Subject: Does God have free will? |
Bible Note: Dear Cephas, I am very sorry if my English is strange. I share my communicative skills with another language, so maybe I get fuzzy at times. Please know that I was not saying that you, personally, are blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Allow me to explain myself: Please take out my parenthesis, (unless, of course, you are one that has succeeded in blaspheming the Holy Spirit). This side-thought was meant to say that if you, or anyone else, has succeeded in blaspheming the Holy Spirit, then maybe God will not supersede your will. i.e. you have declared yourself outside of his love and care. I, personally, believe it is difficult to blaspheme the Holy Spirit, thus the word 'succeeded.' Now look at my sentence below without this parenthesis, and 'Praise the Lord' should make sense, meaning that it is a good thing that the Lord can save us from the foolishness of man. "Finally, are you so sure that you have as much free will as you assume? That you can 'choose to do good or evil' to the extent that God does not enter in as a variable? I, too, believe in the limited free will of man, but have found that God can supersede our will at any time He wishes. And Praise be to the Lord that this is so!" Cephas, I truly have no intention of offending you. Please don't be so quick to think you are under attack. I really would like to know why you dwell on philosophically 'proving' God's sovereignty. Again, I ask: What if the answer was "No, God has no free will"? Does it feel better? Does it make sense? Does it strengthen your faith? Does it encourage believers and unbelievers? This was my point, with no subtle barbs. Peace upon you in Jesus' name, charis |