Old Saw #2 is really a restatement of Old Saw #1. I look to Scripture for answers, as we've been instructed to do. Do you find anything in Scripture that says man's sovereign will must be a part of God's plan? Instead, I think we find hundreds of passages which attest to God's singular, omniscient, perfect decree as being the sole motivating force in all existence. Within that reality, we recognize our place.
Why is it so difficult to give a straight answer? May I assume, then, that your answer to my question is "YES"?
Why would God surrender His sovereignty or authority to men ? Why would the creator give His creature power over Him?
Job 40:2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Rom 11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Either He is God or He is not . The lie of Eden was that they would be as gods.The lie lives