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May 25, 2022 · If “free will” means that God gives humans the opportunity to make choices that genuinely affect their destiny, then yes, human beings do have a free will. The world’s current sinful state is directly linked to choices made by Adam and Eve. God created mankind in His own image, and that included the ability to choose.
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Nov 21, 2023 · God, on the other hand, has free will in every aspect. The natural world operates subsidiarily to His realm. God is unconstrained by all natural laws; He in fact established those laws and is sovereign over them. God could have created the universe in any of a number of ways, and the way it exists is due to His choice.
Oct 28, 2022 · So human beings do not truly have a free will, as popularly defined. We have a will. We can make decisions. Biblically speaking, we have the responsibility to respond to what God has revealed to us, including His call to believe the gospel (John 1:12; 3:16; Acts 16:31; Romans 10:9–10; Revelation 22:17).
Feb 2, 2024 · “It is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose” (Philippians 2:13, NIV). We draw comfort from the fact that God is at work—even if we can’t fully understand it now. We must also realize that we are responsible for decisions we make. There are consequences we will experience when we go against God’s ...
- Article 1. Whether There Is Will in God?
- Article 2. Whether God Wills Things Apart from Himself?
- Article 3. Whether Whatever God Wills He Wills necessarily?
- Article 4. Whether The Will of God Is The Cause of things?
- Article 5. Whether Any Cause Can Be Assigned to The Divine Will?
- Article 6. Whether The Will of God Is Always Fulfilled?
- Article 7. Whether The Will of God Is changeable?
- Article 8. Whether The Will of God Imposes Necessity on The Things Willed?
- Article 9. Whether God Wills Evils?
- Article 10. Whether God Has Free-Will?
Objection 1. It seems that there is not will in God. For the object of will is the end and the good. But we cannot assign to God any end. Therefore there is not will in God. Objection 2. Further, will is a kind of appetite. But appetite, as it is directed to things not possessed, implies imperfection, which cannot be imputed to God. Therefore there...
Objection 1. It seems that God does not will things apart from Himself. For the divine will is the divine existence. But Godis not other than Himself. Therefore He does not will things other than Himself. Objection 2. Further, the willed moves the willer, as the appetible the appetite, as stated in De Anima iii, 54. If, therefore, God wills anythin...
Objection 1. It seems that whatever God wills He wills necessarily. For everything eternal is necessary. But whatever God wills, He wills from eternity, for otherwise His will would be mutable. Therefore whatever He wills, He wills necessarily. Objection 2. Further, God wills things apart from Himself, inasmuch as He wills His own goodness. Now God...
Objection 1. It seems that the will of God is not the cause of things. For Dionysius says (Div. Nom. iv, 1): "As our sun, not by reason nor by pre-election, but by its very being, enlightens all things that can participate in its light, so the divine good by its very essence pours the rays of goodness upon everything that exists." But every volunta...
Objection 1. It seems that some cause can be assigned to the divine will. For Augustine says (Qq. lxxxiii, 46): "Who would venture to say that God made all things irrationally?" But to a voluntary agent, what is the reason of operating, is the cause of willing. Therefore the will of God has some cause. Objection 2. Further, in things made by one wh...
Objection 1. It seems that the will of God is not always fulfilled. For the Apostle says (1 Timothy 2:4): "God will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth." But this does not happen. Therefore the will of Godis not always fulfilled. Objection 2. Further, as is the relation of knowledge to truth, so is that of the will t...
Objection 1. It seems that the Will of God is changeable. For the Lord says (Genesis 6:7): "It repenteth Me that I have made man." But whoever repents of what he has done, has a changeable will. Therefore Godhas a changeable will. Objection 2. Further, it is said in the person of the Lord: "I will speak against a nation and against a kingdom, to ro...
Objection 1. It seems that the will of God imposes necessity on the things willed. For Augustine says (Enchiridion 103): "No one is saved, except whom God has willed to be saved. He must therefore be asked to will it; for if He wills it, it must necessarilybe." Objection 2. Further, every cause that cannot be hindered, produces its effect necessari...
Objection 1. It seems that God wills evils. For every good that exists, God wills. But it is a good that evil should exist. For Augustine says (Enchiridion 95): "Although evil in so far as it is evil is not a good, yet it is good that not only good things should exist, but also evil things." Therefore God wills evilthings. Objection 2. Further, Dio...
Objection 1. It seems that God has not free-will. For Jerome says, in a homily on the prodigal son [Ep. 146, ad Damas.]; "God alone is He who is not liable to sin, nor can be liable: all others, as having free-will, can be inclined to either side." Objection 2. Further, free-will is the faculty of the reason and will, by which good and evil are cho...
Apr 19, 2019 · The doctrine of God’s sovereignty proposes that God’s will is always done. If God decrees something, then if he is sovereign, what he decrees will be done. However, if we have free will, then some will argue that this means that things happen which oppose God’s will–and thus the possible contradiction.
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Does God have free will? Free will is defined as "the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion." God has volition; He has a mind and the ability to make decisions. He is His own authority, answering to no one, and has no external limitations. It is safe to say that God has free will.
