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To: HarleyD; kosta50; Forest Keeper
Isn't that DESIRING to want to be a "robot" to God?

Aha, free will choosing to let God work through you?
1,794 posted on 01/20/2006 9:06:55 AM PST by Cronos (Never forget 9/11. Restore Hagia Sophia!)
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To: Cronos; kosta50; Forest Keeper
Aha, free will choosing to let God work through you?

No. The ONLY reason I do anything "good" is not because of my "free will" or MY submissiveness to God. The ONLY reason I do anything "good" is simply because God has given me a certain amount of faith to do His works.

He keeps me on the path of righteousness to accomplish what He wants. If I follow after my will (which leads to sin) He will chastise me and get me back on the right path. If left to my will I would not do anything righteous. There is nothing I have to boast about and it has nothing to do with anything that I "freely" do. ANYTHING that I do is simply because God has mercifully chosen to use me.

It should be noted that each person has various degrees of this faith according to what God has given. God doesn't want everyone to be a Billy Graham or a Pope. Everyone has a function in God's church no matter how glorious or humble that position is. Isaiah was called to "harden" people's heart. How would some of us like that ministry-hardening people's heart to God's message? God doesn't grade us on our success or failures. God grades us on our obedience to do the task He has appointed for us.

1,795 posted on 01/20/2006 10:10:22 AM PST by HarleyD ("Man's steps are ordained by the Lord, How then can man understand his way?" Prov 20:24)
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