he knows what you are going to do in the next second, minute, day? How can you have free will if someone knows exactly what you are going to do at anytime in the future?
2007-10-13 16:38:09 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He knows that the out come can change, all we have to do is use that free will to make right choices.
The Holy Spirit allows us to make fellowship with him a priority.
2007-10-13 21:53:01 · answer #1 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't be satisfied with any of the answers you've received. Those that responded sidestepped the question and simply affirmed both God's knowledge of what will happen, and free will.
Now, if man has no fellowship with God save for God's grace, then we have a different answer that's not rocket science. Man is guilty and has plenty of free will to move away from God, never toward Him. So what does it matter if any decision made will result in a final destruction anyway?
"Guilty free will" is the only answer that makes any sense to me at least. God even hardened Pharoah's heart, and Pharoah didn't care. He just kept moving away from the Lord, shaking his fist at God all along the way -- while God used him for His purposes.
2007-10-14 02:01:30 · answer #2 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question certainly separates the mindless puppets and the true students of theology. I also think that this is an oxymoron and one of the unanswerable questions that convince me that religion is nothing more than mankind's mechanism of understanding things that are assumed to beyond human understanding and we all must take upon faith to be welcomed into His kingdom after we shed this mortal coil. If you study the origins of not only Christianity but religion itself you are an illogical being if you do not at least seek further understanding of what it is you choose to live your life believing.
Christians base their every arguement on faith in a book that may or maynot have been written by individuals who were inspired, guided, or called upon by him. That is a matter of faith. But the one thing that is based upon unshakable faith is that the Bible like all other literary works was penned by human beings who, if God gives us all free will, COULD have chosen to use that free to serve their own agendas.
2007-10-14 05:09:39 · answer #3 · answered by He who shall not be named 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know I'm going to work tomorrow I know I'm going to eat dinner tonight I'm going to make love to my wife tonight I also know I'm going to die someday and I may die in five minutes and not do any of these things. I know what's going to happen to me in the future yet I still have free will.
2007-10-13 23:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by Pal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have free will because GOD wants followers not robots. The fact that He knows what will happen is beside the point.
2007-10-15 22:53:29 · answer #5 · answered by Eric S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He knows we will have choices to make in our walk with Him, and He allows us to make them. God will chastise His sons & daughters when we make a wrong turn once in a while. He loves everyone enough not to impose or force His will on anyone. He wants everyone to love Him and He gives us the free will to do that.
2007-10-14 00:08:27 · answer #6 · answered by Virginia B (John 16:33) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to look at the big picture. God knows us so well, that he know what we will choose when placed in any given situation. I don't believe our lives are set in stone. We can choose anything we want, and God will know the what follows. I do admit that I do not know everything about how God works, but it does not make me lose my faith in him.
2007-10-13 23:44:35 · answer #7 · answered by Randi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well lets say you were looking at a video recording of someones sixth birthday. You know what happened in the video, but that does not mean you made it happen, even if you knew what happened.
2007-10-13 23:54:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's pretty simple. What needs explained?
Your not predestined to do anything.
Observing past, present and future all at once does not affect the object of observation.
2007-10-13 23:43:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
How does God knowing what you're going to do stop you from doing it? The atheists on this site seem to be vocabulary-challenged and illogical.
2007-10-14 00:26:15 · answer #10 · answered by babbie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋