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mrsnacks:
I have heard it said that God is the only one who has free will. Is that true ?
I have a hard time with that. God 's choices aren't really free of causation are they?
God cannot lie. God cannot do evil. God could be faced with two choices but is not free to make the evil choice. It would be like someone asking me to make the choice to fly to Alaska via jet or beam myself ( Star Trek method ) there. I am not able to beam myself there in a million years so I can't exercise my free will by choosing that option. It is impossible so I really have one choice. So is it the same  with God ? He cannot lie or do evil or do something against His nature.   

I do realize I did start up quite a few posts. I just want to stir up some new discussions here. Hope you don't mind.

Kat:

Hi mrsnacks,

I would say the only way that God has limitation,
is if they are self imposted  :)

mercy, peace, and love
Kat

Deborah-Leigh:


God is the SOURCE of EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. I think that puts God the Father into a different league to how we think, reason and understand!

I also think what Kat says is most applicable and why would God limit His limitless, omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience! WHY DO THAT?  ;D (Rhetorical question only!) ;D

Peace to you

Arcturus

YellowStone:
MrSnacks,

1Cr 14:33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the congregations of the saints,  

Think for a moment of the significance of the above verse. :)

Look out into a star filled night sky and marvel at what is unseen in the seemingly endless chaos of space. Everything is in place, and man with his puny wisdom can measure the distance to objects in space millions of light years away.

Look also at a tiny living cell, this minuscule little form of life is the envy of man, for man cannot produce a factory capable of self reproduction, nor with it's complexity of design.

God was Free to create all of this, is He not also free to let it go? :)

Yet, we read that God is a God of Order, and we have proof of this.

1Cr 3:6  I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

We see here a natural progression, first the planting, then the watering, then growth.

Mal 3:6 For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. 

I do not think that we should be to worried if God is free to change or not, not when He clearly states that He will NOT change. :)

Love to you in Christ,

Darren
 

 

mari_et_pere:

--- Quote ---God cannot lie. God cannot do evil. God could be faced with two choices but is not free to make the evil choice.
--- End quote ---

I'm not saying that God DOES evil by saying this, so don't jump me okay? LOL. But don't forget who created evil in the first place. And when our carnal minds THINK He is doing evil, remember that it's just our limited understanding that makes it seem that way.

Realistically, God does do evil in a way, for He brings about consequences for evil to influence our lives and for our lives to produce evil. See? But I definitely agree with Kat; God's limitations are self-imposed.

Peace,

Matt

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