Subject: do we have any free will? |
Bible Note: Hi Zach, God has made us new creatures: 2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. He has given us a new heart: Ezek 36:26 "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. He has sealed us with His Holy Spirit: Eph 1:13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, Eph 1:14 who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory. And HE controls that new heart: Phil 2:13 for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Because the Father controls the new heart that he has created in us, he will not let us chose to forsake him. So don't fear that you will lose yourself to God; He alone has the power to save and he alone has the power to keep. 1 Pet 1:5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Because... "...it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy." Rom 9:16 Peace, Lionstrong |