| | Sovereignty and Freedom of ChoiceGod's sovereignty decreed that man should be free to exercise moral choice, and mankind from the beginning has fulfilled that decree by making his choice between good and evil, between selfishness and unselfish love. When we choose to do evil, we do not counter the sovereign will of God but fulfill it in the fact that an eternal decree decided not which choice we are to make but that we are free to make that choice. If in His absolute freedom God has willed that we are to have limited freedom who is there that can question His wisdom? . Mans will is free because God is sovereign. A God less than sovereign could not bestow moral freedom upon His creatures. In the moral battle whoever is on Gods side is on the winning side and cannot loose; whoever is on the other side is on the loosing side and cannot win. Here there is no chance, no gamble. There is freedom to choose which side we will be on but no freedom to negotiate the results. We may repent and alter the consequences by making a right choice. Beyond that we cannot go. “ He that is not with me is against me” and “ no man can come to the Father but by Me”. The message of the gospel announces the good news of redemption; it commands all men everywhere to repent and it calls all mankind to surrender to grace by believing in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of all. Our choice is our own, but the consequences have already been determined by the sovereign will of almighty God |
| | Posted 3/18/2007 10:57 AM - 1 view - 2 comments
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