Free Will

 Free Will!

Free will is a blessing and a curse!

Humans have “free will” given by GOD and most believe it is a right. “Free will” is not a right! No one truly has “free will”! Society, local government, national government, international government and GOD’s Government all restrict our “free will”. The norms of society and the regulations of life restrict our free will and even deny it.

The closest a person can come to living by the desires of their free will is to live by themself with almost no interaction with other people, and those who try that in the wilderness find animals exerting their free will over them. Even nature exerts its will over humans.

“You are Worthy, our LORD and GOD, to receive Glory and Honor and Power; for You Created all things, and by Your Will they exist and were created.” Revelation 4:11

There is no place in GOD’s creation that people can live fulfilling their free will!

Christians who think that GOD has enhanced their free will do not understand the scriptures. From the beginning GOD has exerted His Will over everything! “In the beginning, GOD created the heavens and the earth…Then GOD said…” “Then The LORD GOD took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And The LORD Commanded the man saying, ‘Of every tree in the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it dying you shall die.’” “So The LORD GOD said to the serpent…” “to the woman He said…” Then to Adam He said…” This is just the first three chapters of GOD’s Word, maybe just one or two earth years.

JESUS CHRIST, The Son of GOD, The Son of Man, Emmanuel did not live according to His own Will in the earth. “He (JESUS) indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in these last times for you who through Him believe in GOD, Who Raised Him from the dead and Gave Him Glory, so that your Faith and Hope are in GOD.” 1 Peter 1:20-21 (Study Revelation 13:8)

“For I have come down from Heaven, not to do My Own Will, but The Will of Him Who sent Me.” John 6:38 (Study John 6:38-40)

“...saying, ‘Father, if it is Your Will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My Will but Yours be done.’” Luke 22:42 (Study Luke 22:39-46)

GOD actually has a better plan for our life than us living according to our own will! It’s called The Will of GOD, which He puts into our life when we are in our mother’s womb (Study Psalm 139:13-18; Jeremiah 1:4-5; Galatians 1:13-17). But, since we are born sinners, thanks to Adam’s sin, we are not equipped to know GOD’s Will, much less do it. But, GOD had a plan even before He created us (1 Peter 1:20-21), it’s called Salvation (Study John 3:15-21), this is how JESUS described it, “...Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself  and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and The Gospel’s will save it.” (Study Matthew 10:16-42; Mark 8:34-38; John 8:31-36; John 11:17-27).

So if you want to live by your free will, good luck! If you want to live by GOD’s Wills, “Seek you first the Kingdom of GOD and His Righteousness, and all these things will be added to you, do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble!” Matthew 6:33-34. He did not say it would be easy, He said it would be worth it (Study John 14:1-6)! So much so that He taught us to pray, “...Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done in the earth as it is in Heaven…” (Matthew 6:10).