Stop and Think...don't brush this aside

[Brad Huber]

Only those who've accepted Jesus christ as their personal Savior are children of God / born-again. Adam and Eve were created old enough to have children.

I would disagree, those are "true" children of God, as in true to follow the path we were meant to follow. But every person ever born are children of adam and eve, who were created by God, and because of that, they are still children of God, its just that they have left God's path like the prodigal son or children of the prodigal. God created the human race, so the human race are His children whether they want to be or not. Have you ever heard the phrase, "true children of God"? Thats what believers in Christ who follow the path He gave us are, as in true to follow the path to salvation laid out for us.

 

[Sue D.]

@Brad Huber yes I've heard that expression and it's referring to people who have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.

 

[Twistie]

And I'm 74 -- so maybe it doesn't matter, but you Are curious. And there's nothing wrong with being curios.

As it's written let those who r seeking keep seeking

Love love love running into others who r truly in the Word


(⁠✿⁠ ⁠♡⁠‿⁠♡⁠)

 

[rstrats]

God created free will .

How do you create free will?

 

[Sue D.]

God created everything including free will. In otherwards He doesn't Make us do anything...we choose and God already know how or what we will do.

 

[Brad Huber]

How do you create free will?

You cant use human reasoning effectively with God. There is a LOT of things we cant do that God can. I would think any christian would know this.

 

[Jesua888]

Amazing P

Thinking

Have you ever stopped to wonder
What this life is all about?
Why you're here and where you're going
When your lease on time runs out?
Maybe you've been far too busy
Trying hard to reach your goal
Would you let me ask you kindly
Have you thought about your soul?

You may reach the highest portals
And your dreams may all come true
Wealth and fame may be your portion
And sucess may shine on you.
All your friends may sing your praises,
Not a care on you may roll
What about the great tomorrow
Have you thought about your soul?

Don't forget your days are numbered,
Though you may be riding high.
But, like all of us poor mortals,
Someday you'll just up and die
Your sucess and fame and glory
Won't be worth the bell they toll.
Let me ask you just one question
Have you thought about your soul?

If you've never thought it over
Spend a little time today
There is nothing more important
That will ever come your way
Than the joy of sins forgiven
And to know you've been made whole
In the name of Christ the Saviour
Have you thought about your soul?

(author unknown)

For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and loose his soul (Mark8:36)

For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Rom 6:23)

Amazing Poem, thank you ... I have shared this on my social networks : )

 

[rstrats]

You cant use human reasoning effectively with God. There is a LOT of things we cant do that God can. I would think any christian would know this.

Instead of your snarky remark you could have just said that you don't know.

 

[Brad Huber]

Instead of your snarky remark you could have just said that you don't know.

It wasnt snarky, you just perceived it as such. Dont put your assumptions out there as fact.

 

[Jesua888]

It wasnt snarky, you just perceived it as such. Dont put your assumptions out there as fact.

He asked the strangest question ...

 

[Jesua888]

How do you create free will?

is that a serious question?

 

[Christ4Ever]

How do you create free will?

This is the second time today that question appears to be a byproduct of response I made to another. Let me copy and paste my reply to another who just happens to be on this thread. It might not necessarily answer what you asked, but I hope the implication provides some insight to it. Just keep in mind that the below was in answering someone else's question.

Bring all who claim me as their God, for I have made them for my glory. It was I who created them.'" Isaiah 43:7 NLT

for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see--such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. 17 He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. Colossians 1:16-17 NLT

For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:10 NLT

In trying to answer your question at the end. I believe we were created to have a relationship with Him which you allude to. I think about God (Gen 3:8) walking in the Garden, where he had placed man. However, I also believe that in making His creation, He also wanted this relationship to be voluntary. So, for it to be so, man would have needed the ability to make choices, in a way that they could accept or reject Him and so conditions were made that allowed man to do so. Which you also allude to

I do not see it as a "project" or "experiment," because an assumption would imply that God is not Omniscient or in other words, all-knowing. How could it be an experiment if He knows the outcome unless He limited a part of Himself from this knowledge in the experiment instance that you mentioned?

However, I do see a project as a possibility but when considered in light of the purpose which I believe is for His Glory and is acceptable, while still being omniscient (fully knowing the results thereof).

With the Love of Christ Jesus.
YBIC
Nick
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[Leumas]

God created everything including free will. In otherwards He doesn't Make us do anything...we choose and God already know how or what we will do.

Not one bit of this statement is correct. All of it is false. Except the part where God knows how or what we will do.

 

[Bill]

@Brad Huber yes I've heard that expression and it's referring to people who have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.

Nice to see you again Sue I've prayed for you for a long time. I heard you were unwell.

Yes indeed, all Humanity are eligible to become the true children of God. All Humanity is eligible to become Christian and God cares for all of his children. But he doesn't hold a gun to their heads, he allows us the freedom to choose, yet he's always hoping for the best of our choices

 

[Garee]

How do you create free will?

It boils down to a will cannot be created. . . . . . wills, "Let there be" Create and testify. "it was good"

Reminds me of the potter

Isaiah 29:16ESV You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, “He did not make me”; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”

Free will is the kind of spiritual food the disciples knew not of. the food as power to both hear the understnding of the Father and power to finish the works of two. Christ in the believer sons of God .Yoked with him our daily burden can be lighter. We can pray give us that bread

 

[Leumas]

Nice to see you again Sue I've prayed for you for a long time. I heard you were unwell.

Yes indeed, all Humanity are eligible to become the true children of God. All Humanity is eligible to become Christian and God cares for all of his children. But he doesn't hold a gun to their heads, he allows us the freedom to choose, yet he's always hoping for the best of our choices

It's going to take more
than prayer to help her.

 

[Bill]

It's going to take more
than prayer to help her.

Why do you say that

 

[Bill]

It's going to take more
than prayer to help her.

First of all you have to understand what prayer is. It is communication with God. Is there anything greater than prayer?

When Moses cried out to God, God heard him. The same thing is true with anyone who cries out to God in sincerity.

If you scream from the housetops that you are a Christian, that doesn't necessarily mean that God is listening to you. You have to be sincere from your heart. The person who is quietly praying in the corner, maybe that person doesn't feel worthy to speak to almighty God, in all sincerity and humility they seek out God. I can guarantee you that that quiet voice from within is louder in heaven than any screaming from The Mountaintop that anyone can do.

Do you remember what Jesus said about people who are giving money to God? The minister, the Pharisee or the rich man gives from what they have in abundance. But the poor Widow who gives two cents of her meager earnings gives more than any of the others.

This is the way it is with prayer. From your meagerness, your humility and your sincerity is your prayer loudest

 

[Leumas]

Why do you say that

Because it is a curse
That is upon her
Due to evil
She did to someone.

Therefore that's why I'm saying
None of your prayers are going to deliver her

But you don't have to believe me
Pray everyday all day long
Nothing's going to change

 

[Bill]

Because it is a curse
That is upon her
Due to evil
She did to someone.

Therefore that's why I'm saying
None of your prayers are going to deliver her

But you don't have to believe me
Pray everyday all day long
Nothing's going to change

And how do you know she has a curse upon her?

Tell me about what it is she has in the first place. As I only knew that she was sick.

There's a difference between sickness and being cursed so I wondering how you know she is cursed?