WOW! Thanx 4 all the input, guyz!
However, I dont think u understand my dilemma.
The QUESTION of free will itself, is not entirely the issue that haunts me. It is that the scritpure is FULL of INSTRUCTIONS to make CHANGES.
How can this be done if GOD HIMSELF does not INITIATE the process...
There is NO ONE (not even me) who seeks God, no NOT ONE! (Rom 3)
How can we as people, or the Scripture, CONTINUALLY INSIST to one another that we MUST CHANGE!! What i mean is: We encourage each other to deal with this situation like that, or to adjust our attitude about this person, or to change the way we think or see or understand a certain thing.
IS IT
AT ALL POSSIBLE FOR ME TO
DECIDE TO MAKE ANY OF THESE CHANGES? :!: :!: :!:
God is Sovereign. Okay, He is sovereign over my will, Okay. He determines the cause of every choice I make - from the smallest to the greatest, Okay - THEN WHY ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS TO BE DIFFERENT!!???
...
I guess as I write this i realise that the INSTRUCTION (LAW) is a PART of the CAUSE that PRODUCES THE
CHANGE!!!
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Well, I guess that if it were not for this forum - and you fine people - I would never have written this post, and consequently, would never have come to the understanding that I just came to...
In Him,
e.