Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!princeton!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: sl87m@cc.usu.edu (The Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Ensemble) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Is God's Will FIXED already? Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 04:38:27 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Utah State University Lines: 30 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , sybn_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Siu-Yan Baldwin Ng) writes: > Hi everybody, > > I am recently with my decision for my future. I don't know if God wants me > to go to grad scholl or to geta job. I just wanna know if anyone can give me > some Scripture support for my question: > > "Is God's will fixed already since creation??" Am I understanding you correctly -- do you mean predestination? If so, I'd run from that notion. Man has his free will to choose (but not to choose the consequences of those choices). I find the idea that we have no choice, and that God has already relegated us to Heaven or Hell rather unjust for a just God. If that's not what you mean, ignore.... > "If I mistaken God's will, then will I be going to a path that isn't what He > planed?" There are cases where God's answer is "suit yourself. Either of these options will be good." I'm not saying that this is your answer, but in my life, there have been those types of answers. I find these the most frustrating, but sometimes a parent's got to let his kids think for themselves. When either decision isn't going to adversely affect them, and especially when either one will benefit, the children learn and grow. Some thoughts, TZMattareyay