FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
An illustrious term used quite often during the turbulent 1960s that really did not fulfill the lofty thought that it infers. But have you considered that the freedom for us to make choices is born out of the sovereignty of Almighty God? The Lord God has given to all of mankind the right, the power, and the opportunity to choose.
In the Garden of Eden, the progenitor of the species, Adam, made a bad choice. Hear what the Apostle Paul says about that choice in Romans 5:12: “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned”: Adam’s choice had an eternal impact upon all of mankind. However, I must tell you that your choices and my choices also have an eternal impact. When we choose Christ, we choose eternal life. When we choose Christ, we choose a relationship with Him, who is the way, the truth, and the life. When we make the choice to not choose Jesus, we have in effect made a choice of Satan. Not a good choice! Satan, the thief, the One who comes to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
Dear Ones, please know that Satan is a bad choice. Choice emanates from the soul realm. It is the exercise of one’s judgement (the will asserting, information processed in the mind and influenced by emotions). God has given to every person a conscience, knowledge within, a moral compass, the compulsion to do right and make the right choices. The Lord God said to Israel and he says to us in Deuteronomy 30:19: “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, that you and your descendants might live!”
Dear Ones, choose to love the Lord, and to obey Him and commit yourself to Him, for He is your life.
Pastor J. Amos Jones
