“The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.” Pro.16 ESV
From a Christian point of view God governs the affairs of men, and it is rather obvious that one of the ways He does this is to give us freedom to make choices, not just good choices but evil ones as well. This means that it is God' s will, at least for the present, that men be able to resist His will. Why does He allow this? What appears to be of great importance to God is that people are given the opportunity to freely choose to submit to His will. After all, real love is always voluntary; who would want a forced love? This means of course that God determines our destiny at least in part, by putting it ultimately in our decision to love Him or not. He can and does help with this and certainly without His help none of us would be able to love Him. God has shown that He will do all that can be done but it seems that there are certain lines that even He will not cross. 3/22/2011 Conversations Within ts (Gunterhill, AL)
Just me trying to be honest with God.
