as far as i know about free will , we are given free will so we won't act like robot right ?
anyway, i can safely say that because of free will , our default destination is hell , and only when we accept Jesus , then we go heaven right?
and because we are given free will , we can choose to go heaven right ?
but if god love us so much , why not also give us the free will , and the default destination is heaven , and we only go hell if we choose to accept certain thing ?
get what i mean ?
when i say accept , i don't mean that when you reject something , you automatically accept the other.
else when we all reject satan , we automatically accept Jesus
2007-09-13 08:38:20 · 7 answers · asked by Curious 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
With an open mind; accept and live each moment of live in the time given you.
2007-09-13 08:45:57 · answer #1 · answered by RT 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You see, when God first created the human race, He made them completely free. In other words, they were not puppets; they had the freedom to choose whether to love God and follow Him or to turn against Him. Since that awful time in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve decided to turn away from God, the human race has been infected with a spiritual disease—a disease the Bible calls "sin." The Bible warns, "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?" (Jeremiah 17:9).
When men allow sin to take over their souls and live without any restraints, they end up doing terrible things to others.
But listen: Life doesn't have to be this way! Jesus Christ came into the world to bring us forgiveness by His death on the cross. He also came to change us and give us new life. He alone can change our hearts—and He will, as we open our lives to Him.
Granny<3
2007-09-13 08:46:12 · answer #2 · answered by ♥Granny♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are only two choices...The truth and the lie.
It isn't about default those who do not accept the truth do believe a lie.
The fact is rejecting one is accepting the other there are no third choices.
While man may think he is rejecting Satan it does not mean he is not deceived by Satan.
One can say he rejects Satan but the reality is if man does not accept the atonement he is deceived by Satan.
All men have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
The wages of sin is death.
Not accepting the cure for this deadly disease is fatal.
2007-09-13 08:51:44 · answer #3 · answered by djmantx 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Our default destination isn't hell because of free will. There have been many times that I've done things out of my own selfish nature, but that doesn't mean I'm automatically defaulted to hell. God has granted grace and mercy to those who've accepted Him as their Lord and Savior, and who are genuinely living a life to glorify Him.
11For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
~Titus 2:11-14 (New International Version)~
However, we don't get to CHOOSE to go to Heaven because of free will. The only one who can decide who goes to Heaven is God. It's not our choice nor our decision. And God Does loves us enormously, but He doesn't promise us Heaven because He desires for us to believe in Him on our own.
16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
~John 3:16 (New International Version)~
2007-09-13 09:21:32 · answer #4 · answered by Kori spelled backwards is Irok 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our 'default' destination is Hell, because that's what, as sinners, we all deserve. And until we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior, then that's where we'll end up at the time of our death. However, as you said, we are given the free will and are allowed the choice to choose between Heaven and Hell. And God does love us 'so much'. He died a most horrible death, so that you and I and the whole world could escape going to Hell and be with Him in Heaven. Think about it. If you were beaten nearly to death by Roman soldiers, made fun of, had a crown of thorns driven through your head, and then *nailed* to a cross naked for all to see, would you want just anybody to come into Heaven with you just because?? I would want people to *choose* to be with me and accept me because they are thankful for what I had sacrificed willingly for them out of my love for them. I wouldn't want somebody to choose Heaven simply because they didn't want Hell. God paid a price for us, and it's up to us to accept it, or refuse it. And that too, proves His love for us. He allows us to make our own choice. He doesn't want to *make and force* people to Heaven that want nothing to do with Him. He let's you make your own mind up.
2007-09-13 08:53:11 · answer #5 · answered by ilovejoshgroban! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Our default setting isn't hell, necessarily. We have a bent toward sin which if followed leads to eternity apart from God, but there is plenty of "evidence" out there that God does exist, and that the way to eternity through him is through faith.
2007-09-13 08:46:40 · answer #6 · answered by samans442 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There has always been God's Will. What you call free will is merely a choice to know God's Will or to "think" you have one separate from His.
2007-09-13 08:44:39 · answer #7 · answered by Premaholic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋