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To: kosta50
All that happens happens by His will...Part of His will is that man be free to make his decisions.

If "all that happens" is "by His will," then even those decisions which men freely make "happen by His will."

8,482 posted on 10/07/2007 5:04:32 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
If "all that happens" is "by His will," then even those decisions which men freely make "happen by His will."

No, the decisions are made by our will. His will is to allow us to exercise our free will. The decisions we made are ours and not His. When we place our will in the service of God, then our will ceases to be our will and we become slaves of righteousness, as St. Paul would say it.

8,484 posted on 10/07/2007 6:18:38 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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