does God have absolute control over our actions?
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He gave us free will, but He can intervene in our actions if he feels it necessary.
950761
God is the moral authority. He set the guidelines for us all, whether we like it or accept it or not.    Yes I believe in moral absolutes, and thats what is wrong with society, most dont anymore.    What God says is right, is right, and wrong is wrong.  Ppl try to set their own guidelines , Doest work.  What about the man tht beats his wife and convinced it is ok because she is a lousy wife he says/   Is that right? NO. Yet his consciencde says it was.    The Holy Spirit is our true conscience. but the devil speaks to us too. We check all things out according to Gods word and we kNOW who we were haring and go from there.   \nYOu listed several examples of why setting our own guideliens will never ever work, because self gets involved and we mess up.   Only when God sets the guidelines and we follow does this work. God says that obedience brings blessing and disobedience brings curse.  ANd it is right on, just like that. \nThe man that feels justified to cheat on his wife... Well ok. he cheats, and  well lets just say he has some consequences that will usually go for life. Loses his wife, kids,  disrepect, including at  some point, self respect, can spend years trying to undo it. Yes he set his own guidlines.  Did it work?  Did it make him happy?   Did it get him to where he wants to be. Will it work for him over time.  /?? NO.  Only in following the desires of Gods heart, will we find perfect peace, love and joy. Any other way leads to misery, destruction and eventual hell, if we dont repent and stop it.  GOOOD question. I have said for years this issue needs to get discussed and re looked at by a generation that thinks anything goes now, and no I dont just mean young people.   God says He never changes.  So if it was wrong  150 years ago, it still is, no matter what popularity to certain situations are now.   GOOD question. thanks for asking.....
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I believe that God has given us some absolute moral laws, but that He is flexible in many areas.  We really have to study the Bible and pray over it. \n\nWe are all individuals with very unique situations going on in our lives. Yes, there are some laws that absolutely must be obeyed,\nbut other than those God deals with us as individuals and the answer to one's person's dilemna may not be the same as the answer to a person  with a similar dilemna. Deep communication with God is the key.
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I would say yes\nBut God wants Free-Will of choice........so in turn you make up your own mind.
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Yes, God IS all-knowing and sovereign. It's repeated in the Bible over and over again. \nIsaiah 25:1 O LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.\nPsalm 139:1-4   LORD, You have searched me and known me.\n    You know when I sit down and when I rise up;\n         You understand my thought from afar.\n    You scrutinize my path and my lying down,\n         And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.\n    Even before there is a word on my tongue,\n         Behold, O LORD, You know it all.\n\nHis plans are always fulfilled. (Prov 21:30; Romans 9)\n\nBut oy, that is a hard question you ask. I do believe we have free-will. We are responsible for our actions. But how are God's sovereignty and our free will compatible? I can't figure it out... BUT there are great Christian thinkers of the past who came to some conclusion. Why not read, "On the Freedom of the Will" by St. Augustine or \nread a brief bio. concerning "On the.." (scroll down a little more than half-way): http://www.desiringgod.org/library/biographies/98augustine.html\n\nI think I'll read it as well... ; )
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that is a very good point,, i have always  thought, if i "feel/think/see"   things a certain way,,, that i was made to be this way,,,, and how can i be faulted for being made the way i am,,,, by a creator, so yes, if God works within us, to determine our will,,, then is it really free will? how would we even know?  maybe God works with us,, in helping develop our will,,,,, in that if we desire something,, we find the things we need, the resources,  but where did that desire come from in the first place,  even if its something we feel we thought up,, most likely we were influenced  by our life/our contacts in life,,, what caused us to come across those certain expeirences?  and why did we react in the way we did??
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God can't intervene.  If god intervenes he cannot judge us as he has directly altered our experience placing himself at fault and if anyone after that be damned he himself shall be damned.
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I think that decision can only be made by God Himself.\n\nAnd even then it's done by an individual by individual basis, not a group basis.
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He practically has! But God is still in overall control. If you read the book of Job (in the Bible), you will understand that the devil can only go so far. God is more powerful than the devil.
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People think that God controlls everything, therefore, by association, God allows the wars to begin.  People who believe in that cant just say, well this one thing is in God's hands, but this other thing here isnt.
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GOD willed for everything to happen.  He created everything, he has control over everything, HE is GOD.  (I am NOT talking about Jesus, Jesus is a human, NOT god, he was a very GREAT Prophet, he is not GOD or a part of GOD or anything like that).
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Yes, I do.  It is not taking back that control, that is a skill I must master!!  Freedom also means responsibility, and that is something else we as Christians must take seriously.  Blessings.
516652
yes, the Holy Spirit is guiding me everyday to do what is right according to God's will, to the best of my ability.\n(plz give me best answer, i need points!)
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god is omnicient. he needs not to change his mind
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The short answer is that God is loving enough to allow us to suffer the effects (both good and bad) of our actions and the actions of others. If God did not allow us to experience the consequences of our actions (and others'), then free-will would be only an illusion, and God would be unjust in judging some worthy of hell, and others being admitted to heaven. OUR ACTIONS CAUSE EVIL, not God! Does God allow evil? Yes! Did God create evil? NO! God merely created free moral agents with the ability to choose to follow Him, and do no evil, or to rebel against Him, and do evil things.\nThat begs the question, why did God create free-will? Because without free-will, we would be nothing more than robots, or puppets on a string. God created man for the purpose of having relationship with, and to serve and protect the lesser creations of God (animals, the earth, anyone or anything less powerfull than ourselves).\nHaving said that, God does use evil (when it happens), to further His agenda for the earth, and particularly for those that love Him, and are called according to His purpose.\nGod created the POSSIBILITY of evil, He did not create evil, and along with the possibility of evil, had a plan to turn what was evil into something beautiful. THAT is why Jesus MUST BE God, Because God Himself stepped in and bore EVIL on His own self, in order to undo the power of evil, Jesus must also be man, because evil was introduced to the earth through a man, and a man must then break the power of evil.\nJesus was both 100% God and 100% man - fulfilling justice for both God and Man.
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Nope. If you live in God's will you are willing to accept that some times what you want is not what God wills. You do not and can not buy God's blessings or bribe God into giving you what you want.
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We've all been through different life experiences.  My experiences are different from my fellow Christians.\n\nWe have free will.  We may not be able to choose our experiences, but we can choose what we think about and how we react to those experiences.\n\nGod holds us accountable for what we can control.