(February 17, 2012 at 1:27 am)brotherlylove Wrote: Does autonomy make any sense in light of Gods sovereignty? How could one be autonomous in such a world?
He gives us absolute free will to obey or disobey Him, and we are also free to experience the consequences of our choices.
How do you not see the contradiction here? Giving someone free-will without autonomy is like giving someone a dick without any balls.
(February 17, 2012 at 1:27 am)brotherlylove Wrote: I am not nothing. I am an adopted son of God and co-heir to Christ. To be a Christian is to be a part of Gods family. God isn't looking for syncophants, He is looking for sons and daughters to follow the righteous example of His Son and be transformed. I am grateful for all that God has done for me.
If he decides who to adopt based on who praises him, then his "adoptive" children and sycophants are not different.
(February 17, 2012 at 1:27 am)brotherlylove Wrote: If someone took you off the street and fed you, and clothed you, set you up with a car and a house, gave you friendship and connections, and sent you monthly checks until the day you died, you would probably be pretty grateful to that person, wouldn't you?You might even feel like praising him, and telling other people all that this person did for you. Well, God did a few better than that; He died for me, forgave me for my sins, and gave me eternal life. I have a lot of reasons to praise Him, eternal reasons. We praise the things we love, and so I praise God, the author of life. I praise He who made the stars, the green meadows and the crystal blue sky.
Praise him? For what? Giving me something I did not deserve?
I'd be grateful if he told me, "I'm doing all this because I expect you to pay me back every penny", I'd be grateful to him. Otherwise, I'd call him a fool and throw his money back in his face.
