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There is no Free Will PERIOD

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Why do your replies never answer my simple question? Do I make a choice to obey or disobey God or not. It’s a simple yes or no answer.
I did answer it.
Why do you make it so hard.


There is no Free Will, Period!
Only the Son and Father have Free will.
Thinking you have free will,
or thinking they would select a predestined failure,
is your failure in understanding free will and simplicity.
 
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Both show the breaking down of the organic machine.
Why we need new bodies and minds. Romans 8:23
Right on, get rid of these walking ecosystems hosting around 10,000 different species literally.
 
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Both show the breaking down of the organic machine.
Why we need new bodies and minds. Romans 8:23
Ok I see that you’re incapable of actually engaging in the discussion by answering simple questions because you know that you can’t answer them without admitting that you’re wrong.
 
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I did answer it.
Why do you make it so hard.


There is no Free Will, Period!
Only the Son and Father have Free will.
Thinking you have free will,
or thinking they would select a known failure,
is your failure in understanding free will and simplicity.
So if I have no free will then it’s completely STUPID for God to give commandments that I CAN NEITHER OBEY OR DISOBEY BECAUSE I CANT MAKE EITHER CHOICE.
 
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Right on, get rid of these walking ecosystems hosting around 10,000 different species literally.
It will be like, "Avatar" times 77 trillion!!!
Supposed to be Heavenly I hear.
 
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So if I have no free will then it’s completely STUPID for God to give commandments that I CAN NEITHER OBEY OR DISOBEY BECAUSE I CANT MAKE EITHER CHOICE

The Father has given the Servants 3 commandments, and the Son has given them 2.

Mark 12:30 Mark 12:31

Within those commands, you are given a predestined choice.
 
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God saw every single bad thing that would specifically happen from the beginning, and also the good, and made it so that it could not go or happen any other way, and after that, made it or did it or caused it to go/happen and/or go that way anyway.

You want to label this God evil because of this, then be my guest. But I wouldn't want to be you on judgement day when all of this is revealed to you, just exactly like I am saying.

I would be focusing much more on why He made it that way, etc.

And that to fulfill His purposes, why there was maybe no other way, etc.

God Bless.
No, I label your theory evil. It libels God. It is part of the devil's distortion of a God that is love. In no way did God sanction evil or sin. It was never his ideal will for man to be plunged into it. That fault lies with Satan and mankind themselves. Charging God with all evil is simply a horrendous accusation that bears no truth.

As for focusing on the lie that He made it that way???? He didn't make it that way, but He has saved all who will freely submit to Him. The very thought of God creating beings who can do nothing but sin and then putting them in hell for eternal punishment is beyond the pale. There is no way to relate to that kind of god in love.
 
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Both show the breaking down of the organic machine.
Why we need new bodies and minds. Romans 8:23
In both cases God is trying to save these people and in the case in Romans 2 the people are uncooperative and in Luke 13 it’s uncertain whether or not the tree will cooperate. Both of these indicate that our cooperation is needed in order for us to be saved. They both show that it IS NOT SOLELY BASED ON GOD’S DECISION.
 
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No, I label your theory evil. It libels God. It is part of the devil's distortion of a God that is love. In no way did God sanction evil or sin. It was never his ideal will for man to be plunged into it. That fault lies with Satan and mankind themselves. Charging God with all evil is simply a horrendous accusation that bears no truth.

As for focusing on the lie that He made it that way???? He didn't make it that way, but He has saved all who will freely submit to Him. The very thought of God creating beings who can do nothing but sin and then putting them in hell for eternal punishment is beyond the pale. There is no way to relate to that kind of god in love.
It undermines God’s love, His impartiality, and His justness and it directly contradicts the scriptures I just quoted. Romans 2:4-5 and Luke 13:6-9.
 
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No, I label your theory evil. It libels God. It is part of the devil's distortion of a God that is love. In no way did God sanction evil or sin. It was never his ideal will for man to be plunged into it. That fault lies with Satan and mankind themselves. Charging God with all evil is simply a horrendous accusation that bears no truth.

As for focusing on the lie that He made it that way???? He didn't make it that way, but He has saved all who will freely submit to Him. The very thought of God creating beings who can do nothing but sin and then putting them in hell for eternal punishment is beyond the pale. There is no way to relate to that kind of god in love.
Guess we'll see on judgement day.

God Bless.
 
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In both cases God is trying to save these people and in the case in Romans 2 the people are uncooperative and in Luke 13 it’s uncertain whether or not the tree will cooperate. Both of these indicate that our cooperation is needed in order for us to be saved. They both show that it IS NOT SOLELY BASED ON GOD’S DECISION.

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Romans 2:7-8

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew 13:30
 
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We as Servants have three commandments.

#1 Be fruitful Multiply Genesis 1:22
#2 eat plants not animals or you will die Genesis 1:29 Genesis 9:4
#3 do what God tells you.

I did answer it.
Why do you make it so hard.


There is no Free Will, Period!
Only the Son and Father have Free will.
Thinking you have free will,
or thinking they would select a predestined failure,
is your failure in understanding free will and simplicity.
So in one post we have no choice and in the other we do have a choice. Have you changed your theology in the last 15 minutes? Why the contradiction?

Also saying that God gave us 3 commandments and one of those commandments is to do what God tells you, and God has told us to do a whole lot, means that God has given us a lot more than just 3 commandments.
 
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To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Romans 2:7-8

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew 13:30
You’re like talking to a politician, you make a lot of statements that don’t really say anything about the discussion.
 
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So in one post we have no choice and in the other we do have a choice. Have you changed your theology in the last 15 minutes? Why the contradiction?

Also saying that God gave us 3 commandments and one of those commandments is to do what God tells you, and God has told us to do a whole lot, means that God has given us a lot more than just 3 commandments.

If the Servants follow 3 commandments and the slaves follow 10+
How many commands do you think the Father and Son follow??
Keeping in mind 0 commandments = free will.
 
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To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Romans 2:7-8
FYI obeying requires us making a choice.
 
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