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NASB | Genesis 6:6 The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 6:6 The LORD regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart. |
Bible Question:
Greetings Bstudent! Exactly how does God's knowledge of future events preclude freewill? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
Bible Answer: "For when I have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and filled themselves and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and despise and scorn Me and break My covenant. And when many evils and troubles have befallen them, this [sacred] song will confront them as a witness, for it will never be forgotten from the mouths of their descendants. For I know their strong desire and the purposes which they are forming even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore to give them.(Deut 31:20,21) Note that God’s ability to discern the outcome of their course did not mean that he was responsible for it or that it was what he wanted for them, but on the basis of what they were doing he could foresee the outcome. Similarly, on the basis of what is observed, a weather forecaster may predict the weather with a great degree of accuracy, but he does not cause it or necessarily like it. If God created Adam, foreknowing that he would choose to disobey Him, then logically he would have also foreordained that Adam would sin - thus no freewill. I would agree that Adam was created with the ability to disobey, but I further believe that a perfect "son of God" had a far greater capacity to obey, as the second Adam proved under far greater tests. If you have knowledge that your minor child has a drinking problem and you don't do all that is reasonably possible to prevent him from driving drunk, you will be held legally negligent. If you get him drunk and hand him the keys, you will be held responsible. God is so just that he will not violate his own perfect standards even when it costs him dearly (i.e. eye for eye, tooth for tooth, perfect life for perfect life.) If I thought the above were not true, I'd resign myself to agnosticism, if not atheism, as have many offended by the obvious contradiction that a loving God could foreknow all. |