Do angels have free will?

Answer 1

The angels have intelligence and ability to decide. But they are created such that they do not or rather can not do anything against the will of the God. They are incapable of doing sins. In this sense, the angels do not have complete free will.

Biblical books present angels as heavenly beings created by God, who are endowed with free will.However, according to the majority of Islamic scholars, angels are incapable of committing sin, and therefore cannot fall from grace.

Christianity:
In Abrahamic religions, a fallen angel is an angel that has been exiled or banished from Heaven. Often such banishment is a punishment for disobeying or rebelling against God.In Christian religion and theology an angel can also be a member of the lowest order of the nine-fold celestial hierarchy this is a ranking which comes directly below archangels. A fallen angel is often classed as a devil, like Satan himself; whereas a guardian angel is classed as a human guide or protector. Generally they are accepted as being the guardians of souls. Although angels are generally divine, they have been shown to be fallible and prone to sin, particularly pride. One of the most notable examples of this being Satan and his fallen army.

"[The Red Dragon's] tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth." (Rev 12:4)

"I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky." (Luke 10:18)

"The angels too, who did not keep to their own domain but deserted their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains, in gloom, for the judgment of the great day." (Jude 6)

Islam:
According to Islam, angels are intangible, sentient entities, who do not posses free will. They were created for the sole purpose of serving God. Being made of light, they can assume almost any form, completely real to the human eye, and traverse a distance very fast.

While Satan (Iblis) did disobey God, was expelled from Heaven, and became the avowed enemy of man, he was a Jinn not an angel, which is not angelic in any way, since they are made of 'smokeless fire', not light, have free-will, and can disobey or openly defy God.

"Say: Whoever is an enemy to Jibreel - for he brings down the (revelation) to your heart by God’s will, a confirmation of what went before, and guidance and glad tidings to those who believe - Whoever is an enemy to God, and His angels and prophets, to Jibreel and Mikaa’eel - Lo! God is an enemy to those who reject Faith." [[[Al-Baqarah]] 2:97-98]

Another Angel, Malik is defined in the Qur'an as a being who is the Keeper of the Seven Hells. Malik also translates into "King" from Arabic, so it is assumed that Malik is "King" of Hell. However Malik is not an evil angel, nor a fallen one, a notion Islam rejects, rather Malik is merely doing what he is commanded to do by God.

The angels are created without a father or a mother and that they do not eat and drink. That is they do not have any emotions including passion and they are devoid of instincts (biological urges). They cannot commit sin nor disobey.

Answer 2

Yes, all sentient beings in the universe were given the greatest gift by the divine (free will) which is why not only lucifer but lillith (the original serpent in the eden story) chose to wage war against adoni. Without free will an angels service is hollow, the work of an automoton. With it the service is much more powerfull because the angel makes the choice every moment of it's existence to serve the light

Answer 3

Understanding the answer fully requires a solid grounding in philosophy, logic, and theology. A perfect being like God cannot create a being without that being having the potential to sin. So yes, angels have free will.

Angels cannot claim redemption through Christ's atoning sacrifice for sin. Unlike us, angels KNOW that God exists having been in His presence. With such knowledge and then turning away from God there can be no forgiveness.

There is no redemption for the rebellious angel.

Answer 4

They obviously do. Lucifer used his free will to choose. He chose to sin with pride and 1/3 of the angels did also. The other 2/3 angels chose not to follow Lucifer. They too, like us were not created to be robots.

Answer 5

YES

The word “angel” (in Hebrew (singular/plural), malak/malakim; in Greek, aggelos/aggelois) means “messenger” or one who is deputed.” Angels are pure spiritual and immortal beings created by God “in the beginning” (Gen. 1:1), who glorify God without ceasing (Rev. 4:8) and help carry out God’s plan of salvation of the human family (Heb. 1:14). The angels, like humans, have intelligence, will and emotion (Luke 2:10; 15:10). Angels can see God (Matt. 18:10), are called sons of God (Job 1:6; 38:7) and are ministers of God’s will (Psalm 103:20; Matt. 4:1; 13:49; 26:53). While the angels are spirits, they can assume bodily form (John 20:12; Heb. 13:2; Acts 6:15). Angels also have their own language (1 Cor. 13:1). There is a prodigious number of angels (Luke 2:13; Heb. 12:22; Rev. 5:11; Dan. 7:10; Psalm 67:18).

Through salvation history, angels have appeared to human beings, such as Zechariah (Zech. 2:3), Samson’s mother (Judges 13:3), Joseph (Matt. 1:20; 2:13-19), Zachariah (Luke 1:11,19-20), the Blessed Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26-38), the shepherds (Luke 2:9,15), Jesus during His agony in the garden (Luke 22:43), the apostles after the Resurrection (Matt 28:2) and after the Ascension (Acts 1:10). Angels have also assisted human beings with affairs on earth, such as Abraham (Gen. 18; 22:11), Hagar (Gen. 16:7; 21:17), Lot (Gen. 19), Jacob (Gen. 28:12), Elijah (1 Kings 19:5), Daniel (Dan. 6:22), Tobit (Tobit 5:6-22), Peter (Acts 10:19; 12:7-11), Cornelius (Acts 10:3; 11:13), and the eunuch (Acts 8:26-39).

As the angels are emissaries or messengers of God, they observe our behavior closely and report back to God what they observe. While God already knows how we behave, He is moved when His creatures beseech Him. Thus, the angels can report to God our good and bad behavior, and God in return will dispense both graces (Rev. 1:4; Heb. 1:14) and punishments through the angels (2 Kings 19:35; 1 Macc. 7:41; 2 Macc. 3:24-27; Acts 12:23; Rev. 1-20). In light of this, Paul tells women to put a veil on their heads for worship “because of the angels” (1 Cor. 11:10). If a woman does not wear this symbol of submission when she prays (and particularly at the Holy Mass, where the angels intimately assist), then the angels will report to God their non-submission.

The angels are not only judging our behavior on earth, but will also come with Christ to judge the world at the end of time (Matt. 16:27; 24:31; 1 Thess. 4:16; 2 Thess. 1:7). Some of the angels rebelled against God, were cast out of heaven and condemned to hell (2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6). One of these fallen angels named Apollyon in Greek (Abaddon in Hebrew) is the king of the infernal abyss (Rev. 9:11).

Answer 6

I don't think any one or anything has Free Will so this would also include Angels. What we do have is limited will of choices meaning, we are give a selective few options and we can choose an selection from the group or options.

Answer 7

Since Satan is a fallen angel. So, yes, angels have free will.

Consider this: God gave all of His creation free will, therefore God gave us all a capacity for evil. Why?

Answer 8

Yes...and most of them choose to follow the will of our Father in heaven. There are a few exceptions though, like Lucifer. He is a fallen angel that went against the will of our Father in heaven and he led 1/3 of the hosts of heaven with him.

Answer 9

The Watchers who were sent to watch over humans and ended up falling for the human women had free will, which was how the nephilim were created. The angels who rebelled when asked to bow down to men apparently had free will when they refused too.

Answer 10

Yes they do,
that's why the heaven's split when lucifer fell.
Half the arch angels faught on satan's side against GOD, of their own free will

Jesse,
you got it backwards,
they don't have a body.
Angels ARE ALL soul.