01/28/23 POINTS CONCERNING FREE WILL

01/28/23 POINTS CONCERNING FREE WILL

Freedom of will is the Biblically revealed, God given, limited ability of humans to make choices, some of which are temporal and some of which are eternal. Not only does God give us choices, God enables us to make right choices and to live by those right choices. There are issues, about which we have no choice or control. Freedom of will is not the ability to create our own salvation or our own deliverance from sin and it is not the ability to make wrong choices without bad consequences or sinful choices without eternal consequences.

People who believe in supposed sovereign, unilateral, unconditional (therefore, double sided) election, falsely say that freedom of will means we believe we can save ourselves.

There are people and belief systems that espouse forms of free will, which are erroneous, but there is also the Biblical revelation of God given, human free will.

The Biblical view of free will is not based in the false narrative that humans are inherently good, but that fallen humans are given the ability to choose that which is good, through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

Because of Adam's sin, we are all born with a fallen and corrupted nature, with the tendency to sin. But God has provided salvation for all men, including the pre-born, infants and very young children. We are not guilty because of Adam, but our inherent sinful nature inclines us to rebellion and therefore we all sin at some point in our early life. God has provided salvation for all of us from the time of our conception and He has provided salvation for all who choose to sin, if they call on Christ in faith.

Not only does God call us and require us to believe on Christ's sacrificial death and resurrection, confess our sins and confess faith in Christ, repent of (turn from) our sins and follow Jesus, He enables us to live by faith, as we surrender to Him and His will.

God is love and He is also just, merciful, truthful, gracious, holy and sacrificially redemptive. He is also sovereign (meaning He rules over all, not that He causes sin or causes anyone to sin) and His sovereign rule is consistent with His love, justice, mercy, truth, grace, holiness and sacrificial redemption.

And yes, all of these points are based in Scripture. If you are being taught that these points are not Biblical, you need to talk to a Bible believer who can show you the truth. Don't let human theological systems rob you of Divine revelation and salvation.