Is there free will why or why not? Is not God all sovereign and only have free will?
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The case of free will vs. predestination has everything to do with whose eyes you look through. Yes, because God dwell in eternity and sees the end from the beginning, He already knows the outcome of your decision. He looks at the earth's timeline, then chooses those who choose Him. However, to have true children and not robots, God gave us a free will to choose. We can choose to love God, we can choose to hate Him, or we can choose to exchange the concept of God for only what we can see within our puny science. If free will truly did not exist, God would provide a world with only one choice and provide tons of evidence to MAKE you believe. But He does not do that. He provides just enough evidence to allow you to think beyond the physical and into the eternal. But you must decide for yourself. But do not be surprised if God knows your decision the moment you make it.\n\nYes, God sees our life as a done deal. Yet, we ourselves do have free will to choose. It would be like I could go back in time, meet with George Lucas while attending USC film class. I would know everything about what he would write and the companies he would start. Does he have freewill to write Star Wars? Yes. Would my knowledge change the fact that Darth Vader will be Luke Skywalker's dad? No. It's a done deal because I am not bound by time.\n\nSo what is the big deal about free will? Well, those of us with children understand that there is a big difference between programming our computers to wake you up in the morning with "good-morning father-I-love-you" and having your little son or daughter jump on your bed at the crack of dawn yelling "Good morning daddy! I love you!" The Almighty God has a myriad of angels proclaiming "Holy, holy, holy"--but they have seen Him, so it is easy. Think what it means to God, having NOT seen Him, yet lifting your arms and proclaim, "Good morning Lord! I love you!"\n\nBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. Ephesians 1
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No.  Freewill was created by religion to explain why an all-powerful god can't do something.
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We are all given a free will. What we do with our lives is our own choice. There are alot of things that may happen in our lives that could be very distracting on your journey. We have destiny, but without GOD we turn it into fate on our own. Everyone needs a guide to help them learn and grow throughout their lives. Sometimes the t.v. could be one, or music could be another one. That's where the working hard and praying come into play. GOD wants to be your guide if you want GOD to be your guide. As evil things can misguide. GOD is there if you want or need help.\n\nAnd I hope everyone remembers that people from other countries have/use Yahoo! too...and some Yahoo!ers use, speak or type ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE. Also deaf people do not always type the way people of hearing do. So stop being rude and answering questions with unnecessary comments!
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Assuming for the sake of argument that the Christian mythology is true, of course it's not a fair judging. Just because God is more powerful than we are and made us doesn't automatically give him the right to tell me what to do. Granting us free will is philosophically identical to granting us control over our own being. It's irrelevant that he made us. It's just like the government, just because it's big and has all the guns doesn't give it any actual authority over us other than what it takes by force (in God's case, threats of hell).
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Free will, my friend. Free will was his gift to us. A relationship with Him in Jesus is our choice, and His desire.\n\nLove is the answer. And God is love. \n\nWhenever humans are involved, we will surely mess it up. We all fall short of the glory of God. \n\nHang in there. They call the good fight of faith for a good reason.
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every thing is free will if u find your goal\nThank u for giving answer of my Question.\nIf u r ready for this, then i am ready but u will have to come here in my country.
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That's a very good question and I wish we could be, but God let us have our own choice and does not go against free will.
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I believe we are all given free will.  God's desire is for us to have a relationship with him and to follow him.  However, the Bible says that every inclination of man's heart is evil. (Gen. 6:5)  As we know Him more, study His Word, pray, and through the Holy Spirit, our hearts can change.  However, we will never be "perfect".  This is why He sent His son, Jesus.  \n\nI do not believe God "makes" bad things happen.  But I do believe he can use those things to teach us, draw us back to Him, and to draw those who don't know Him at all to Him.\n\nI have a 2 year old son.  Yesterday, I was walking with him and he fell and hurt his knee.  I was right there, but I didn't catch him before he hit the ground.  But, I picked him up, took care of him, kissed him and held him while he cried.  That's what our Father does for us.  This world (until Christ's return) belongs to Satan, but God is always with us.
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Simply that there are two things at work, here. Firt of all, Humans have Free Will, and their own free will can lead to problems, the natural consequences to their choices and their behavior. \n\nSecond thing is random chance, not a Gd who condemns and where every little thing is a result of some punishment, or, for that matter, a reward:::\n\n            ""Ecclesiastes 9:11  I returned, and saw under \n            the sun, that the race is not to the swift, \n            nor the battle to the strong, neither yet \n            bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of \n            understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; \n            BUT TIME AND CHANCE HAPPENS TO THEM ALL.""
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God is all powerful. He (or She) could have done anything.\n\nHowever God in His unlimited love has given US the free will to choose. We choose to accept or reject God's constant offer of spending eternity with Him in heaven. God will respect the choice we make.
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No. How can an imaginary being have free will? There is no god so you will just have to accept:\n\n1. Mortality\n2. Responsibility\n3. Science
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First thing you have to understand is that God has never interfered in our lives. He has came to a lot of us a gave us a task, but he has never interfered. \n\nMoses could have said no, to Gods request. Yes, it was only a request. God has given us all requests, but only a few of us have actually sat down and opened our hearts to listen to what he has to say.\n\nNow as to the answer to your question, it speaks of "free will" a few times in the Bible.\n\nGod gave us free will, so he can not interefere in our affairs. This doesn't mean that he can't give us advice or ask us to do something for him though.
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well i think is a  nice poem and i don't think it is a contradiction but a consistency through all of it . i also think that it is important for God to be chosen and not imposed this is what free will is all about . let those who chose Him to do so and let those who reject Him to do so too . i see not problem whit that . at the end we will get what we look for .\n plz let us know where u get it from .
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Free will begins only when you start  making decisions for your self. I don't know why you would associate free will or the absence thereof to being born.
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It’s not that they no longer have free will. They simply no longer need it. Free will requires the exercise of perception based judgment. Judgment is necessary only until we learn that Love is the only appropriate response to any situation we are confronted with. At this point we are operating beyond perception and judgment with a faculty known as vision. That is, we see all as though we were seeing through Gods eyes. Angles already have reached this state of vision therefore they do not operate using either perception or judgment. Freewill is no longer necessary from their position of vision and knowledge.
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Yes, God IS all-knowing and sovereign. It's repeated in the Bible over and over again. \nIsaiah 25:1 O LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.\nPsalm 139:1-4   LORD, You have searched me and known me.\n    You know when I sit down and when I rise up;\n         You understand my thought from afar.\n    You scrutinize my path and my lying down,\n         And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.\n    Even before there is a word on my tongue,\n         Behold, O LORD, You know it all.\n\nHis plans are always fulfilled. (Prov 21:30; Romans 9)\n\nBut oy, that is a hard question you ask. I do believe we have free-will. We are responsible for our actions. But how are God's sovereignty and our free will compatible? I can't figure it out... BUT there are great Christian thinkers of the past who came to some conclusion. Why not read, "On the Freedom of the Will" by St. Augustine or \nread a brief bio. concerning "On the.." (scroll down a little more than half-way): http://www.desiringgod.org/library/biographies/98augustine.html\n\nI think I'll read it as well... ; )
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God gave us free will, and He is all knowing because He knows the choice we will make, but He doesn't force us into it.  We have to decide where we will spend eternity.