Friday; March 8
The doctrine of free will is one that has been debated by spiritual people throughout the centuries. Most of us believe that God has given each one of us the right to choose how we are going to act. Even though there are likely to be consequences for our actions, people like to be able to have a choice in how we want to live. Even with its challenges free will is a blessing from God. While free will is a nice thing, there is a something that is even better – a free gift that allows us to overcome even those times when we misuse free will. When the Apostle Paul was discussing the forgiveness that leads to salvation he noted, “But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.” (Romans 5:15). The grace that God offers allows us to outlive the bad choices we make. While this does not give us license to keep doing stupid stuff,