Yes, and not only do we have our own will to contend with, but we have the
free will of others to entice us, tempt us, and otherwise work evil which
is presented to them, or us, by the enemy. I am of the belief however,
that I do yes, believe that the enemy is at work  today, but he in fact
gets way too much credit for the following of wicked deeds conjured up by
man himself.

Brad


on 04:02 PM 4/18/2005, Rhonda said:
Brad, I like your example, God just like you gives each one of us free
will,
we get to choose what actions we will perform and which we will not do.
Just like your son, we can decide to get up, knowing that we will avoid
the
detention of being late, or perhaps like your son, we hope to get by with
it, just this once.
If God ended for all time evil, what would he have but robots?
Computers only do what they are programmed to do,  so what good is there
in
a computer doing what is  programmed to do, God doesn't put evil in our
path, but we may choose to go down the path of evil even though that is
not
the choice God wants us to make.
If you always get your son up for school and he never  ever has to make
the
choice on his own what kind of father are you?  An overprotective one?
The reason that God doesn't stop us is that would be going against our
will.

Rhonda