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For some reason when it comes to Christ people really believe free will is freedom from consequence. Now, if God created us with absolutely no choice but to worship and praise Him, then I’d understand the argument that He’s evil. That would be the absence of free will. But that’s not what we’re given. We’re given the ability to make our own decisions, including the decision to accept or reject Him. So how does giving someone the freedom to choose, while also establishing that those choices have consequences, suddenly make someone evil?
Where is this same outrage when it comes to our justice system? We have free will. We can choose to murder someone despite the law explicitly telling us not to. We can choose to break the law, but that doesn’t mean we’re exempt from the consequences when we do. Does that mean the government is evil for holding us accountable? Do we demand that the government take away our free will and force us to make good decisions instead? No. In fact, we’d call that tyranny. We pride ourselves on being the “land of the free,” yet somehow, when God gives people the ability to choose their own path and establishes the consequences of those choices, He’s suddenly evil?
You can’t simultaneously argue that people should have the freedom to make their own decisions while arguing that God is evil for allowing them to do exactly that. Free will doesn’t mean freedom from consequences. And Christianity isn’t simply about believing God exists; it’s about recognizing your own wrongdoing, turning away from it, and choosing to follow Christ rather than continuing to live in opposition to Him.
You cannot knowingly reject what God has offered, insist on living according to your own terms, and then turn around and blame Him for the consequences of that rejection. At some point, personal accountability has to enter the conversation.
2026-10-31 13:01:02