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Is freewill biblical or something we invented as society ?

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@Edward429451, how then can you be sure that the idea came from God, not from your own mind, if the Bible wasn't involved?

I found some scripture on it.

Phillipians 4:6-7
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus..../KJV

John 16:33
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world..../KJV
 

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That's a fair question.

By praying about it and the Lord brought peace to my troubled spirit. It's kind of hard to explain but I think it's called being quickened in spirit. I didn't know what it was and the Lord started it when I was watching videos on youtube. Something went, whoa, in my spirit. I was watching some sort of testimony from a man and I remember wondering if it was true or not. Then it was like, I got "pinged" in spirit, like they ping submarines. It brought with it a peace upon my spirit that, was noticeable. And I understood that God was telling me that it is true.



Over time it happened more and more and sometimes when I was praying and troubled in spirit over whatever. Begin praying troubled in spirit, and a new thought comes into mind, and then a peace which surpasses all understanding is upon my spirit. Honestly I don't fully understand it yet, but I'm putting it together over time. It's one of the ways that the Lord speaks to me. It's in scripture too.
@Edward429451, then it's probably from God, but of course, if it ever contradicted the Word, it wouldn't be. I get the same peace from God after persistent lamenting my losses.
 

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Exactly. It will never contradict anything in the word.
 

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God did not send you to this world Bruce without a reason and a mission. I assure you we are all send to this world and everyone is special and unique their is no copy of us or human like us in our behavior and original being he made us to be. We have different fingerprints, eyes and brain no other humans has exact duplicate of us. There people who might look like us but no matter what is not the same as spirit and unique character each human is made. Each is sent for a purpose and don't find out their purpose and mission. Horrible sad thing so many in this world pass away and some do good baptized and find thier purpose and mission and others don't. It is the hard things in life and christians must pass
those tests. It isn't easy for no one. But God has a purpose and all our decisions are shown in the end when we die and get revived by Jesus. God show us we had choices and the thinsg we don't know and realize our parents do for us, the things friends and families did in our life good and bad God reveals to us in our life wr had chances to change our life and do his will. Find that mission, find that true love, or save that person. God will reveal to us in the end times after we die our judgement and all things we didn't know but is more important Bruce to find it before we die.


Calvinism is not the foundation of freewill or his commands or decision or where first time the phrase " The plan of God" was said. I did not say Calvinism is foundation of mine, it is not. But where prophets actions in the bible and I heard pastors say about God's plan and were all part of it. Like Macarthur has said it, Billy Graham has said it and Doug Batchelor have said we are part of God's plan, his commands and all purpose come from him . I wanted to know what is God's plan and why he sent me and Calvinism is something that talks about it and Judaism talks about it to about God's divine plan we search scholars and others famous people who asked how they decided and what purpose they are here.
Calvinism is not God some have demonized him and his character when none of you were born and met him. People Calvinism was just one of the first christian branches talking of why were here in their times and ask the question what are we supposed to do ? He was not perfect no one is perfect but was one who ask the question about freedom of choice and use the words "freewill" and I again I say their are people who are trying to demonize him he is not God and he did he's best in times with some much prejudice and hate and we are going into times like that.


I did not involve Calvinisim in this dicussion so you go be a calvinist no your good being a modern protestant dont' want you to go for that or if you jewish it is good that. Here were all talking with Goal of to find that to find true love, save that person, get that dream of being a writter, or why he sent you to do it. Apology do not want offend and do not be offended perhaps God sent you this way to find that and also apology for I pray for you to find it and because it is God's will. He does want you to achieve those things and the world is a lie and it is Babylon. Confusement and how to find it because they educate us in the school to not look for it and obey what the system says. And fall to money and error education they give us. I know how you and others suffer to find that mission and pray for you to find and be happy and achieve it all.

I have met elders from my church who find their purpose being butlers and pastors. And find peopl who in real life after going thru ways and pass thier test being gentiles and christians do find their purpose and done their personal mission.
For about 11 years, I left God's call to be a pastor to be an English teacher and then a sales manager instead, but God renewed his old call and sent me into the church ministry to 7 congregations until it was time for me to retire from being a pastor to become a published author. The last two vocations were God's callings. See the book What God Has Done: My True, Dramatic God-Biography (Amazon).

I am a Calvinist and agree with John Calvin only as much as his teachings agree with the Bible, which is most of the time.
 
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