Word study on freewill? -- The Word Was God

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Date Posted: 09:29:13 04/17/02 Wed
Author: squeak
Author Host/IP: 12.82.227.38
Subject: Word study on freewill?
In reply to: WOG 's message, "What you should consider squeak" on 09:13:15 04/17/02 Wed

That would be kinda hard since it's never mentioned in the bible.

Besides Wog, I remember when you didn't even know what the doctrines of grace were, and told me that if you ever needed to understand that perspective you'd ask me! LOL! Now you are going to teach me about it?

And you might be surprised to know that I agree with you to a certain point. I don't think God forces in the way we think of that word. I believe this way:

A certain Athiest stood before a crowd raised his hand above his head and challenged that if there was a God, He would make his hand come down upon his head. He stood there for a few minutes and nothing happened, he very smug in his small victory. Then a mosquito bit him on his head and down came his hand on top of it!

Now could that man have willed himself not to respond? Maybe so, but his will wasn't stronger than God's and God knew just the right buttons to push to "will" the man's hand down upon his head.

When a person is fully convinced of the truth they believe it 100% of the time. That doesn't make his decision any less free, just fully informed. It's in God's timing.

It's all about Sovereign Grace!

Sincerely :)

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Well squeak I do know what grace isn't -- WOG, 14:12:24 04/17/02 Wed
- Therefore as the -- squeak, 14:29:48 04/17/02 Wed
  - Of course God's will is stronger than ours squeak -- WOG, 09:02:40 04/18/02 Thu
    - Please reference -- squeak, 09:28:02 04/18/02 Thu
      - squeak it's all through the Bible -- WOG, 12:53:58 04/18/02 Thu
        Actually it never -- squeak, 07:57:44 04/19/02 Fri
        Well then use that same reasoning -- WOG, 08:24:51 04/19/02 Fri
        Where does it talk about only a few -- squeak, 08:33:01 04/19/02 Fri
        Multitudes doesn't imply everybody -- WOG, 08:48:34 04/19/02 Fri
        A Great multitude which no man could number -- squeak, 09:34:31 04/19/02 Fri
        Weak squeak very weak -- WOG, 12:49:09 04/19/02 Fri
        That's your perception -- squeak, 04:17:11 04/20/02 Sat
    - I don't read that the way you do WOG -- Mondo, 09:38:00 04/18/02 Thu
      - Mondo do you know anybody? -- WOG, 12:55:36 04/18/02 Thu
        Trick question -- Mondo, 13:06:49 04/18/02 Thu
        I think so -- WOG, 13:42:24 04/18/02 Thu
        I thought -- Mondo, 14:26:49 04/18/02 Thu
        Gotcha -- Mondo, 14:30:20 04/18/02 Thu
        Re: Gotcha -- sue(babe), 02:49:02 04/19/02 Fri
        Right back atcha! -- squeak, 08:04:51 04/19/02 Fri
- Re: Well squeak I do know what grace isn't -- sue(babe), 02:35:05 04/19/02 Fri
  - Yes, Babe -- squeak, 08:07:10 04/19/02 Fri
    - That's great babe -- WOG, 09:28:46 04/19/02 Fri
      - Re: That's great babe -- suethebabe, 02:16:44 04/21/02 Sun