Free Will in Matthew 22:37 and Deuteronomy 6:4-5 - Matthew 22:37 (ESV): “And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’” - Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (ESV): “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” Both of these passages emphasize the command to love God fully and completely. Love, by its very nature, must be given freely—it cannot be coerced or forced. These verses suggest that humans have the capacity to choose to love God with their whole being, reinforcing the reality of free will. If love were not a choice, then such a command would be meaningless. God’s Nature and the Certainty of His Promises (Hebrews 6:17-18, Titus 1:2) - Hebrews 6:17-18 (ESV): “So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unc...
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