I have come to recognize two things in humans, and I am wondering if anyone can give a good example that contradicts these two premises...
1. The Human Will - We ALWAYS choose what we want most at any given moment. If we have competing desires, the strongest desires at that moment will win.
2. Freedom - We are not the source of our desires. I never sit down to establish my desires. Our desires just are what they are. And, we are NOT free to change the direction or intensity of our desires at any given moment in time. The only exception to this is when we already want to change our desires, but then where did THAT desire come from.
If #1 and #2 are true, then we do not have free will because we always do what we want most, and we are not free to change those desires that lead to our choices.
I also find out this truth from the Word of God:
"The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he turns it wherever he will." (Proverbs 21:1)
2006-07-08
03:37:54
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