The key to understanding that TULIP and Arminianism never considered?
When Jesus came to earth He demonstrated that though He be also God, that He could will to not be as God in His manifestation.
Who, though he was eternally existing in the form of God, did not count
equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking
the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found
in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of
death, even death on a cross. Philippians 2:6-8
While on earth Jesus placed himself to walk as man. For he was denying Himself His right to his omniscience, etc.
He made Himself to be as the Second Adam as he walked before God. He made himself to be fully dependent upon
the Father for anything requiring divine powers (omniscience), and the Holy Spirit for anything requiring supernatural power....
And... The key to man's free will is?
In eternity past when God determined that man was to be created?
He had all the souls of men created by the Son in the self limiting state as Jesus walked in!
That way? When all things were created through Him?
God's omniscience had no say in how we were to be created other than to be created by perfect righteousness!
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created
through him and for him." Colossians 1:16
The Son was the divine filter through which God's power created all things!!!!!
all things were created
through him and for him."
The Son of God placed Himself into the same state as He proved He was capable of becoming by His example of Jesus being as a man!!!!!!!!
In other words? The Son having denied Himself the power of omniscience? He was set forth and created each one of us freely as He perfectly desired us to be, without effecting our volition ...
And after that feat was finished? God obliged in power to decree us being created, no matter how we would choose once we were made alive in time and space!
In that manner it was pure eloquence manifested by God to make Himself limited through the Son of God, made able to protect our wills when He created us in eternity past. Created in God's mind...
I pray that sinks deep with someone here. For its been the missing 'key' into understanding how an otherwise omniscient God was able to create us without predestining us to either heaven or hell. He did not know if we would accept or reject while creating us via the Son. We were created simply in the perfectly righteous love of the Son! The Son who while creating us chose to immerse Himself with the same limitations as He demonstrated when He came to earth to live as a man. A man who knew He was God, yet without functioning as God but as a man!
The well runs deep on this one.
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...see how we have to be careful ?
