Last year, I was having an interesting conversation with an older gentleman of the Christian faith who attempted to explain the concept of ” human freewill” to me. His explanation of how salvation was directly dependent on human’s freewill went something like this,
Suppose your cruise ship is suddenly sinking and you find yourself fighting for your life in the ocean. Then by God’s grace a rescue helicopter throws you a life jacket. At that moment you have the choice to reach for the “life jacket” or not. Now don’t blame God if you die as of result of your refusal to hold on to the only thing that could’ve saved you-the life jacket…
This is basically how many folks describe their salvation- as if the weight of it was dependent on their ability to choose thus trampling underfoot God’s sovereign will of election.
If you find yourself struggling to understand this concept, I’ll invite you to watch this lecture below by the late DR RC Sproul of Ligonier Ministries
My name is Tayib Salami and I started Tayibs.com for the sole purpose of exploring difficult questions about the Christian faith that most of us shy away from. In 2017, I entered a very dark time in my life and it’s only by the grace of the Living God that I’m still alive today. It led me to really go deeper in my faith and consider a myriad of questions that I never thought about asking myself or others before. Welcome and enjoy the ride with me.