Subject: God is not the author of evil. |
Bible Note: Dear momapbs, I have to go out, so I have to be brief in my reply. A carefull reading of Matt 23 shows that the "they" in "they would not" are the pharisees and the leaders who were preventing Jesus from gathering the people of the city of Jerusalem. Does a slave to sin have free will to disobey his master? If so he not a slave in the biblical sense of the word. Does the following passage support "free-willism"? 2 Tim 2:25,26 with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will. These two verses are an accurate description of the state of fallen mankind. They are absolutely dependent on the grace of God for repentance and gaining the knowledge of the truth. They are not free to do good, but are captives to the will of their father the devil and are enthralled by him. So much for free will... John |