Passages Showing Free Will
This isn’t an “article” per se, just a list of passages implying humans can resist God’s will, or cause God to change his stated intentions, in some way. That these kinds of things happen in the Scriptures show humans have free will.
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Genesis 4:6 God tells Cain: “If you do well, will you not be accepted?”
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Genesis 4:13 God marks Cain to prevent his death when Cain complains about the scope of his punishment
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Genesis 12 God has to call Abraham twice, as Stephen points out in Acts
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Genesis 18 Abraham argues God should not destroy the cities if he can find ten righteous there based on the character of God
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Genesis 19:15 Lot lingers even while being urged to flee
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Genesis 19:18 Lot gets the angels to agree to allow him to flee to a city instead of the wilderness
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Genesis 32:24 Jacob wrestles with God
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Exodus 4:10 Moses argues that he cannot speak, so God uses his brother Aaron to speak
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Exodus 32:11 Moses convinces God not to destroy Israel
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Deuteronomy 31:51-52 Moses is not allowed to enter the Land because he broke faith with God in Numbers 20
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2 Kings 13:14-17 God sets the number of times Joash will win based on the number of arrows shot and struck against the ground
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2 Kings 20 God asks Hezekiah which way the clock should move
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I Kings 21:21-29 God is angry with Ahab for his actions
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Isaiah 38:1-5 God gives Hezekiah fifteen more years
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1 Samuel 23:12 God tells David Keilah will surrender him to Saul
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Matthew 11:23 Jesus describes what would have happened in different circumstances
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Matthew 8:31 Jesus honors the request of the demons