Free will, who has it and why?
Mat 20:1 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
Notice something about this talk by Jesus about His Father's, and your's, FREE WILL. Also notice "who" is doing "what":::>
A MASTER OF A HOUSE WENT OUT. Notice it isn't anyone else who went out.
So the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is like A MASTER OF A HOUSE who goes out and does something.
Now, consider HIS free will in the following:::>
Mat 20:10 Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius.
Mat 20:11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house,
Mat 20:12 saying, 'These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.'
Mat 20:13 But he replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
Mat 20:14 Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you.
I CHOOSE TO GIVE TO THIS LAST WORKER AS I GIVE TO YOU!!!!
Hmmmmm, oh I thought I had something to do with the advancement of the Kingdom of Heaven!?!?
Back in Matthew 11:27 Jesus plainly says no one knows the SON except the FATHER and no one knows the FATHER except the SON and to whoever He wills to reveal HIM!
Jesus in John 15 tells us plainly He chose us, that we did not choose Him.
What then is there left for us to do?
We are to wear the robes of Righteousness given to us and get on with hastening the coming of the day of God rejoicing that God chose us realizing we did not choose God!
If there is another Gospel message other than the one that is built upon the preceding, beware then as it is not the Gospel of the Kingdom but some other god's, who is doing his dirty work!
Joh 13:6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"
Joh 13:7 Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand."
Joh 13:8 Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no share with me."
Joh 13:9 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!"
Joh 13:10 Jesus said to him, "The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you."
Joh 13:11 For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, "Not all of you are clean."
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Joh 15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
Joh 15:2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Joh 15:3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
2Pe 3:11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,
2Pe 3:12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
