Tough Questions for Christians # 3: Freewill

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Imagine that one day I decide to give you $1 million as a gift. You’d be quite ecstatic I’m sure.

I come over in my car, I have several briefcases full of cash, and I give them to you. I tell you: “Here, this is yours. My gift to you.”

But, there is one rule you must follow with this money. You can’t spend it or invest it. You can just keep the money. And if you do spend it, even one dime, I will kill you.

Would you consider my gift to be “great” or “glorious” or “fantastic?” Or would you consider it a waste of time, a waste of space, and a useless gift?

Now, God gave everyone freewill, the ability to make choices – to do whatever we want to in life. But there’s a catch, we can’t use it.

A friend of mine defined sin in a way I’m sure most Christians will agree with, he said “Sin is anything that is contrary to the will of God.

So we have this “all-powerful,” “all-mighty” being who says: “Here is this great gift. I want you to have the freewill to do whatever you want. Instead of making you a robot, to do exactly what I tell you to, I’m going to give you the choice to do whatever you want. BUT – if you don’t do exactly what I tell you to, I’m going to burn you in Hell forever.”

Much like the $1 million dollars sitting in briefcases in your living room, that you can’t touch, you can’t spend, you can’t invest – you just have to let it sit there, freewill is just as useless.

If you use it and you make choices of your own, you’re going to be damned. If you act like a robot, and do EXACTLY what God tells you to, and do EXACTLY what he wants you to, then you’ll be rewarded and you’ll get to go to Heaven where you’ll get to continue to act like a robot, doing everything God wants you to, and using his will instead of your own.

So here’s my question.

TOUGH QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTIANS #3

WHAT'S THE POINT OF GIVING US FREEWILL IF WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE IT?

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