Hi
Just a little confused about James 2:5, as it say's
Listen my beloved brothers has God not chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kindom..
This sounds like predestination? But if God has given us free will, how can it be.. can anyone help.
One God ~
One man ~
Two Parties.
God ~ All Knowing.
Man ~ NOT All Knowing.
God KNOWS every THING about every man.
Man KNOWS NOT every THING about himself, about God, about other men, about the world.
God KNOWS what every man WILL, think, say do, not do IN every second of every mans life.
God does NOT "WAIT" to SEE what a man WILL think, do, choose, reject, etc.
God HAS "PREPARED" a "PLACE" for every man that has or will exist.
God HAS "REVEALED" "Places" He has "Prepared" for ALL of mankind.
Men have the FREEWILL to hear, learn, anything they Freely chose.
Men have the FREEWILL to hear, learn, and Follow and or/ Believe anything they Freely choose.
God has given man a guideline for mankind.
Men Freely can ACCEPT Gods guidelines, OR NOT.
REGARDLESS of what men Freely Choose, moment to moment, day to day, year to year,
Simply Notifies the man himself of the direction of his own personal life.
God Already KNOWS; Has PREpared a Specific PLACE for every man.
Yes, there IS PRE-"DESTINATION".
God Absolutely KNOWS, where EACH individual man "IS" Destine to occupy WHICH of the Particular Places, God Has Prepared.
ANY man, can ALSO KNOW his OWN PLACE of Where he personally is DESTINE to occupy,
BASED on "the mans OWN FREEWILL choices".
A Man WHO ELECTS to be MADE WHOLE (body, soul, spirit) has a FOREVER Destiny "WITH" thee Lord God.
A Man WHO ELECTS to REJECT thee Lord God, has a FOREVER Destiny "WITHOUT" thee Lord God.
Point being ~
Thee Lord God knows a mans Destiny even before the man IS naturally born.
Point being ~
An individual Does Not KNOW, what he shall Choose as his destiny, until he lives and hears, learns, and makes his own choices of what he desires for his own Destiny to be.
Glory to God,
Taken