If I am part of God's plan, do I really have free will?

Answer 1

YES

Answer 2

If god created everything with complete foreknowledge of the future, then it is impossible for free will to exist. He could have created the universe any way he wanted to. He could have made completely different sets of physics and made illogic logical, or hundreds of other things, but he chose to make the universe in the specific way so that everything happens the way it does. If you make a decision today, god knew "well, if I make the universe this specific way, john doe will make X decision on Saturday, November 11'th". He set up the criteria on which you based your decision, and you had no choice whether or not to make that decision.

Answer 3

Your having free will IS part of God's plan. However, your using your free will allows you to abandon God's plan and substitute your own plan. That's what free will means.

Answer 4

Yes and Yes.
You are free to reject truth,or to accept it.Accept what Jesus did for our sins ,past ,present,and future or to reject it.
As Paul the apostle said about the lost"Eat ,drink and be merry,for tommorrow we die".
You know Jesus spoke more of Hell than he did of Heaven,there might have been some reasoning on that ,eh?
You know in the geneology of Mary in Luke ch 4,I'm sure that her descendant,Zerrebubel the father of Rhesia,didn't realize he was put here for the task of keeping the lineage going all the way to Jesus,but he was an important "Cog" in the wheel,I'll bet he's proud as a peacock now though,isn't he?We all have some reason to be here ,we will find out someday.

Answer 5

Yes of course you can have free will - but you just have to face the consequences of your actions. The human laws and the laws of God provide punishment for any transgression. In God's grand plan, there will be sinners, otherwise why are we warned about eternal death in hell? Yes, you can have free will and still be part of that grand plan.

Answer 6

That's one I'm still working on!

It's unclear if Jesus was speaking generally or specifically when he said "everything is fixed."

However you do have free will to a degree.

Since the Bible shows that early man had to be taught things by God, it implies that not everything is programmed, like how to plant food or kill animals for meat.

Animals are driven by pure instinct, by a program.

Humans have less of a program.

God's programming leads you to a woman and makes you have desires but YOUR free will determines if you take her or not.

If man were totally programmed on an individual basis it would be totally unfair of God to say some of us don't get to go to heaven. If EVERYTHING is fixed, than ALL of us should get to go or God would be very Unfair.

I can't beleive God would be that unfair.

Answer 7

This is similar to the illogical statement "Since God knows the future of everything, I don't really have free will. I'm just doing what was already seen." The reason it's illogical is this: If I know I'm going to be at work tommorow and tommorow comes and I go to work, my choosing to go to work had nothing to do with my foreknowledge that I would be there. My being there was contingent on my choice.

Answer 8

God had created human equally , God has never forced the creation to believe whatever they don't. God will only accept those with sincerity in their believe and faith. It is for sure everyone has the freewill to choose whatever they like, but for those who have chosen the wrong path, yet they still couldn't run away from the fact that their soul will return to the same place as the faithful believer, that is back to the creator, the Almighty, Allah.

Answer 9

God has no plan (that is no plan specifically for a specific person). That is a bunch of malarchy pushed recently by a few religious leaders that are making millions off the sale of their special courses and books that allegedly tell you what God's plan is for you .

God's hope is the same as any parents hope; that we can get along together.

Answer 10

The plan is: you have free will
Catch is: you have limited access.
(recites 10 Commandments)
Should you violate any one of these commands, you will forthwith have your free will revoked without any warning. Consequences could include imprisonment, torture, maiming and even death. Should the violation be serious enough to be deemed "Unforgivable", you shall forfeit your soul to the devil and burn in hell for all eternity.

(This was in the small print of the contract everyone signed before coming to Earth. Didn't you read the fine print?)

Answer 11

Yes you do have free will. You can either follow God's plan for you or do whatever you want. There are consequences for people's actions either good or bad, but its your choice if you want to follow God or go another direction.