This is a followup question to my earlier question, Are Christians God's slave? I then added Scripture that clearly teaches that we are in fact slaves or servants of God. People just have a natural reaction against the terminology of "slaves."
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My next question has to do with the Christian and his free will. Aren't Christians supposed to make a free will choice that they will no longer exercise their free will but submit to God's will? Jesus said quite clearly that we are to deny ourselves. Also consider the verses that I quoted from Romans in my last question.
Also a non-Christian made a good point, Scripture teaches us that we were bought with a price. We belong to God! (1 Cor. 6:20, and many others)
Either God is your Master or something else is. (Matthew 6:24)
2007-03-05 17:22:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Okay, if we choose by our freewill to become a servant of the Lord, we have indeed excercised our free will at the point of that decision. But as you say we are not our own and are the Lord's. However, we still have the flesh and still have our freewill in our flesh. If we live in the spirit we will naturally do the will of the Father and not our own. It is a daily battle and even after salvation we do have freewill, but the outcome depends on who we yeild to that day-flesh or spirit. So the answer is yes we are supposed to, but the fact is, no we do not always do it.
2007-03-05 17:33:56 · answer #1 · answered by Miss Momma 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You seem to have grasped the main point exactly.
Giving up free will, of your own free will, means that when you are old enough, and that you make the choice to accept another universe and its conditions as being so much better or worse than Earth that you belong there, not here.
But you can't get there--so you "simulate" otherworldly conditions in a monasteryt with by giving up this world for another, reason for faith and getting away from wroldly conditions as much as you can for now.
So, you decide to obey the orders of some mystic knower("religio"-announcing) leader who you will nthen obey in a monastery setting along with others.
Sorry, but outside of a monastery, you couldn't claim to be any more religious than anyone else is since you'd still be living under primarily thisworldly conditions no matter what you said you believed.
But even in a religious legal-otherworldly community apart from the world you must still also retain the right to leave that monastic community any time you choose, if you believe your leader's version of the better otherworld to be false or you've decided thisworld is where you belong.
2007-03-05 17:35:19 · answer #2 · answered by Robert David M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul said "I die daily" - to be a "love (agape) -slave" of God is an everyday decision. It is not a one time thing that is forever settled. Each day I must choose to make Him LORD of my life. I must crucify "me" and choose to let His Will rule in me. That is the exercise of free will. But that free will has many choices to make within that framework. I become a partner with God and an heir and joint heir with Christ. There are many decisions that must be made and it becomes a very exciting life to live!
2007-03-05 17:28:50 · answer #3 · answered by wd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, we don't forfeit free will, for we're still ABLE to sin even though we've become Christians! Due to the fact we're MORTAL, the POSSIBILITY of sin still exists within us. Our choice NOT to sin and maintain our relationship with Christ through His salvation plan and our prayer, study of his Word and worship is what enables us to call ourselves Christians. but we forfeit that crown of righteousness when we sin after having become a Christian and have to seek God's face for forgiveness again. The Scripture calls it "doing your firstworks (repentance and etc.) over again".
2007-03-06 05:57:19 · answer #4 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, we do choose to try to follow God, and as anyone who is honest will admit, every day we fall away and mess up and we have to pick up again and at any time we could choose to turn away. We definitely make choices, because if we didn't we would no longer be sinful.
2007-03-05 17:29:17 · answer #5 · answered by DawnL 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I rather be a slave or a servent to God because when we do his will he will give us the crown of life and live in paradise in heaven than to follow satan to a fiery hell for all eternity.
2007-03-05 17:33:23 · answer #6 · answered by chillyphilly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excuse me mister preacher man and oh so godless one .You are completely secure,serene,finiancially secure ,and not a slave to any one. You are your own slave and that is to your self.Oh mighty one.It,s ovious you conform to only your self so you are the worshiper of thy self. You are not even a slave to your job?You don,t have to ans. to no one?How do you survive so independently Wealthy.
2007-03-05 17:43:51 · answer #7 · answered by becca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes we should do whatever God wants us to do because we have been bought with a price and we are no longer our own.
2007-03-05 17:27:25 · answer #8 · answered by wisdom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
without God, we are all slaves to sin....even though we might not realise it. It is God who makes us free, gives us true happiness and meaning in our lives
2007-03-05 17:26:38 · answer #9 · answered by quiz me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We've been loosed of the chains of Death by Jesus paying our dept on the cross. We've been purchased for a price by Jesus. Thank You Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love Ya
2007-03-05 17:30:49 · answer #10 · answered by chucky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋