To: HarleyD
If Jonah HAD "free will" he would have been sunbathing in Tarshish rather than preaching in Nineveh Why? A free will does not mean unchanging singlemindnedness. Jonah repented, that is to say he changed his mind, something impossible absent free will. God gave him a reason to repent, to be sure. God also asked Cain to repent. Jonah obeyed. Cain did not. That illustrates free will.
To: annalex
Why? A free will does not mean unchanging singlemindnedness. Jonah repented, that is to say he changed his mind, something impossible absent free will. God gave him a reason to repent, to be sure. God also asked Cain to repent. Jonah obeyed. Cain did not. That illustrates free will. No one doubt that man has a will. Jonah had a will. But God has to bend that will to conform to His will.
Jonah repented. Cain didn't. Was Cain's steps directed by God?
1,916 posted on
01/24/2006 1:47:42 AM PST by
HarleyD
("Man's steps are ordained by the Lord, How then can man understand his way?" Prov 20:24)
To: annalex
It's kinnda hard not to repent and do what God want's when you are in the belly of a fish for three days.
I would say Jonah's will was violated.
1,917 posted on
01/24/2006 2:09:15 AM PST by
Gamecock
(..ours is a trivial age, and the church has been deeply affected by this pervasive triviality. JMB)
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