Re>>so chose (presumably freely) to do something.<<
FREE WILL or the false doctrine thereof as I understand it is.. That God created man and then stood back and allowed him to chose what to do. However he could go either way equally !!!
Adam could have not sinned
Judas could have not betrayed
I could have not been saved !
All of the above are ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE !!!
If I had a LION and I starved him for weeks and then I put before him 2 bowls... One of cold cereal and one of fresh warm blood soaked meat... I let the lion out and tell you that the lion is FREE to eat whatever he wills ... If you want to call that Free Will then fine. Have your so called free will.
First... you have said numerous times that you think men are ALLOWED to believe entirely different things and both be right.. I have no idea where you get that from other than you WISH it was true.
You have also stated that you don't believe men are born in sin but you can give no explanation for it. And that's OK with you ???
The Bible teaches that God has reveal Himself to men through his Holy Word yet you seem to think it is just fine to hold beliefs simply because you want to. That is not what the Jesus teaches men to do ..
Indeed if men can choose to believe what they want then :
Homosexuality is not a sin to those who accept it
Idolatry is nothing because no matter what people believe it is right.
All roads must lead to God because they BELIEVE ?????
Look at how the Bible speaks:
1 Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Ephesians 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Luke 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
If scripture can mean whatever the hearers want them to then why this:
Acts 17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
And finally :
Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
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RE>> to be slaves to god or to be servants... you see the words and their connotations have
always been ENTIRELY different.<<
Matthew 24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Servant in the previous verse is decribed from the original Greek by Strong's Concordance as follows:
1401 doulos {doo'-los}
from 1210; TDNT - 2:261,182; n
AV - servant 120, bond 6, bondman 1; 127
1) a slave, bondman, man of servile condition
1a) a slave
1b) metaph., one who gives himself up to another's will those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men
1c) devoted to another to the disregard of one's own interests
2) a servant, attendant
Actually this verse is quite plain:
1 ¶ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
What choice did Paul have Christ struck him down blind :-]
Maouse you are either a SLAVE of SATAN or a SLAVE of CHRIST but you will never be FREE !! Christians are FREED from SIN and DEATH but
never Freed from Christ's Royal service.
Remember who spoke the following and take heed how you hear !
Genesis 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. |
