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To: stfassisi
What makes you think man born of Adam has a free will to choose God?

Man can Choose God or NOT to Choose God by free will.

That does not answer the question. All you did was make a dogmatic philosphical assertion.

Once again, what makes you THINK or BELIEVE that man born of Adam has a free will to choose God?

10,466 posted on 11/05/2007 4:24:20 PM PST by Missey_Lucy_Goosey
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To: Missey_Lucy_Goosey
“”Once again, what makes you THINK or BELIEVE that man born of Adam has a free will to choose God?””

Perhaps you should read Sirach 15:14-20 from Douay Rheims....

"14 God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his OWN counsel. 15 He added his commandments and precepts.
16 If thou wilt keep the commandments and perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall preserve thee. 17 He hath set water and fire before thee: stretch forth thy hand to which thou wilt. 18 Before man is life and death, good and evil, that which he shall CHOOSE shall be given him: 19 For the wisdom of God is great, and he is strong in power, seeing all men without ceasing. 20 The eyes of the Lord are towards them that fear him, and he knoweth all the work of man.

This tells us that Salvation, a free gift, is ours to accept or reject. God’s sovereignty includes our free will. Our fate is predestined, but not predetermined

Good night!
I wish you a Blessed evening

10,468 posted on 11/05/2007 4:45:45 PM PST by stfassisi ("Above all gifts that Christ gives his beloved is that of overcoming self"St Francis Assisi)
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