lie), but His hands are not tied by His creation, either. We cannot control God in any way, contrary to those who speak on TBN of the Holy Spirit as if He were the Force from Star Wars. Does this help address your question? --Joe! |
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2 | Does God have free will? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 5946 | ||
In a way you have.In no sense did I suggest that God is somehow accountable to us for his actions ( although Moses confronted God about his character- but I'm not as brave as Moses).But God is accountable to himself eg he swears by himself:Heb 6:13His hands may not be tied by his creation but it seems he has tied his own hands.Do you understand the sense of my question now? | ||||||
3 | Does God have free will? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 5958 | ||
Yes, I understand. I don't think it is a question of tying His own hands, however. God's nature being immutably perfect, he will never desire to act any other way than according to that perfect nature. That's why we say "God can do anything" when we really mean that "God can and will accomplish His purposes." You are correct in that when God makes an unconditional covenant with his people, he is bound to it because it would violate his nature to do otherwise. I contend additionally that God WILL NOT desire to do otherwise, since that too would violate his nature. Of course, being omnipotent and omniscient, God already sees the end from the beginning. Therefore, when He makes His covenants, there are no conditions or extenuating circumstances in the future which take him by surprise. I believe that when God makes His covenants with humanity, it is not so much a case of "Let's make a deal" as much as it is "here is what I am going to do for you." Therefore, God is not putting Himself into a box that He will ever want to get Himself out of later. The only two things God cannot do are "not be God" and do what is impossible in logical sense. For example, God cannot make a square circle if by definition a circle is round. --Joe! |
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