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Sovereignty of God Blog Series « Man of Depravity — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:13:58 +0000

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By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:09:57 +0000

Jack,
Great post, would love to grab some Stumptown next time you are in PDX.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:10:45 +0000

Not really. He simply states that “free will is what has made evil possible.”

If we assume the implied alternative–free will is what has made good possible, then it is possible that man, who has free will, can be either good or evil. Therefore, would it not be just as reasonable to conceive that man can be good for the whole of his existence, as it is to conceive that man can be evil for the whole of his existence, assuming that free will brings forth both that which is right and that which is wrong?

Reason says, “yes.” But the fact of the matter, as we know, is that no man is good. Why?

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:23:58 +0000

I thought he answered that in his next paragraph.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:20:44 +0000

I understood Lewis to mean man. If man, who has free will, can go either right or wrong, then why would it not be possible to have a man live and never go wrong?

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:52:53 +0000

Well I just begged him to be a part of this.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:52:25 +0000

Well that would be a debate. Some say Jesus could have sinned, others do not.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:45:32 +0000

If “God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go either wrong or right,” then how is it not possible to conceive “a creature which was free but had no possibility of going wrong?”

This seems contradictory.

By: Kurt Brandemihl

Kurt Brandemihl — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:23:22 +0000

Mr Lewis, you are a bright light and I am proud to call you brother. The way you take a complex thing and make it understandable to simple men like me is truly a gift. I agree with your thoughts on freewill truly being wills that are free and is the only way to have a world in which love and evil exist, I wonder however your thoughts on God’s Foreknowledge…do you think He knows the choices that we make before we make them? Also have you read “The Shack”? If so I wonder what your thoughts are on Young’s take on Sovereignty.

BTW – How did you get to know a schmuck like Tyler?

Kurt

By: ash

ash — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:57:48 +0000

“‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good.”

my favorite quote by c.s. lewis….i think that’s all he ever needed to say. there is so much power in that one little statement….