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neastman
Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:11 am

Re: is their really such a thing as freewill?
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Yes, I agree we have free will as you are refering to, but it's not ultimate. I have the ability to say whatever I want to, whenever I want. These words that I am typing, I am typing them, not God.  However my will is not free in the sense that I can do all things or even make descion for Christ without first God changing my heart and giving me the ability to choose him.  It's not an issue of freedom, it's an issue of bondage, we are bound to our sin, "slaves to sin" or "dead in our treaspass and sin" , enemies of God.  I think of the seriousness of Hell, that alone should relay some message of the serious nature of our sin.  So that being said, I agree we are completely free to do what we want, the problem is that we never do what we ought, we always sin, we are incapable of doing good (in Gods eyes) until we have a changed heart or "new birth".