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1 LawGod,3 | serving sin often seems to be freedom while struggling to escape
2 LawGod,6 | Freedom of Will~We realize that
3 LawGod,6 | does he have that spiritual freedom, a freedom of the will which
4 LawGod,6 | that spiritual freedom, a freedom of the will which is presupposed
5 LawGod,6 | determinists - do not acknowledge freedom of will in man. They declare
6 LawGod,6 | which acknowledges man's freedom of will is called indeterminism.
7 LawGod,6 | character. They claim that man's freedom is his full authority to
8 LawGod,6 | understanding, therefore, man's freedom is his complete free-will,
9 LawGod,6 | speaks concerning such "freedom" - l Pt. 2:15-16; 2 Pt.
10 LawGod,6 | 2 Pt. 2:19). This is not freedom, of course, this is an evil
11 LawGod,6 | this is an evil use of freedom, a distortion of it. Man
12 LawGod,6 | have absolute, undoubted freedom; only Almighty God possesses
13 LawGod,6 | perfect and highest creative freedom.~In contrast to such false
14 LawGod,6 | motives, but does not have freedom, the indeterminists recognize
15 LawGod,6 | of indeterminists, man's freedom is not an undoubted creative
16 LawGod,6 | not an undoubted creative freedom, but a freedom of choice;
17 LawGod,6 | creative freedom, but a freedom of choice; the freedom of
18 LawGod,6 | a freedom of choice; the freedom of our will decides whether
19 LawGod,6 | an understanding of human freedom, agreeing with indeterminism.
20 LawGod,6 | Christianity declares that man's freedom is his freedom of choice
21 LawGod,6 | that man's freedom is his freedom of choice between good and
22 LawGod,6 | theological definition, "freedom of the will is our capability,
23 LawGod,6 | only if the stone had a freedom of choice - to fly or not
24 LawGod,6 | of course, has no such freedom and the given example is
25 LawGod,6 | determinism, which negates the freedom of the will, is evident
26 LawGod,6 | Secondly, proof of the freedom of the will is served by
27 LawGod,6 | before God's truth. Such freedom is a most great gift to
28 LawGod,6 | Lord Himself affirmed this freedom, "If anyone wishes to be
29 LawGod,10| God does not impede his freedom, although He constantly
30 LawGod,14| self-sacrifice and Christian freedom, Christian equality and
31 LawGod,26| of this communism are not freedom, as in Christian communism,
32 LawGod,26| manifestation of ordinary political freedom under this system: neither
33 LawGod,26| under this system: neither freedom of the press, nor freedom
34 LawGod,26| freedom of the press, nor freedom to assemble, nor the inviolability
35 LawGod,26| instead of the promised freedom.~In its political propaganda,
36 LawGod,26| attaining the realization of freedom, equality (i.e., justice)
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