| Free Will – Part 2

We have started a new series concerning the sovereignty of God. My purpose is to look to the Scriptures and allow them to shape this subject in our minds. The reason that I want to deal with this subject is that I often hear statements made about God (mostly in difficult situations) that do not paint a fair picture of His true character and often leave an impression in people’s minds that God is like the devil. As the Body of Christ, we have a responsibility to represent our Father correctly. In order to do this, our understanding must be formed about Him from His Words about Himself. No one can know God unless God reveals Himself through His Word and by His Spirit.

In this series, we are going to look through the Scriptures and identify the three main wills that are represented and have an effect on the earth.  These three wills are the will of God, the will of man and the will of satan. 

God can be Sovereign without violating Man’s essential freedom. – Foundations Of Pentecostal Theology

Foreknowledge no more determines a man’s actions than after knowledge. – Dr. R.A. Torrey

Part 2 – In our second message we begin to develop the truth from Scripture concerning the 3 wills that are present and operating in the earth.  We begin looking into this in Genesis chapters 1-3.  In these chapters we will see that God has a will, man has a will and satan has a will.  At the beginning of creation, God’s will was perfectly expressed and made.  After completion, God placed the dominion of this creation into Adam and Eve’s authority.  Adam and Eve chose through their free will to yield that authority to satan’s will in rebellion to God’s will.