What About Free Will? | Apologia Radio Highlight

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[txjbh]

I’ve tried to escape from the FACT of the sovereignty of God but can’t logically. It’s so inescapably BEAUTIFUL!! 🙌🏼 He is God and I am the creature. ❤

[THEREALDATALORD]

Praise God for his deep sovereignty over all things.

[heidyrilloraza]

Jeff said it so well, oh the awesome God we have ！　hallelujah

[exlx]

Zach referencing God restraining the evil in Rueben's heart is really important context for understanding the hardening of Pharaoh's. Just as the brother would have done worse if God hadn't restrained, by God merely not restraining Pharaoh he was free to follow greater paths of evil. As Sproul said (badly paraphrased), 'God didn't have to create fresh evil in Pharaoh's heart' and we see a good example of the reverse of this with the brothers.

Thank you Zach and Pastor Jeff for your encouragement and teaching

[molitorsk]

Another expositional teaching of the Word. Thank you Jeff

[mjcrawf]

Spoke to you in the airport yesterday. Appreciate your ministry! Blessings.

[StillSawyerPhotography]

This is a great clip. If you want to be secure in your faith you need to dive deep into the topics you least understand. The Bible is filled with so much history so that we could see clearly the glory of God and how good he truly is ✝️

[Jesus_Romans__]

I always tell our youth on Wednesday night that we have no idea how far our sin will take us. Look at Joseph’s brother where pride and jealousy almost took them to the point of murder. Repent of all sin excluding the “respectable sins” because we never know where they will lead

[amandacase]

There’s a difference between can’t and won’t

[Descriptor_]

Stunning when people are totally good with it being God’s good will and plan for Jesus to die at the hands of sinners for our salvation but freak out at the thought of evil being done towards sinful fallen people at the hands of other fallen sinful people and He be fully sovereign over it.

If the greatest act of evil ever committed was according to the plan and foreknowledge of God then so is every other lesser act to follow (or precede.) God is that good and that powerful.

[Postmillhighlights]

For all the ‘what about free will?’ Comments:

What if I told you our Lord actually said we were slaves to sin until He sets us free?

John 8:34-36

[34] Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. [35] The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. [36] So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

[CBALLEN]

The bad news is, we are all sinners, the good news is, Jesus saved all of His people at the cross.

[thelordsdayministry]

Duet 30:19 "I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore CHOOSE life" We don't have free will to choose?

[WesW]

The thing is, when Pharaoh hardened his heart, at no point was he thinking “I don’t want to do this but something or someone, from outside of my will is changing my mind”. He would say, as everybody says, no this is my decision. I don’t believe in your fairytales. God leaves people in their natural state. He changes their minds within the confines of their natural state, but they will never believe anything or anyone changed their mind, except when they are converted. Then they look back over their lives and see the miracles that led to their conversion.

[HeidiRobinson-gsct]

Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord. Bible prophecies are continuing to be fulfilled. Life and love are miracles from God each day.

[markwilliams]

This is a really good video, but one point i was thinking about while listening to it is how God moved the Egyptians to hate the children of Israel.
Psalm 105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

[danib]

If we have free will why do people love saying “oh God brought this person in my life” ???? So on and so on. Whenever something good happens they said god did it or even if something bad happens they will use god either “why would god do this to me” or “god didn’t want this in my life anymore” so I wonder when Jeff talks about this topic people say he’s preaching a false gospel????

[brentanton]

I don't think that its He can't intervene but He chooses not to intervene because He gave free will. Now could God have predestined some things and left alone other things to happen as they may?

[JoseRamos-rjdd]

Reminds me of Jesus parable of the persistent widow . King does let’s say “good” which is good for her but not done out of fear of and to honor God but just to be left alone
I think Jeff has a good point there when he talks about hardening of Pharaoh . He could’ve prob let them go to save his own skin, not yo honor God yet YHWH hardens him making him more stubborn and so God displays his power and accomplishes his purpose
Psalm 103 says :
His sovereignty rules over all