(August 21, 2013 at 7:53 am)Tonus Wrote:
2- Couldn't happen: there are two ways to consider this. One, that it would have been impossible for Jesus to sin. That would imply that the whole thing was rigged. Two, that as a perfect human being, Jesus could only have committed a sin through a willful act. And that would have been completely contrary to what he took on a human form to do, as well as giving Satan a victory. That also implies that the game was rigged, in that Jesus would have had to act against his nature in order to fail.
Well I picked #2 because it's true. God could not have failed, it would be against His nature, this being true means it was not rigged, it was planned for success, the prophecies about Christ in the OT testify to this. Why would there been a need for failure, Christ came to redeem mankind for those who would accept His work, He came to give us a gift not to win anything, you speak as if this is a game, you should know Christ was not playing games.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.