This was the title of a sermon preached last night at Omaha Bible Church by our Senior Pastor, Patrick Abendroth. The message dealt with whether or not we as people have the free will to choose God or not.
>here is the link to the download page
I think Pat did a terrific job of dealing with the issues a short amount of time (45 min). Here are the 5 points that I took down (how many points do you think a Calvinist would have?)-
So here are the 5 compelling arguments against free will-
.1. the Bible does not teach it
.2. the Bible teaches the opposite
.3. the tetstimony of church history
.4. the theory undermines multiple realities of grace
.5. the theory undermines the glory of God
//a couple of items to note:
I really enjoyed Pat’s points with respect to the redefinition of grace and the logical implications of adding our choice to the equation.
A great quote: “Proponents of free-will are enemies of free-grace”
and a paraphrase: “why is free-will the evangelical idol? Why do we defend it so? It is not even in the Bible, but people defend it like it is the love of God or the deity of Christ or something?”
finally, if you are moved by your own free will :/ to take issue with these points, please listen to the sermon and then, if inclined, drop a comment. Don’t just disagree and rant.