do you believe YOUR CHOICE makes a difference?
Does your choice make a difference in where you spend eternity?
2006-09-25 11:39:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, my choice makes a difference.
2006-09-25 11:41:11 · answer #1 · answered by Paula P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How could we have free will if there's predestination? Humans have free will, so if they were set up ahead of time to have a certain destiny, then they wouldn't really have free will. They would be trapped into making decisions that would lead them to their destiny. So free will, one, predestination, zero.
But as far as where you spend eternity--I don't know what happens in eternity. I do the best I can while I'm here and I guess I'll sort out eternity when I get there.
2006-09-25 11:42:52 · answer #2 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I could be wrong, but I think free choice chooses the path we take to get to the same destination. We can take the one that will get us there with the least amount of pain and suffering or we can choose that makes us wonder why we chose it and brings us to our knees or we can choose one in-between.
Unfortunately I've taken that 2nd road way to many times!
I know where I'm spending eternity because during those periods of bad choices I asked for forgiveness and I know I will be forgiven.....Jesus died on the cross to wash away my sins.
2006-09-25 11:51:02 · answer #3 · answered by Buff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I believe we have a choice. If predestination were true, than Christianity is a myth. John 3:16 says "whosoever" and I believe it means what it says.
2006-09-25 11:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Choice plus living out your life according to the choice makes all the difference.
2006-09-25 11:43:33 · answer #5 · answered by Brigid O' Somebody 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two kinds of Christians.
Those who have studied the Bible and those who haven't.
Those who haven't don't understand how to untangle the knott of predestination vs free will.
Those who have studied understand that Hebrews 6:4-10 is the definitive passage concerning this issue.
Once this passage is mastered, there no longer exists any shadow of doubt concerning what the Bible teaches on the issue.
The Bible is very consistent on this topic, and every verse on the topic aligns perfectly with this truth.
Sorry I cannot boil it down to a soundbite for shallow people.
You'll just have to do your homework and figure it out for yourself.
2006-09-25 11:43:07 · answer #6 · answered by s2scrm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in a mixture leaning towards free will. I think God gave us the choice to do what we want to do, but that he already knows what we are going to do because he is outside the bonds of linear time, so in a sense, to God we are already doing it. My choice makes a difference to me and the way that I think/feel, but ultimately, no, it doesn't matter. I think God will let people who believe an incorrect doctrine into heaven as long as they love Jesus.
2006-09-25 11:42:14 · answer #7 · answered by Hopeful Poster 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you better believe that your choice makes a difference. predestination has little to do with salvation and much to do with what God will have you do with him. predestination came from God's foreknowledge of who would believe on his son, and predestined them for their task. has nothing to do with whether he created you for salvation or damnation. this is our choice. those he knew would choose him he predestined.
2006-09-25 11:45:55 · answer #8 · answered by setfreejn836 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's makes a difference.
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2006-09-25 11:46:55 · answer #9 · answered by Pashur 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why did he bother to make us at all?
Predestination, whats the point if he/she/it knows the outcome?
if you need human souls why not just create as many as you need all at once?
2006-09-25 11:45:36 · answer #10 · answered by n2mustaches 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋