“God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go either wrong or right. Some people think they can imagine a creature which was free but had no possibility of going wrong; I cannot. If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having” (C.S. Lewis).
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October 21, 2008 at 10:49 am |
The problem I have with this is that Romans 3 makes it perfectly clear that in our fallen state we are incapable of good. All our “free will” can achieve is evil. Bearing in mind I am talking from a God centered perspective not a relativized human perspective.
Don’t get me wrong, I love C.S. Lewis, however, I often don’t agree with his theology.
February 20, 2009 at 3:23 pm |
Dear timspong,
I would like to say something regarding your thought on Romans 3. 1. We are still free to desire God’s law or not even when we are unable to do God’s will without God’s grace. 2. In Edem, Adam and Eve were really able to obey God. Sin was absent from their life. They were really free but they preferred to believe Satan.
3. Today, every man is free to choose Christ, when the Holy Spirit convicts him for his sins and inspires him and enlightens him. This period in the life one’s man is a really suitable condition where anyone under the gentle push of the Spirit is free to believe or not to Christ. The Holy Spirit opens the eyes of the soul and the man has to choose. He can do what he wants to do. Some believe, while other say No to Him.
Love and blessings in Him