trick question.
it's either one or the other. you CANNOT explain something because god gave you free will, while knowing you live according to 'god's plan/path set for you'....
THAT COMPLETELY CONTRADICTS EACH OTHER.
JUST LIKE EVERYTHING YOU BASE YOUR BELIEFS ON.
i.e. "evolution/humans can't come from nothing, but god made us from nothing cuz he's the best!! tee heehee ahaaha!" (believe/devote life to one, dismiss other, but both says life from nothing)
i.e. "my god's all-loving and gives me unconditional love, but if i do not worship him, i shall be condemned to hell forever. tehehee!" (sounds like a condition to me)
it's amazing how delusional you people are
2007-02-13 07:12:58 · 17 answers · asked by plicketypow 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God is completely sovereign.
Isaiah 46:9,10
"Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times
the things that are not yet done,
Saying,
'My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure.'
Psalm 33:11
The counsel of the LORD stands
forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
Romans 11:36
For of Him and through Him and to
Him are all things, to whom be glory forever.
Amen.
Eph. 1:11
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance,
being predestined according to the purpose
of Him who works all things according
to the counsel of His will,
2007-02-13 08:06:21 · answer #1 · answered by Hope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well coming from someone who can't tell the difference between where the Matter came from to create the Big Bang or where God came from, like there's a difference, I don't understand your confusion here. It's so simple. There is no contradiction. You ever take a mountain path or a park path? There is more than one intersection. What makes you take one over the other? If one says Bridge Out Ahead and you decide to take it, oops, your problem. Or you could have taken the course that kept you safe. Life is nothing but choices. Everything, and I mean everything is a choice. From the time you get up to the time YOU decide to go to bed. The choice is yours. You are responsible for it.
2007-02-13 07:29:48 · answer #2 · answered by JohnFromNC 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the point of loose will is so that you'll pick to love him, or deny him. His angles have loose will, yet they ought to surve his each and every be conscious without question. So loose will isn't something new. the liberty to go back to a decision on to love him and his son is a decision because he needs our love, and not in any respect only because he demands it. destiny transformations with each and every breath you're taking, each and every foot step forword. Karma is only a fashion we clarify our sturdy and undesirable judgements. I you settle for God you do not provide up loose will. only because you've faith doesnt make you self righteous. We nevertheless have the alternative to assist, sin, share or perhaps change faith. i wish i made a level, if no longer sorry!
2016-11-03 08:55:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are offered a dollar with no strings attached, you would take it. That is your free will, but the person that offered it knew you would take it, so was it really the plan of the one that offered it or was it your free will? It can be both. Just because God knows your will, doesn't make it any less your will.
God created things, he can create from nothing, but things can't just appear from nothing. If they did, they would have been created by God as well.
God does give unconditional love to his believers, and the believers will not go to hell, those that don't believe will go to hell.
Answers to your questions the way that I see them.
2007-02-13 07:25:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Free Will: God gives us the free will to choose anything. We can choose whether to love Him or the world. After we choose Him, we can still choose to drink beer or to obey Him. We can choose to be led astray or not. He has plans for our life, but that does not mean he is leading our life. We have the free will to choose whether or not we will live the life that He has planned for us, or the life of the world. He doesn't control us! He already knows what decisions we will make, but He still gives us the free will.
Evolution: I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you are saying on this.
Unconditional Love: He DOES love us unconditionally. That doesn't mean he doesn't chastize us. It's just like my parents. They love me more than anything, but if I dissobey them, they will punish me. It doesn't mean they don't love me, they just have to punish me, because that might help us learn to do the right thing next time, only with life there isn't a next time. If we live in dissobedience according to God's word, He cannot accept us into Heaven. He doesn't stop loving us because we live in hell, he just can't allow us into Heaven.
I hope it makes sense,
Christi
2007-02-13 07:26:59 · answer #5 · answered by Christi B 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well your just too smart for me! Of course God has a will and a plan. Free choice means you can choose not to follow it (your not, and he lets you). Your "question" is incoherent at best and all over the place.
2007-02-13 07:19:52 · answer #6 · answered by Scott B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bad theology doesn't mean all of Christianity itself is wrong. Hope seems to have come around the other side of your question with an answer worth paying attention to. God is sovereign.
2007-02-13 08:35:53 · answer #7 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are the dellusional one...
That is one of the most ignorant question. Mainly because the two aren't comparable. God is the one who granted us free will. And God's path is his own path. So free will is part of God's path.
Before you argue a point, make sure you understand what it is that you are stepping up against.
2007-02-13 07:22:53 · answer #8 · answered by se-ke 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God offers his unconditional love as a gift to all people -- they can choose to take it or leave it. If one choses to leave it, the consequence is eternal separation from God (the individual has CHOSEN to be separated from God). Seems like a logical, natural consequence to me.
Believe me, God loves you and everyone else, and wants everyone to accept his gift. It is up to each individual to use his free will to accept it.
2007-02-13 07:24:48 · answer #9 · answered by Yamson 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WHAT? Thats like saying
My parents gave me the choice, run in the street and die, or stay on the sidewalk and live...
And you say that because we believe the Correct choice is Gods path, that it contradicts?
You can run in the street if you want, I'll choose the sidewalk, thanks.
2007-02-13 07:21:51 · answer #10 · answered by Soon2BMommy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋