There’s no free choice since everything happens by God’s foreordination ultimately and all human choices are bound either to sin or grace. The will, however, may be said to be free in the sense of voluntary and in having ability over created things which are below man (like his possessions). The will may also be said to be free when grace brings "royal freedom" to do what is right.
"In him all things hold together" (Colossians 1:17).
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Unfree Choice?
I've recently been translating Luther's De servo arbitrio (The Bondage of the Will) and thought I'd take a stab at restating Luther's thesis.
There’s no free choice since everything happens by God’s foreordination ultimately and all human choices are bound either to sin or grace. The will, however, may be said to be free in the sense of voluntary and in having ability over created things which are below man (like his possessions). The will may also be said to be free when grace brings "royal freedom" to do what is right.
There’s no free choice since everything happens by God’s foreordination ultimately and all human choices are bound either to sin or grace. The will, however, may be said to be free in the sense of voluntary and in having ability over created things which are below man (like his possessions). The will may also be said to be free when grace brings "royal freedom" to do what is right.
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