You can say No

 by David Long

The Bible teaches that man has free will (Gen. 3; Josh. 24:15). God created man in His image and one feature of divine image is absolute free will. God created man with the power to say “No” to Him. Now that’s a scary thought but true. Why did God do that? Because it’s the only way to have a being to truly love God (Mk. 12:30-31). Without absolute free will we could not love God. On the flip side God’s free will makes it possible for Him to give eternal life to those who will obey Him and reject those who will not (Heb. 3:8-4:1). Free will cuts both ways. You can say no to God but God can say no to you (Matt. 7:21-23). Do we like our free will? Yes, we do but remember: choose wisely, eternal life or eternal damnation will be result (Matt. 7:13-14). There are two roads before you, make your choice.