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WHY DID GOD NOT
MAKE MAN INCAPABLE OF SINNING?
Answer:
But why did not God make man incapable of disobeying His will and
therefore incapable of sinning? Such a question is like asking why God
does not draw a crooked straight line or a square round, or make an object
black all over and white all over at the same time. Man is a creature with
power of intelligent choice, so that the question really is : Why didn't
God make a creature with the power of intelligent choice and yet without
the power of intelligent choice at the same time?
If I had the power of hypnotism, I would be able to put my 2 sons into a
hypnotic state, thus robbing them of the power of intelligent choice. I
could then say, "Sit on those chairs till I return" – "Get up and eat" –
"Stop eating" – "Kiss me goodnight" – and unfeeling arms would go around
my neck, and unresponsive lips would be pressed to mine. I would have
prompt and perfect obedience to my every command, but would I find
satisfaction in it? No!
I want boys with free wills, who are capable of disobeying me, but who
willingly choose to carry out my instructions, which are the outcome of my
love for them and are given for their own good. I cannot conceive of God,
who put these desires in my heart and yours, being satisfied with anything
less than Himself.
God does not want puppets who jump in a given direction according to the
wire that is pulled, not does He want robots in the form of men who
mechanically and absolutely obey His will as do the planets whirling
through space. God can find satisfaction in nothing less than the
spontaneous love of our hearts and our free-will decisions to act in ways
that please and honour Him. But it is obvious that this same power of free
action enables us to defy and dishonour Him if we so choose.
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