The Will Of Man Is Dead In Trespasses And Sins; If Not, Then Scripture Isn’t The Truth
“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind…”
Ephesians 2:1-3
“And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses…”
Colossians 2:13
The will of man is hostile to God; we want our desires met before the Lord’s desires, yet we claim to love Him. We don’t even know Who He is.
We Are Not Free-willed, But Our Will Is Bound To The Flesh
How can a spiritually dead person have a will to choose Spirit?
Man’s will cannot submit to God’s Law, as we will read in the following several verses.
If this is true, how can our <will> be free? If it cannot submit to God, without God?
Scripture Says:
“For the mind (will) that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him…”
Romans 8:7-9
How Can The Will Of Man Be Free?
…If It Cannot Understand The Things Of God?
“The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned…”
1 Corinthians 2:14
“as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God…”
Romans 3:10-11
HOW CAN THE WILL OF MAN BE FREE IF IT CANNOT ACCEPT THE HOLY SPIRIT?
… even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.”
John 14:17
Cannot See The Kingdom Of God…
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 3:3
CANNOT HEAR THE WORDS OF CHRIST…
Cannot see the Light of the Gospel (Blinded minds)
Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.
John 8:43
THINK THE GOSPEL FOOLISHNESS
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Cor 1:18
DOES NOT SEEK FOR GOD
there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.
Rom 3:11
DOES NOT FEAR GOD
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Rom 3:18
HEART IS DECEITFUL AND DESPERATELY WICKED
Jer 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
WITHOUT GOD-GIVEN FAITH OUR DEEDS ARE SINFUL
Rom 14:23But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
Nothing materializes without it being caused… that cause is God. God is the Creator of material and spiritual.
All occurrences, including human actions and choices, are determined by preceding events & methods of strategies outcomes. If we use an objective definition of a word rather than a subjective one, freedom of choice is illusory.
God, throughout Scripture, does will events to take place, & if natural law adheres and fixes perfectly to the laws of nature.
Why would God not work in accordance with His own Law, being that God created Nature & Law itself? That’s illogical.
Humanistic free will is no more than chaos; God is a God of order.
He is Holy, which means; Whole, Complete, and Perfect, all ordered by His Decree.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAUSE & EFFECT.
The forces acting on every system at whatever specific time ultimately determine the variables’ values at alater period.
So, what is the proper definition of Free Will?
FREE:
(a) Not controlled by obligation or will of another, having personal rights or liberty; NOT ENSLAVED or CONFINED
<† We are either “Slaves of Righteousness” or sin, there is no neutral. >
(b) Exempt from EXTERNAL DIRECTION or RESTRICTION; not forced or INDUCED
< Completely denying Who God is >
WILL:
(a) The capacity to CHOOSE a goal and make INTERNAL efforts essential to the will’s realization.
(b) To DECREE or ORDAIN, determine by choice.
<There’s only One who rightfully decrees and declares>
(c) MENTAL POWER by which one CONTROLS one’s thoughts, actions, and decisions.
< Man, believing, he is Like the Most High, taking after Lucifer >
FREE WILL:
- (a) The ability to choose between different possible courses of action…
- (b) The belief that HUMAN BEINGS can ACT ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OF THEIR OWN WILL
- (c) The human ability to make choices that are NOT EXTERNALLY DETERMINED; done of one’s own accord; voluntary.
- (d) The conduct of human beings expresses personal choice and is NOT simply DETERMINED, BY PHYSICAL or DIVINE FORCES.
If you don’t believe God’s will overrides your will, you worship the God of your own mind.
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