Free Will has always been hard to explain and still isn’t fully understood so to even grasp the idea of Free Will we must ask ourselves a few questions about Free Will.
What is Free Will? Free Will has been defined by people as: The ability to choose and lead one’s own life, The ability to do as one wants to do in any circumstance, and A liberty or freedom to do all that man can do but having certain boundaries that apply to everyone. The last definition shows that it isn’t an action but a liberty
That brings us to our next question. What are the boundaries of Free Will or does Free Will have no boundaries? Well a man can do many things but he can’t fly nor can he hold his breath forever. Even though he has the liberty do what he wants too do it is still physically impossible for him to do what he wants to do so thus he has definite boundaries.
So does Free Will Exist? Well let’s look at some ideas:
1. If Free Will is viewed as a Liberty not an action then Free Will can exist.
2. If Free Will has boundaries then it does not contradict with the ability of what man can do but shows instead that man has freedom in areas that he can’t physically and spiritual do. In other words man can do all that man can possibly do but has definite boundaries put in place by God.
3. If Free Will does not have boundaries then it can’t exist for man can’t do all that he wish he can do and Free Will also contradicts God’s Will instead of being in God’s Will if it doesn’t have boundaries.
Yet an argument remains if their is Free Will or if we’re just robots because God knows all and is all-powerful and so we don’t have Free Will because God has ultimate control over our lives but their is no argument if Free Will is viewed correctly.
Let’s say you have a dog. A dog can do all that a dog can do but it is subjected to its master. If you tell your dog to heel or fetch it does what you have trained it to do.
God is are Master and even though we choose to do right or wrong we will always end up being where God wants us to be. However it is best to do what God commands us to do because He loves us. If we do wrong God teaches us and we learn from are mistakes in the end. This is all possibly not by anything we do but because of God working in us.
Therefore without a doubt we do have Free Will because we can do all that man can do and we have liberty even though God is ultimately in control God grants us the ability to choose and to do all that man can do and yet He already knows all and He can do anything He wants to do.
Having said this God gives us Free Will and so it is are responsibility to use this gift of Free Will wisely. The great news is even though we mess up God preserves us and puts us back on course when it comes to doing His Will.
Now having search for the truth about Free Will and how that fit’s in God’s Will we can finally come to the conclusion that Free Will is a liberty that has definite boundaries that truly does exist because it does not contradict in anyway when viewed correctly and it also fits in to God’s Will for us.
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It’s a real Heartwrenching time!
Colossians 2:8
“See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.”