Who Will Decide When You Should Die?

The Village Voice ^ | Dec 1 2003 | Nat Hentoff

[biblewonk]

In Terri Schiavo's situation, however, the murder-of-choice is by withholding food and water. Are you saying you would want to be starved to death?

As opposed to...?

[biblewonk]

I'm so glad to meet someone that can answer all of the questions I have on what the Bible says. I've read where we have free will but I understand that to mean that we choose to accept or deny Christ. If you choose to deny Him, you choose sin and death.If you choose to follow Him, you choose to submit to His authority and life eternal. Do you believe this?

No I don't believe this. I believe that John 6:44: No man can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and John 6:65 Romans 9, and a lot of other verses show that being born again is not of human free will just like being born in the first place.

Where in the Bible does it say that we can place our will above His? Where does it say we can choose our beginning or our end?

I'm not sure I follow this question. The bible says that not one sparrow falls to the ground apart from your Heavenly Father. It says God knows all of our days before there are any of them. If it is within your power to end your life and you do so, do you think that comes to a big surprise to God?

[biblewonk]

PS. I never said I know everything about the bible but I take questions about it very seriously and will do my best to give my feeling on the topic.

[newgeezer]

God ?

Of course. If He wants you dead or alive, pity the fool who expects to "change the course of history."

[newgeezer]

This very topic is only one reason we rejoice in the fact that we belong to a sovereign, just, righteous, loving, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, holy, immutable, eternal and infinite God.

[biblewonk]

Hey, some of those words aren't in the bible!