Hi Mike,
God is soveriegn! That means that His plan for humanity is being worked out down to the least detail according to His will.
Eph 1:11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works
all things according to the counsel of His will,
Now do understand a person desires to sin, because our heart is too weak to resist sin. Even if we do resist a sin, that is God that causes that too.
Jer 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things,
And desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
Here is an excerpt from part C of 'The Myth of ‘Free Will’ Exposed.'
http://bible-truths.com/lake15-C.html ---------------------------
GOD HAS PERFECTLY CHOREOGRAPHED HIS CREATION
All that has been, and is, and will be, has been planned and choreographed down to the movement of the last atom, by the Designer and Operator of the Universe, without Whom everything would fall apart in oblivion:
“For by Him [Jesus] were ALL things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible [unseen powers], whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by Him, and for Him. And He is before all things and by Him all things consist [‘has its cohesion,’ ]” (Col. 1:16-17).
Since “by Jesus all things consist and have their cohesion,” why is it that only man and his fabled “free-moral-agency-will” is the only truly “free radical” in the universe? Nonsense! Even “free radicals” operate under law—God operates all that exists, by law. Jesus did not create the universe and all that in it is, and then goes off on a trip to let the universe fend for itself. God presently is “working—operating” all that exists, and that includes the “will” of all mankind. Here’s some more Scriptural proof:
“…God which works [‘operates’] all in all ” (I Cor. 12:6). God works all that there is in all that there are. Pretty neat, huh? When we have a God this great, we can expect nothing but perfect assured success. The Christian teaching that God only can “desire” great things, but He cannot actually “accomplish” great things is absurd.
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mercy, peace and love
Kat