Jan's Question

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>>>>> "Dee" == Dee Goepel <dee@KAGOONA.MITRE.ORG> writes:

    >>> "God commandeth men everywhere to repent: it is his will that
    >>> none hould perish, but that all should COME to repentance."

    >> And? Do you mean that God is unable to have his WILL?

    Dee> God is capable of all things, but He has granted us the
    Dee> *gift* of free will.  We are not robots or slaves.  We are
    Dee> His servants if we *choose* to be, but we always have the
    Dee> choice.  God is not "unable" to do anything, He simply allows
    Dee> us to do what is bad for us.  Like any father with his child,
    Dee> at some point he lets go and it is up to the child to make
    Dee> the right decisions.

Those who say God can do anything are technically incorrect!  He
cannot lie.  Because he cannot lie, he cannot do anything that would
make anything he has said into a lie; therefore, God is constrained by
his word!  Darius got into trouble because of "the law of the Medes and
the Persians [which] changeth not."  Only an omniscient God is capable
of writing or speaking a law which changeth not.  Even natural science
holds as a fundamental precept the concept that natural law does not
change over time.  Only God is capable of making such a wonderful law.
Men make mistakes!

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