Predestined Freewill

A lot of Christians have many opinions of certain aspects of what the Bible says who God is. Now I’m not here to argue, prove His existence and I certainly don’t want to pull out a loud-speaker and shout at you about your sins. All I aim to do is share what the Lord has taught me.

A popular argument I mean to address on this post is about Freewill and Predestination. 

Freewill is the ability to act without constraint and at one’s own discretion. As human beings we have this thing called a conscience which relates directly to our souls; what we feel in our “hearts” so to speak. There is nothing that keeps you from the thoughts and actions you decide. Circumstances may inhibit our goals and dreams and cause our eventual death, but as we make choices on a daily basis from minute to minute nothing stops us. 

So in relation to our belief in God and that Jesus Christ in our Lord and Savior, it is our choice. I believe we have the freewill to be good or evil men and women. The choice is ours to be followers of Christ or reject His teachings as a way to live.

On the other hand; predestination means that everything has been decided to happen before it happens; we are foreordained to go to either heaven or hell. "He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will." - Ephesians 1:4-5

Now how is it that we have freewill to make choices pertaining to the direction of our lives, yet He has already chosen our fates? So what would the point of our lives be or anything we decide to do?

The answer can be found in one of the many characteristics of God. God lives outside of time; that is time as we know it. He is eternal, not was nor will be but is, and He has no past nor future. He is omnipotent and omnipresent. He knew you before you or any of your ancestors were born.

If God is outside of time then he knows ALL of time. He knows every decision you’ve ever made and the outcome of the ones you didn’t make. Now think of that in relation to every person who has ever lived throughout all history. How many choices they made each day and all the ones they didn’t make. An infinite number of scenarios and outcomes that could lead any possibility, God knows them all, sees them all and was there for them all.

Let’s get back to you before things become too complex. Since the day you were born, trillions of decisions have been made by you or by others that have affected you. What if one of those decisions was made differently? God knows what would have happened. You have an infinite number of lives you could have lived by now. You’d still be you, it’s your soul in your body, but you could be dead, in another country, at another job, 20 pounds heavier or lighter. 

No matter what decisions were made though, God knows in the end each one of those lives you would have either chosen to follow Jesus or reject Him. Maybe to God, out of a billion different lives you could have lived, you would have followed Christ 1% of the time and that’s enough for Him to choose you as blessed soul to spend eternity in heaven with Him.

In my opinion, and backed by my faith, I believe there is no argument for Freewill or Predestination. It’s not which one, in the words of Rob Bell the answer is simply, “yep.”

But this makes you wonder, why I am here in this THIS life, right now, today? Why are things the way they are?

The answer: It’s the best one for you out of the infinite possible lives you could have lived. It’s the most beautiful, loving, joyful and perfect one God has given you, and it’s the only one you’ll ever know. So, wake up! Smile and live this life to the fullest. Don’t stress about every decision you’ll have to make in your future. Make the one that your soul cries out for.