QUOTE(Cerita Dongeng @ Mar 17 2015, 03:09 PM)
Not know about the freewill bestowed upon the heavenly angels. But aren't the life of man preordained by HIS Almighty?
Verses relating to "preordained"
Ephesians 1:3-5 ESV - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
Ephesians 1:11 ESV - In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, QUOTE(Cerita Dongeng @ Mar 17 2015, 03:09 PM)
Verses relating to "no freewill"
Romans 9:15 NIV - For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
Exodus 33:19 NIV - And the LORD said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «
Fuuu...chilling in here.
Yes, God will have mercy on whom He wants and he made it very clearly that it is in his will that
everyone comes to that place of mercy,
so it's really up to each individual to take it.Here's a verse to debunk there's no free will.
Matthew 21
The Parable of the Two Sons
28“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
29“ ‘I will not,’ he answered,
but later he changed his mind and went.
30“Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.
31“Which of the two did what his father wanted?”
“The first,” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. 32For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.