• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About
  • Resources
    • Persecution
    • Recommended Ministries
    • Podcasts
    • What I’m Reading
  • Donate

Even If i Walk Alone

Instructing and encouraging you to live your life as a disciple of Jesus

Archives for July 18, 2016

The Death of Freewill

July 18, 2016 by Tim Sherfy

Freewill is central to my theology and in my mind is the linchpin to answering difficult questions about sin, disease, and evil in the world. After Jesus, I think freewill is probably the greatest gift God bestowed on His creation. After all, freewill is what enables us to love. It enables us to choose. Most importantly, it enables us to accept Christ as our Lord and Savior.

death of freewill,Luke 10:25-28,love the Lord will all your,love your neighbor as yourself,Matthew 22:39-40,freewill,open theism,open theist,openness,greg boyd,Matthew 25:31-46,sheep and the goats,Philippians 1:21,to live is Christ,to die is gain,foxes have holes,first let me bury my father,Luke 9:57-62,Galatians 2:19-20,I have been crucified with Christ,John Sanders,God of the possible,Philippians 1:21,good samaritan

image © anzebizjan via Fotolia

But here’s the irony for all disciples of Jesus: to accept Christ means the death of freewill in our lives. When we surrender ourselves to Christ, we surrender everything, including our freewill. Nothing is excluded. The very thing permitting us to accept Christ is what we must give up in exchange for His Lordship in our lives.

[Read more…] about The Death of Freewill

Filed Under: Daily Life Tagged With: commitment, Discipleship, Galatians, Luke, Matthew, mission, Philippians, surrender

Primary Sidebar

  • mail
  • twitter
  • rss

Search this site:

Calendar of Posts

July 2016
S M T W T F S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31  
« Jun   Aug »

© 2009–2025 by Tim Sherfy