The POWER to choose God?

 

In this video, Sean McDowell makes it seem like men are "FREE" to choose God and that God wants humanity to be "FREE" to choose or not choose Him.   (some sort of fairness we're pursuing here)

But why does he or anyone think that human freedom is so much a part of God's interest?   This sounds more like something MAN is concerned about - not God!

After all, men can't be FREE in any way EVEN if they don't "choose" God because as the Bible teaches,  we're all "SLAVES TO SIN".  

"What does it profit you to gain the whole world, yet lose your own soul" -  Mark 8:36

Free from God but slaves to eternal death?   How much is that "freedom" worth in God's eyes?

So perhaps God isn't too concerned about man's freedom to deny Him as much as some people believe.

Especially since the call to come... is a COMMAND not a suggestion.

(Acts 17:30)

Do we have the power to CHOOSE God... as in, come to salvation... as in, seal ourselves with the Holy Spirit?... 

That is what it means to BE SAVED or "BORN AGAIN".  The "New Birth"; REGENERATION... RESURRECTION.   

Those of us who say we can CHOOSE our salvation... are we remembering that salvation involves all of the above?

So do we still think our salvation is something that WE do?

What is OUR PART in that experience?   Are we 10% active in that regeneration or 50%? ... 

All we know is that we must obey, respond, come forward, do the right thing; repent, change, grow in The Lord, etc., etc.

We are in that walk in REAL TIME but God has already fashioned the road of that walk in the eternal.

(Ephesians 2:10)

So do we have FREE WILL?

Yes, I exercise it every day for breakfast...  Eggs or oatmeal?

But REGENERATION?... SPIRITUAL RESURRECTION?  Is a bit above OUR paygrade - wouldn't you say?

With regard to salvation, it's us in the now but only because of what God had already decreed for us from before the foundation of the world.

Listen to my video above and tell me what you think.

:)

Grace, Joy and Peace!

Dividing on secondary issues??

The vitriol that's growing against brothers who have a different eschatology or theology on secondary issues is ridiculous.  

While some of this is due to "babes in the faith", we also have to recognize that many are probably not even saved.  So It's like dealing with unbelievers with a head-knowledge of theology.   After all, so many have stated that they "used to be" Christian and have since apostatized.  In the last days, there will be much apostasy to make distinct that we are in the last days.      But among those who have been truly indwelt with The Holy Spirit of God, one must grow up and recognize that LOVE FOR THE BRETHREN is one of the first signs of a changed heart.   It's replete in the scripture, "By this all will know you are my disciples, if you love one another".   :)      Let us hold fast to this word in obedience and in sanctification.    Amen.

Thanks for listening.  Feel free to share.  God bless!