***Galatians 5:13 “You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.” This is my point. We are FREE, more free than the unregenerated. We have the freedom to love one another as Christ loved us. ***
If we are free to love, we are free to hate. Otherwise there is no freedom. If we are free to follow the Way of Jesus, we are free to follow any other way as well.
I think that I understand your point - that without the Grace of God, we cannot possibly have true faith and obtain salvation. But let’s understand the full implications of that thought. Adam was free to reject God; so are all men.
That is how perfect His love is for us.
Either we make a choice or we make no choice. We either have freedom or we don’t.
***I think that I understand your point - that without the Grace of God, we cannot possibly have true faith and obtain salvation. But let’s understand the full implications of that thought. Adam was free to reject God; so are all men.***
We do reject God every day, it’s called sin. But, our sins are forgiven through the grace if our Lord through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. We freely choose to sin, and we freely choose to please God, which is a choice the unregenerated do NOT have. We ARE freer than the unregenerated, praise be to God.
Good post, Mark. Hope your Easter was full of JOY.