Before believing in the bible people have the choice, but it is only after that they become enslaved by religion when it is impossible to choose anything other than what you are told. Prove me wrong, and you'll be proving me right.
2006-08-12 14:42:51 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I wont prove you wrong , I just know you are, Studying the bible brings us to a Closeness with God, for receiving the Holy spirit, After that we are set free from all Religion, Jesus came to set us free.
2006-08-12 14:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by kritikos43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone has free will, if they believe in the Bible or not.
Good grief that doesn't even make sense.... once you believe in the Bible - it's all over????? NOOOOOO!
If you choose to live for Christ, believe in the Word of God, then you will WANT to follow His ways - it isn't a punishment - it's a privilege.
There are so many freedoms once you accept Christ and follow His Word (not like the burdens and enslavement by the world).
Until you have Christ - you are enslaved.
JESUS IS FREEDOM
He is also a gentlemen, he allows all to have free choice, and when it comes to the scripture "I set before you life and death.... choose life".... he gives you a choice, lets you choose your own answer, THEN He shares the right answer...CHOOSE LIFE!!
2006-08-12 21:58:50 · answer #2 · answered by addicted2stamping 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You still don't understand free will.
As a Christian, I still have free will. But I also am accountable for what I decide. If I make the wrong decision, I have to pay the penalty.
For instance, if I choose to be rude to someone I am responsible for that outcome.
Free will is always a choice of an individual. That's the founding principle of Christianity, that you choose or don't choose. But you accept the penalty or blessing from your decision.
2006-08-12 21:50:14 · answer #3 · answered by Searcher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God will prove you wrong. We Christians only have to tell you the truth so we aren't sinning also.
You say, before believing in the Bible people have a choice. Friend, can I call you that?, We all have a choice to make in this life and that's to either accept Jesus Christ as God's Savior or not. Its that simple. When we do accept Him, He, the Father will send the Comforter, Christ Jesus the Lord. (Holy Spirit).
By not accepting Jesus Christ you automatically have accepted Satan and you fate is sealed. Your "E" ticket is punched and you are on your way to the Lake of Fire with Satan himself. Got it, that's your answer.><>
2006-08-12 21:54:08 · answer #4 · answered by CEM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is the only one who will bring true freedom into your life. If you don't have Jesus, you don't have freedom. The Bible is a guideline to help a person in their sinful nature to step into that freedom. True Christianity is not a religion. Religion brings bondage, slavery. Jesus sets the prisoners free.
Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Rom 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Rom 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2006-08-12 22:01:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Metaphor ... Computers come with a manual ... this manual will tell you that in order to operate well that the owner of the computer should keep the computer dry. It is your free will to throw the computer into a full bath-tub or it's your free will to take the advice of the manual. However, it's obvious that your computer will be messed up if you toss it in a bath tub full of water.
You're life comes with instructions, the Bible. The Bible will tell you that your life will be good if you do not commit murder. It is your free will to murder someone or to not murder some one. Again, it's obvious that your life will be messed up if you murder some one; if that's not obvious, you need serious help and confinement. Again, God's giving you your "Free Will" to make your life choices and beliefs.
2006-08-12 21:53:50 · answer #6 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you seem very confussed dear sir.
First of all I am a willing prisoner, The door is unlocked, I can walk out any time. BUT you see, I have learned where my bread is buttered. I have learned where my good comes from . I have choosen this path because I find grace and promise in it every day. I am not out to prove you wrong , or right for that matter, I am out to tell you that there is a better way. A place of rest , peace, love and safty that you can find in Jesus.
MAY YOU WALK BLESSED IN GOD AND MAY HE LEAD YOUR PATH STRAIGHT INTO HIS ARMS .
2006-08-12 21:49:33 · answer #7 · answered by KITKAT 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your society gives you a set of laws to go by, and you have the free will to choose to obey the law or not. The consequences for disobeying the law is jail or prison, the choice though is still yours. It's the same principal
2006-08-12 21:49:32 · answer #8 · answered by arvecar 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it does not. Before you accepted Jesus as your saviour, you had choices of moral right and wrong. After you accept Jesus as your saviour you now know the difference between these moral questions. The Holy Spirit guides you as you read the Bible to make right choices. You still have the free will to make right and wrong choices, now you know why they are right and wrong when you make them.
2006-08-12 21:49:22 · answer #9 · answered by boilermakersnoopy433 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Swedenborg states "a perception of the sphere of falsity from evil that flows forth from hell has often been granted me. It was like a perpetual effort to destroy all that is good and true, combined with anger and a kind of fury at not being able to do so, especially an effort to annihilate and destroy the Divine of the Lord, and this because all good and truth are from Him. But out of heaven a sphere of truth and good was perceived, whereby the fury of the effort ascending from hell was restrained. The result of this was an equilibrium. This sphere from heaven was perceived to come from the Lord alone, although it appeared to come from the angels in heaven. It is from the Lord alone, and not from the angels, because every angel in heaven acknowledges that nothing of good and truth is from himself, but all is from the Lord" (Heaven and Hell n. 538).
2006-08-12 21:47:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋