If Free Will Is So Important, Why Doesn’t God Have It?

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Why Doesn't God Have It

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Why Doesn’t God Have It?

If free will is such an important characteristic to allow beings to have real choices then clearly God has that quality, right? God has to have the ability to make wrong choices or alternative choices for His actions to be truly free. But we don’t see that in Scripture. If free will is so important, why doesn’t God have it?

Today’s short clip comes from episode 147 which can be found here.

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What about Evil? A Defense of God’s Sovereign Glory by Scott Christensen
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What About Free Will? Reconciling Our Choices with God’s Sovereignty by Scott Christensen
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