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: HarleyD
Jonah repented. Cain didn't. Was Cain's steps directed by God?
Neither's steps were "directed" by God. Both were free to choose or not choose God, demonstrating free will.
1,935 posted on
01/24/2006 6:06:02 AM PST by
Cronos
(Never forget 9/11. Restore Hagia Sophia!)
To: HarleyD; Gamecock
W[ere] Cain's steps directed by God? There is no difference in how God appealed to Cain and to Jonah. He called both to do His will; Jonah hesitated and agreed; Cain did not agree. Similarly, Eve and Mary both listened, hesitated, then one agreed to do God's will and the other did not.
Gamecock (post 1917): Jonah's will was violated
The fish did not deliver Jonah to Nineveh contrary to what Gamecock seems to believe, as Nineveh was not on the sea.
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