Why Did God Give Man “Free Will”?
Had God not given man (and angels) the free will to choose what he wanted, His creation would have been meaningless. Love that is dictated is not love. Man chose poorly, egged on by the lost angels who wanted company in their misery, and for generations, sin grew and corrupted the hearts of mankind. God would have to form a new covenant with His beloved children, one that would give clearer meaning to the old laws and make some of them no longer necessary. Isaiah 53, for instance, is a well-known description of Jesus, the Son of God and Son of Man-“a man of sorrows and familiar with suffering”-and a glimpse into his earthly life, and sacrificial death, to come. You may be familiar with the famous verse, “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity (sin) of us all” (Isa. 53:6). Jesus was God’s plan to set the world right by answering for the sins of man. Why Is the Bible “The” Book (Sacred to the Christian Faith)?
