Man & His Free Will: Handout Theology with John Gerstner 

Haha I know right? Same here.

“It didn’t take an Aristotle to figure that” 😂😂😂😂 He’s actually hilarious at moments when he gets all wild and excited with his expressive face and voice I can’t help it 😂 He was Truly cut from a different cloth. ❤

Man can sinfully seek God in their free will and is obligated to, but just because you sinfully seek, doesn’t guarantee that you will become born of the Spirit. However, if you do not sinfully seek, you definitely will not become saved. Salvation is ultimately up to God and His choosing. Acts 17:27, Ephesians chapter 1

Johnny Angel predestination debunks free will my brother please watch Jim brown grace and truth ministries he explains very well how there is no free Will. It’s impossible! God has everything ordained!

@@Mrgermanstallion1 Sinfully sick? lol

@@natemartin7296 Agape Kai phileo

​@@Mrgermanstallion1 Seeking God.. The first place, we’re talking about what we ought to do as distinguished from what we actually do. God commands us to seek after Him. God commands us to be perfect. God commands us to be obedient in all things. The assumption is that if God commands you to do something, you must have the ability to do it. This is what created the biggest theological issue in the first four centuries of Christendom-the debate between Pelagius and Augustine over the question of whether we, as fallen human beings, have the moral ability to lead perfect lives. Augustine had made a prayer where he said words to this effect: “O Lord, command what thou wouldst and grant what thou dost command.” Pelagius took umbrage at that and said: “Why would you ask God to give you the ability to do something that He commands you to do? Obviously, if He commands you to do it, you can do it.” And Augustine said, “No, before the fall we could do it, but after the fall we don’t have the moral ability to do what God commands.” So, even though we have fallen into a state of corruption and lost our moral ability to obey the command of God, that doesn’t excuse us. The command is still there.

Amen

When was before the foundation of the world? The Bible refers to the “foundation” of the world in various passages. To found something is to establish a thing or lay the groundwork or secure the underpinnings for it. The “foundation of the world” is a reference to God’s act of creation. When Scripture refers to something that has been true “from the foundation of the world,” it means “for all of human history.” But when Scripture refers to something that happened “before the foundation of the world,” the event under discussion occurred before anything was ever created, in eternity past. In Ephesians 1:4, we read of something that happened in eternity past: “[God] chose us in [Christ] before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him” (ESV). This is an amazing passage, with its emphasis on God’s choosing-before the world was even created-those who would become believers. Before God had created anything at all, at least three things were already true: God saw mankind as lost and in need of a Savior; the eternal Savior was present; and the details of the work of redemption were planned out. In all of this, God had our transformation to holiness in view (see also 2 Timothy 1:9). In another passage that shows God’s eternal plan, Scripture says that Jesus Christ, “a lamb unblemished and spotless . . . was foreknown before the foundation of the world” (1 Peter 1:19-20, NASB). The apostle Paul speaks of “God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began” (1 Corinthians 2:7). The eternal nature of God the Son and His eternal relationship with God the Father are evident in Jesus’ high priestly prayer: “Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world” (John 17:24, ESV). The Son of God is not a created being; He possessed glory with the Father, was loved by the Father, and dwelt with the Father before the universe was created (see also John 1:1-2). The Bible’s glimpses of what happened before the foundation of the world should give the believer great comfort. We have a Savior who is eternal. God’s grace was extended to us from eternity past. God’s plan of salvation, being eternal, is unchanging; nothing can frustrate, amend, or impede that plan. From before the foundation of the world, God laid out His design to love us, redeem us, shower us with grace, and make us holy. “When the set time had fully come, God sent his Son . . . that we might receive adoption to sonship” (Galatians 4:4-5). “Praise be to his glorious name forever” (Psalm 72:19). God’s plan for mankind's salvation was before the foundation of the world due to his foreknowledge. God’s plan was established but not put into action until Creation and continues today and will be completed on his return.

Where do you get this idea? Christ was predestined to be slain but that happened temporarily, it was promised and therefore guaranteed to happened but that doesn't mean Christ didn't die on Calvery once and only once.