Today's chapter in the Westminster Confession is entitled Of Free Will. I grew up, I believing "Free Will" was my autonomous ability to make decisions on my own. I decided when to love, to hate, to obey the law, or to break the law. In other words I interpreted "Free Will" as life without the need for God.
This chapter reminds us that the only time we really had "Free Will" was before the first sin. When Adam and Eve where able to walk, run, and skip through the garden with no cares or concerns because God had provided everything they needed. That was when they, experienced true "Free Will". That was the only time when they were able to make an intentional decision to do anything to please God. "Free Will" was not living without God, "Free Will" was only found when they were totally dependence upon Him.
Amazing how that is still true for us today...
2 comments:
It must have been wonderful to live wanting nothing but God's perfect will.
This is absolutely true! Our current "free will" is clouded every second of every day, by our sinful nature. In no way, shape, or form is our thought without the sin nature of man. We battle every thought of every day with the sin and only through GOD's grace by the birth and death of HIS son can I or anyone break the binding nature of that sin and look at Jesus and focus on the true desires of our hearts (to fellowship with GOD). Isn't that really why we turn to all other types of 'fillers' to chase away the emptiness?
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