If God knows everything that will happen then it is already determined. If our story is already written then we are bound to follow it step by step regardless of our own feelings. In fact, those feelings were already determined to make you act in such a manner. From before time until the end, every cell and minute detail of life is foreknown by God. We can not change the future any more than we may change the past.
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Though God foreknows all that shall happen much of it is based on our freewill. Just because He knows that something will happen that does not mean that it is contrary to our freewill. In fact, God, in knowing the choices of our freewill, reveals Himself to us in such a manner as to bring us to Faith in Him. He also knows who will reject Him and who will not, and this determines His election. “God does not say that He foreknew the decisions that individuals would make, but rather, He foreknew the individuals themselves” FOREKNOWLEDGE: There's More Than Meets God's Eye Rev. James M. Harrison (Red Mills Baptist Church - Mahopac Falls, NY) “God knowing what we are going to do does not mean that we can't do something else. It means that God simply knows what we have chosen to do ahead of time. Our freedom is not restricted by God's foreknowledge; our freedom is simply realized ahead of time by God.” CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS & RESEARCH MINISTRY
This was an assignment for my History of Ideas class. Think you know where i stand?
1 comment:
I will enjoyed your post. It is something I have thought about for a long time. It is however still difficult to fathom this concept.
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