Subject: Does God have free will? |
Bible Note: Thanks for answering my post, charis. (To this post you need not respond. I honor you request not to discuss a time paradox, BUT......) Doesn't your position create this paradox? (I'm sorry, but I'm typing on a different computer, and for some reason it doesn't keep my paragraph breaks, which would make it easier to read.) You see, I believe that God knows because in His councel He has planned for cetain things to fall out certain ways. (His plan is logically prior to His knowledge, not temporally prior. God is eternal, not time bound as we are.) In the temporal sphere where we live, the same is true, is it not (within the limits of human knowledge)? In chess (as in life) do we plan a move because we know, or do we know the move because we've planned? In terms of micro-manage: It's a loaded term. I would not use it to describe the Lord's providence, but nonetheless His care is very detailed. He knows the number of hairs on our heads, knows every insignificant sparrow that falls to the ground. I for one am thankful for such a God Who pays such close attention to the lives of His people. In the Lamb, Lionstrong |