God's will vs. Free will
God loves us. He wants to give us freedom. While we are His creation, He surely does not want us to resemble robots in any way. He gives us the freedom of choice. But of course, we know that our ability to do evil, to go against God's will are some of the 'by-products' of God's love for giving us the freedom to choose.
Being responsible Christians, we would want to lead a life and try and walk closer to God each and everyday. While we are sinners, we would want to try and do things that will please Him. Being the children of God, God has plans for us to do certain things for Him. With this in mind, we would not want to act in a way that will go in contrary with God's will.
So, where is the line drawn? How do we know that we are acting in accordance with God's will, and when is our free will merely just selfishly satisfying ourselves first?
Take laziness for example, it may not sound detrimental at all. But what is laziness? Isn't it just selfishly letting go of everything that you are supposed to do, which may include letting go of God's will as well, and satisfy yourself ahead of anything else by letting yourself relax and not care about anything? On the note of putting yourself first then, aren't you sinning then?
What about decisions that we make in life? If we make decisions that are selfish in nature, where we may not take into account of what others would feel, is that going against God's will?
Some may say, we are sinners, God will just forgive us. But surely, that is just being irresponsible and say that we can do what we like, which is completely wrong if you submitted yourself to Christ. So what is the right choice?
Being responsible Christians, we would want to lead a life and try and walk closer to God each and everyday. While we are sinners, we would want to try and do things that will please Him. Being the children of God, God has plans for us to do certain things for Him. With this in mind, we would not want to act in a way that will go in contrary with God's will.
So, where is the line drawn? How do we know that we are acting in accordance with God's will, and when is our free will merely just selfishly satisfying ourselves first?
Take laziness for example, it may not sound detrimental at all. But what is laziness? Isn't it just selfishly letting go of everything that you are supposed to do, which may include letting go of God's will as well, and satisfy yourself ahead of anything else by letting yourself relax and not care about anything? On the note of putting yourself first then, aren't you sinning then?
What about decisions that we make in life? If we make decisions that are selfish in nature, where we may not take into account of what others would feel, is that going against God's will?
Some may say, we are sinners, God will just forgive us. But surely, that is just being irresponsible and say that we can do what we like, which is completely wrong if you submitted yourself to Christ. So what is the right choice?
