Jeremiah 10:23 and Isaiah 63:17
2007-11-11 11:27:43 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. - Jeremiah 1:5.
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? - Proverbs 20:24.
2007-11-11 11:35:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jeremiah 10:23,24 is a prayer probably from Jeremiah who was trying to cope with disaster. He wanted justice softened by mercy for himself and his people. It is an appropriate prayer when we are tempted by pride. Isaiah 63:17 "You made us stray" how easy it is to blame God for our own sinfulness. To be sure, it is clear that God could forcibly prevent us from straying if He so chose. But He regards our freedom too highly for that. A perfect example of freewill.
2007-11-11 19:42:28 · answer #2 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These are lamentation prayers of the prophets to God. They appear to have freewill if you read the entire books.
Come on now, read the whole message not just select verses!
Isaiah is actually a combination of the prophesies of three different prophets or schools of prophecy. The section you refer was written after the exile. This prophesy encourages them and admonishes them to convert their ways.
Jeremiah is the one who is said to have the best foreshadowing of Jesus. He speaks at times in a series of poems of his feelings of abandonment by the Lord. He also spoke of the individual responsibility for sin. He states that we will be punished for our own sins, not those of our ancestors. He felt he could not run from his responsibility to proclaim the word of God.
Humanity has freewill, because forced Love is not love, and God is Love.
2007-11-11 19:44:02 · answer #3 · answered by Lives7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look around you and tell me, does man have freewill?
Are there not always reasons? Causes and effects? You are free to make choices, but this is a tricky illusion. Contemplating such things reaches the ends of my intellectual ability.
2007-11-11 19:39:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know, O LORD, that a man's life is not his own;
it is not for man to direct his steps.
Why, O LORD, do you make us wander from your ways
and harden our hearts so we do not revere you?
Return for the sake of your servants,
the tribes that are your inheritance.
God is sovereign. God is the first cause of everything. Man is a secondary cause. God's sovereign will is secret, known only by God. God's sovereignty and man's responsibility are the two sides of the coin of life.
2007-11-11 19:35:24 · answer #5 · answered by Horton Heard You! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know, O LORD, that a man's way is not in himself, Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.
Why, O LORD, do You cause us to stray from Your ways And harden our heart from fearing You? Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
Freewill? NO. But a Free Will OFFERING? YES!
2007-11-11 19:33:35 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Joshua 24.15
choose this day whom you will serve....
sounds like a choice of free will to me.... if not why even give the choice...
2007-11-11 19:52:26 · answer #7 · answered by Tiny Jr. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will exercise my free will and not look it up
I still have it irregardless if someone wrote it down
2007-11-11 19:31:47 · answer #8 · answered by voice_of_reason 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can not read it right here and now(not convenient). Still I can tell you we have free will, guarantee it!
2007-11-11 19:30:48 · answer #9 · answered by paula r 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We sort of have free will. But the Bible won't answer that question; the Bible is not reliable.
2007-11-11 19:33:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋