If our future is determined for us by God, then how do we have free will like the Bible says?
QUESTION:
If our future is determined for us by God, then how do we have free will like the Bible says?
ANSWER:
Isaiah confirms the following,
Isa 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
This scripture tells us that God has planned and determined the beginning and the end of everything in existence. It tells us that God is outside of the realm of time which He has created. This means that God is omnipresent and can be present in the beginning of time as well as at the end of time, or anywhere in between, simultaneously. In addition, God is omniscient and is not limited in knowledge, knowing the end from the beginning, knowing how all things work out and align up, as these verses prove,
Heb 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.1Jn 3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
With this in mind, let's get back to the details of the question, “Is our future really determined for us by God?”
