Above you said: "If God wanted to "control" us, He would."Hill Top wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 1:41 pmIf God wanted to "control" us, He would.bibleman wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:45 pmLook up the word control.Hill Top wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:26 pmGod has set the parameters of how man should live.bibleman wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:19 pmSo God is NOT in control of those who do NOT want to yield to HIS will... Right?Ironman wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:06 pmGod never has and never will force anyone to do His will.bibleman wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:00 pmBack to the original question...Bible Reader wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 7:35 pm
How would any of that glorify God? God wanted us to worship Him because we loved and worshipped God not because he made us.
If God is in control... Then why doesn't he make people get saved, become disciples, pay their tithes, go to church and a host of other wonderful things?
If man doesn't want to abide by/with God, he is free to do as he wishes.
That does not equate to loss of control.
But He wants us to come to Him of our own freewill.
He wants us to love Him of our own accord, because forced love isn't really love.
Do you have a Scripture for this?