Sting: The new prophet of God
I just returned from visiting with my family down in Georgia which mainly consisted of playing with my two neices ages 2 years and 8 months. If any person’s make me doubt original sin it is those two girls. Nevertheless, I must get back to my main point.
I visited my sister’s and brother-in-law’s church Sunday and while they went to Sunday School I went to the service. It being a Methodist church I wasn’t suprised to hear about free will but I didn’t think I’d hear this reason for it. He said, “just like the song, ‘if you love someone, set them free,’ that is God’s love to us” comparing God’s love towards us in that God set us free so that we could come back to him and give him love. His actual topic was prayer and how he got on free will from there I have no idea but there it was. In that line of reasoning I guess it would make sense for me to set my neices free in the street if I love them and then see if they will come back to me, I mean God, in this world full of tempations that would eternally separate us from him does the same to us so why shouldn’t we do it to the ones we love. (I hope you sense my sarcasm)
Actually, on the contrary, God does not set us free to do whatever we want IF HE LOVES US. Because we are as little children he keeps us from harm under his loving protection. Love is not setting someone free, love is giving someone what they need, which is often protection. So when God loves someone he gives them himself which was only accomplished by God through his son’s death on the cross. I do not love my neices by letting them roam free, I love them by protecting them by keeping them out of the street and danger.
It would be a crappy God who let me go every time I let go of him. Thank goodness his love for me is not conditional on my love for him. If God loves someone he does not set them free, he finds them and adopts them as a son or daughter and never lets them go out of his loving grasp.
yep…Emma tried to crawl off of the bed the other day - i just watched her go right off of the end and WHAMMMMM!!!!! SSSSCCCRRREEEEAAAAMMMMM!!!!! She cried for hours - big bruise on her head - the whole bit.
I told my buddy the same story and he said, “Scott! Why didnt you stop her from falling off of the bed?” I said, “I love her thats why.” He said, “WHAT!! thats not love.” I said, “Yes it was…it would have been unloving for me to have gone against her precious will - she wanted to go off of the bed, so being the loving daddy that i am, i let her go. I mean, of course i didnt want her to hurt herself but a good daddy would give her the choice.”
By the way, the above is a ficticous story to expose what a bunch of CRAP the whole “love depends on the the freedom of the will” story.
Love ya Mike and miss you much. Come see us.
(note: Emma is Scott’s 9 month old daughter)
Comment by scott moore — April 2, 2006 @ 1:00 am
All I have time to say for now is AMEN!!!! I love you, man, and I’m proud of the strides you’ve been making in this “race for the prize”. Keep bloggin’, bro.
Peace to you
Comment by jbrumay — April 3, 2006 @ 6:21 pm