If God is as a Potter, and we are as the clay.....WHO...WHO is in control ? Who is sovereign? who are the "subjects" in His Kingdom? ..." it is God who works in you to will and to do according to his good pleasure..." WHO directs the steps of man? so, as we are the "dust" of the earth, and mixed with his holy waters, hence, the clay, which is "formed" into a vessel to serve his purposes and his pleasure,....NOW, tell me about YOUR free will ....remember,....I'm not particularly interested in the fact that you " FEEL + THINK " that you have "free will". Remember,..." lean not on your own understanding ! "
2007-01-12 11:22:05 · 23 answers · asked by Steve J 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Of course sin takes away our freewill but God does call and is able to so draw and bring a person to a place where he may choose.
Only in the elect will that drawing finally prevail otherwise none would be saved.
Does this not teach us that we can be saved and stir us to seek Him to prove His grace ?
2007-01-12 11:39:53 · answer #1 · answered by Judd M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are in control of the decisions we make, but as Christians we are to seek God's guidance. Free will enables people to accept or reject Christ. If God were in control of everyone's thoughts and actions, would there be a purpose for laws, or wars, or Hell, for that matter? Free will has been around since the beginning of creation- when Adam and Eve chose to disobey. We have a choice in everything, and this is where God designed free will. Christians are not robots, we are simply guided by the Father. :)
2007-01-12 19:31:19 · answer #2 · answered by shannon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am a pot
oops i fell .should i break or bounce
will prayingavaile me or should i trust the process
my owner is a bad man he allways is bumping chips off me ,i know i should break or will soon be broken but i am only a pot
my potter could have made me any thing why must i be the chamber pot ,could my potter be tryin g to make me humble is it karma ,oh why did the pot maker put me into the fire ,freeze me into a pot
oops here comes the ground
shall i break or not
now you choose.
as a christian pot i know my dusts will be made anew ,a new being prhaps better than a mere pot awaits me ,what advantage could there be to breaking ,i will only get more abused remaining a simple [pot
iuf i break im no longer a pot that cant be too bad ,because being a mindless pot is no fun
why didnt god make me a man ,who can say loudly dont tread on me
nor drop me either
why oh why did i choose to not crack up in the fire ,i didnt want to be this thoughtfilled vessel but i am
now break or not ,think do i crack up or hold out
oh god give me freewill to choose ,i didnt choose to fall but then im only a pot.
i dont need freewil because mans inattention by his freewill caused me to be falling
stop
now what am i?
2007-01-12 19:38:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are supposed to help God with his plan for mankind, but we don't. Many don't even believe in God today, therefore, God is no longer in control. What was written and what was true at the time the Bible was written, doesn't necessarily hold true today.
Let's face it, things have changed drastically, after all it has been 2 millenia since the birth of Christ.
2007-01-12 19:34:53 · answer #4 · answered by kiera70 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been taught all my life that God has given us free will as soon as we were born. He did give us the Ten Commandments to follow, however, we have a free will to follow them or break them. We have a free will to make our own choices. No one can really tell you what to do. If you are a good, kind, and loving person, then you will make the right choices in life. This is my own understanding of FREE WILL.
2007-01-12 19:31:15 · answer #5 · answered by mandm 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Free will is used when deciding to go with Jesus or go with the world. From that point on, He is in control, but I can "back slide". When that happens, He uses someone or something else to do what I would have done. Ultimately, whatever I was "formed or created" to do, I will do. Like it or not. Know it or not.
He is in charge at all times, even of those who elect not to believe. The difference is that we who believe are saved. Those who choose not to believe, are not.
2007-01-12 19:39:48 · answer #6 · answered by howdigethere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God gave us free will hoping we would follow in his footsteps of course we F***ed up and do as we like, the idea is that He made us in His Own Image and we could live on this earth in peace and harmony. But we don't give a toss for all that stuff and just gone destroying the earth and ourselves with it.
HiSon said Love God and Love one another. Must of just hate!!
2007-01-12 19:31:45 · answer #7 · answered by kif 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have perfect free will. I can choose to do it God's way and get the blessings, or I can do it my way and suffer the consequences.
Not because God punishes me, but because God always has my best interest at heart and so his way will always be the right and best way to do anything. It will be the way that brings maximum blessings to all. Whereas I do not have access to all the information so my way is always going to be sadly lacking and will always lead to problems.
So I have perfect free will. I can choose the blessings or the consequences. And I make that choice every second of every day. We all do.
So which way will you choose today?
2007-01-13 18:22:07 · answer #8 · answered by ManoGod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I take it you're a Calvinist. I didn't see anywhere in your post about God "wanting" or "hoping" for us to work our will according to his own. I also do not believe we have that ability, and those who do think this, give man far too much credit and pay too little attention to the seriousness of sin as a result of Adam's fall.
So you are right, no free will.
2007-01-14 19:31:22 · answer #9 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free will is a comparitive term.
Obviously, I cannot will myself to fly, so there are constraints in what we have free will to accomplish.
However, within the constraints we have great free will.
Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
We choose our own way (free will), but while enroute, God guides our steps (sovereign will).
2007-01-12 19:33:19 · answer #10 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋