Ah Man, you responded to him; now he'll know we are here...Then how can God make man is His own "image" and after his "own likeness" and not give/grant man "free will"?
"Free will" is having the innate ability to choose for one's self.
Then how can God make man is His own "image" and after his "own likeness" and not give/grant man "free will"?
"Free will" is having the innate ability to choose for one's self.
Ah Man, you responded to him; now he'll know we are here...
Because we can have our will.......
You didn't think that through did you?
I believe that "free will" only exists in God and salvation is a sovereign act of God, that starts in Him and ends in the believer believing according to His Will, making His Will ours too.
I didn't say you could.
Because we can have our will.......
"Hocus Pocus" nonsense. We have our own will and way.
We pray to know His will so we "might" do His will and not our own.
If we are to in fact to believe in accordance with what He believes or in His Will, then that's believers believing in His Will and not our own. As if His Will originates in and with Him, then we believing as He does just makes us believing in accordance with Him having His will and not our own. But it is still His Will and not ours.
So Peter wasn't a believer? I seem to recall Peter denying Christ several times.
This is the best distinguishing definition of what “freewill” that I have found…
How does God have free will? Can He go against what He has already established?I believe that "free will" only exists in God and salvation is a sovereign act of God, that starts in Him and ends in the believer believing according to His Will, making His Will ours too.
I believe that the truth, morality, consciousness, existence, belief and reality originates in the mind of God.
And God uses His and our believing in accordance with Him to reveal His Kingdom to believers.
How does God have free will? Can He go against what He has already established?
I agree that nothing came into existence apart from God... therefore all things that exist, or will ever exist, originated in the mind of God.
...And this ? is gibberish to me...
If you believe "all things that exist, or will ever exist, originated in the mind of God" and belief exists, then where do you believe belief originated?
God can't go against His own will, as that's what makes His will free, because He can't contradict Himself. That's the consequences of being omniscient.How does God have free will? Can He go against what He has already established?
So you believe belief originated in and with God?That makes more sense.
Good question. I guess God is free to lie He just chooses not to.How does God have free will? Can He go against what He has already established?
There is no “will” in existence that is “free” from God, and that includes God’s “will”.
I believe that "free will" only exists in God and salvation is a sovereign act of God, that starts in Him and ends in the believer believing according to His Will, making His Will ours too.