Originally posted by Yelsew:
You believe that, yet do not believe that we are made in the image of God? For, If we are in the image of God then we have the same freedom of will that God has, we simply do not have divine will.
Lost or saved we possess the same characteristics of will! There is no switch that God turns turns on when He saves us that gives us 'freewill'. What He does is set us free from the bondage and confinement of the prison walls of sin. That however, does not change the characteristics of our will! We pass from the condemnation of unbelief into life eternal through belief. Our will, the capability, is not changed, but our desires are. Our self centered passions become subdued and eventually replaced by a passion for Jesus and his work. We no longer face the second death, because now we will appear before the judgment throne of God as a person of faith in God's only Begotten Son, thus there can be no condemnation for us. God's son atoned for the sins of the whole world, so they cannot be held against us.
The unsaved, whose sins are atoned for too, will appear before the Throne of God, but because of their unbelief they come to the Throne condemned already, Just as Jesus said in John 3:18. Their sentence is that of being cast into the lake of fire.
The freedom of the will is non-existent in natural man. We do not have divine will, correct, but to say we have the same freedom God has, then why did God need to send his only Begotten Son as a kinsman redeemer? We had no need of the death of the lamb of God all we should have just used the freedom of God that we possess and just be so free.You believe that, yet do not believe that we are made in the image of God? For, If we are in the image of God then we have the same freedom of will that God has, we simply do not have divine will.
CONTRADICTIONLost or saved we possess the same characteristics of will! There is no switch that God turns turns on when He saves us that gives us 'freewill'. What He does is set us free from the bondage and confinement of the prison walls of sin.
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We no longer face the second death, because now we will appear before the judgment throne of God as a person of faith in God's only Begotten Son, thus there can be no condemnation for us. God's son atoned for the sins of the whole world, so they cannot be held against us.
In the past you have posted that men can become unbelievers and then again face this condemnation.We no longer face the second death, because now we will appear before the judgment throne of God as a person of faith in God's only Begotten Son, thus there can be no condemnation for us.
For this statement to be true then all men shall be saved; for all sin, including unbelief would be atoned for by God's Son.God's son atoned for the sins of the whole world, so they cannot be held against us.
This is why I remain firmly a believer and teacher and preacher of God's Sovereign Grace where there is no contradictions to be found.
God Bless.
Bro. Dallas Eaton