Hot Topics: Free Will

Do human beings have free will?

When we talk about free will, we are usually concerned with the matter of salvation. https://www.gotquestions.org/is-God-sovereign.html

Sovereignty of God – Romans 8:29-39, Ephesians 1:4, 2:8-9

Free Will – John 3:16 https://www.gotquestions.org/arminianism.html https://www.gotquestions.org/calvinism.html https://www.gotquestions.org/semi-Pelagianism.html

Perhaps the more important question for the Followers-of-Jesus is this: what is the extent and limit of our free will?

Obvious Limits - Our free will is limited by our genes, our time and our space environment, as well as the actions of others.

Unavoidable consequences - We may have the free will to act, but once the free will action is taken, the resulting consequences are outside of our control.

A good heart and an empty head are no excuse to unavoidable consequences.

Will an erroneous intent or the lack of knowledge excuse the unavoidable consequences of our free will choices? No, unavoidable consequences are just that, unavoidable. A child who plays with matches may have neither the intent nor the knowledge, yet he will get burnt just the same. All of which to say, once we take an action, there are no excuses, defenses, or exemptions that will protect us from the unavoidable consequences of such an action.

Simply being human has unavoidable consequences.

We are men and women under the curse of Adam. We are not free to live forever. As Followers-of-Jesus, we are not free from the Judgment Seat of Christ. And, we are not free to change the plans of God the Father.

Consequences are no respecter of person.

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